Foppa2118
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Better than wondering how the D core would look without him.
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Better than wondering how the D core would look without him.
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Would be Girard, Cole and Nemeth on the left side, EJ, Barrie and Barbs on the right. Not devastating.
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We for the first time in years have 4 top four capable d and you want to drop one and replace him with Cole? After a guys 2nd Pre-season game...
Foppa2118
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Nemeth is a UFA next summer and Cole turns 30 this season. Barrie may not be here long, and Barberio should be a healthy scratch.
The future of the Avs blueline would be very different without Zadorov.
A lot of the Usual Suspects when it comes to overreactions
If Zads is still not playing well(And I dont even think he's been that bad, thought he was solid his first game and made one glaring error in game 2 that's it) 15 games into the regular season, then sure it's fair game to be concerned.
But 2 games into preseason? Good lord this place sometimes.
Foppa2118
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I'll say it again. These reactions to pre-season games are part of why they don't broadcast them.
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Of course it's not good, we'd lose a guy that is supposed to slot in our top 4. I wasn't overracting or even said we should trade him, I was just answering his question.
BUT let's not kid ourselves into thinking that Zadorov is currently an anchor on that blue line and losing him would change everything. He isn't. Every year we wish he'll become that guy.
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Why couldn't we just have had a successful pre-season filled with hope, like in Bednar's first year?
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So we're pretending EJ has looked good in the preseason? Sorry but this is ridiculous.
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EJ doesn't have a long history of making brain dead plays which prevented him to be a first pairing defenseman. Zadorov does.
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He kinda does. EJ is good defensively but he certainly makes bone headed plays more often than I'd like.
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They all do bad plays to various levels (minus Doughty, maybe). Zadorov is a "high level of f*** ups" guy. Without those plays he would be the top pairing LHD on that team (and he really should be by now considering he had no one in front of him for years). He had a good season last year and it was OK to hope as a fan that the kind of f*** ups that led to the 2 Minny goals yesterday was behind him.
So it's not "oh no, this player was bad in a pre-season game trade him now" thing. It's a "on no, looks like we're back to square one" observation.
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So everything he did last season is out the window and all that matters is 2 pre-season games? Can't say I agree with that.
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I didn't say that.
Square one = having some good games and being promising but regularly making head scratching plays that prevent him to be a steady top pairing guy.
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He'll turn 31 this season and has been injured quite a lot. Not sure he'll be able to handle those heavy #1 dman minutes for many more years.
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I didn't watch this game. The only game I saw EJ play was his first pre-season game, and he looked just fine. Skating well, handling the puck well, making his usual good reads defensively.
Everyone needs to remind themselves this is pre-season. The vets are just working out the kinks from the summer. I've seen countless world class veterans look like absolute crap in the pre-season.
A vet could look like complete crap all pre-season, and it makes very little difference. The only thing that matters is they get their legs under them, and their timing back. The only proving they need to do is in the regular season/playoffs.
