As long as he never plays in the NHL, it's fine.
Terrible defenseman. The two games he played for us were horrendous. Was personally responsible for an absurd amount of goals against in two games.
We had both [Hannan and Irwin] and Irwin is worse
Irwin's only asset is his shot. That's it. He can't skate, he can't play defense. He showed flashes of being an NHL player for short periods at a time, then would just completely fall apart.
If Irwin could skate he would be a #6 PP specialist.
After seeing his name mentioned in the Pardy thread, I thought I would update on the surprise "find" of our offseason.
Irwin was called up when Tony Bitetto went down in the first game of the year, and has basically anchored the third pairing ever since. He and Yannick Weber have been very solid in their role, and Irwin has even spent some time playing with Josi while Ellis has been out. He's got a nice shot(3 goals already) and plays a steady defensive game.
I didn't know much about him, but I was nervous based on the reactions in this thread from last summer, but he's been a very pleasant surprise, and is very likely to stay on the Predators roster for the rest of the season.
According to who, you?
He is a very capable AHL defenseman who can provide good depth as a #8/#9 organizational d man. I'm happy for him but if you're expecting him to keep this up you will be very disappointed.
According to who, you?
He is a very capable AHL defenseman who can provide good depth as a #8/#9 organizational d man. I'm happy for him but if you're expecting him to keep this up you will be very disappointed.
What do I know, I just watch all of our games. He's playing well at both ends of the ice.
So he is Scott Hannan bad. Hannan was absolutely terrible in his year here.
He's bad but he has stretches of looking like a 3rd pairing d-man.
So he's this generations Aaron Rome? Irwin was known to get quite steady 3rd pairing minutes in San Jose before.
He's bad but he has stretches of looking like a 3rd pairing d-man.
So he's this generations Aaron Rome? Irwin was known to get quite steady 3rd pairing minutes in San Jose before.