Mugzy97
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I'd rather have Polak than Marincin
I'd agree with that.
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I'd rather have Polak than Marincin
I'd agree with that.
Take a look at the post that I had above related to Game 6.
Throw every stat toward me you want, but watch the highlights of it and note what I said about Marincin.
That seems like a very bad idea. You could have the best forward group in NHL history and a defense entirely made of Marincin and his clones would manage to lose you games constantly.Nah, I'd rather dress 6 marincin's than 1 polak
The dude had lower points this last season than the one before... HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE WHEN YOU ARE ALWAYS ON THE ICE WITH 3 SUPERSTAR ROOKIES
Don't even get me started about the icings, either. And all the times him and his buddy hunwick somehow let 3 players between them and the goalie on a consistent basis
I'm on the side of getting rid of Marincin.
His style of play is the safe, get it off the boards/glass, make sure you're not on for a goal against type of style. And that was good before the heavy emphasis on possession came into affect.
This highlight pack is from game 6 vs. Washington. I'll point out all of the plays from Marincin alone, during this 6 min video:
1. 1:15-1:27 --- Marincin takes the right guy. Bozak (centreman) should have gone to the 3rd guy high that was coming down the wing.
2. 1:58-2:36 --- Blind pass up the boards, leads to a couple grade A chances in front of the net. Didn't understand where to go after giving the puck away. Almost went up to the RD from Caps.
3. 3:12-3:30 --- Turnover by JVR along boards. Marincin already above hashmarks and can't get back to cover the wide open chance in front of the net.
4. 4:38- --- Marincin throws a grenade up the middle of the ice (Boyle could of had it, but in his feet/not a great pass). Turnover comes back the other way for a goal. Not necessarily all his fault due to poor coverage, but the start of the play was due to his mistake.
5. 5:35-5:45 --- Boyle loses the draw in his own end. Zaitsev is slow to react to the shot. Marincin can't hold of his guy in front of the net, but it ends up with Johanssen tapping it in.
Again, this is 1 highlight package that we can choose from. But a lot of the mistakes on the ice are from when he was on it. 2 of the goals where he was the focal point of the issue or giving up grade A chances.
I'm not saying that this is Marincin's entire work. He's a capable NHL defenseman (as a #7), but if you can get similar or better production out of Borgman, Rosen or Dermott, why wouldn't they make the roster instead?
And you could use Marchenko as the #7 guy.
That seems like a very bad idea. You could have the best forward group in NHL history and a defense entirely made of Marincin and his clones would manage to lose you games constantly.
Actually with Rielly and Zaitsev having beyond terrible years, having all Marincin's would likely have improved our record.
Only 1 guy I was super happy with was Gardiner. The rest was pretty much a tire fire.
So what is Rosen expected to be on the 3rd pair /7th D
Actually with Rielly and Zaitsev having beyond terrible years, having all Marincin's would likely have improved our record.
Only 1 guy I was super happy with was Gardiner. The rest was pretty much a tire fire.
Actually with Rielly and Zaitsev having beyond terrible years, having all Marincin's would likely have improved our record.
Actually with Rielly and Zaitsev having beyond terrible years, having all Marincin's would likely have improved our record.
We all saw what a broken leg did to Robidas, who could really skate before. Hell, we saw what it did to Stamkos. Polak was not an NHLer on a good team to begin with.
We all saw what a broken leg did to Robidas, who could really skate before. Hell, we saw what it did to Stamkos. Polak was not an NHLer on a good team to begin with.
Actually with Rielly and Zaitsev having beyond terrible years, having all Marincin's would likely have improved our record.
We all saw what a broken leg did to Robidas, who could really skate before. Hell, we saw what it did to Stamkos. Polak was not an NHLer on a good team to begin with.
And Hunwick moving to Pitts. I think management has moved on.