Player Discussion Marco Rossi

[57special]

Reminds me of those who complained about Granlund's fluttering saucers... That ended up a whole lotta nothing.

not even close to the same thing.

 

[MrRuin]

If there is one outstanding characertistic to Rossi's game it's his ability to retrieve the puck and distribute it to the open man with smart, low risk passes. He keeps offensive zone time alive or starts creating it with his ability to forecheck, win board battles, intercept pucks and then - that's the crucial part - dish it to the open man without a turnover. He plays a mean saucer pass (Ek fanning on one the other night), not sure where the "weak flub pass" argument is coming from. That's just trying to find a flaw where there is none.

Regarding his goal total: he is mostly taking shots near the crease, his shooting % is very high right now, probably not sustainable. He is getting into the soft and open spaces around the net and mostly scores from there and on deflections. 20 goals from him this year would be absolutely top notch, I fully expect a longer period of no goals coming up at some point in the season. And that will be absolutely OK.

 

[MK9]

Watching him work that puck through traffic last night was just fun. After seeing him play so timid last season, to see him play with what looks like very little fear this year is awesome. I mean he obviously doesn't play like a grinder, but he sure isn't afraid to go into the greazy areas. Still seems like he's got another gear he's got to get to as far as points, but it actually feels like he'll figure it out. Lot of times you see a player have a next level they need to get to where it all finally clicks, but you kind of know they're probably not going to get it. Rossi sure looks like it'll all fall into place at some point.

It's weird to have this many young players panning out and be flat out fun to watch. Really hope the next wave coming up behind these guys just continue the trend.