Nyquist has an assist and was screening the goalie on the game winner in the last game. Can't say he has been a complete non-factor.
Nyquist has an assist and was screening the goalie on the game winner in the last game. Can't say he has been a complete non-factor.
SpookyTsuki
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I like tatar more, he goes to the dirty areas and is not that much worse with deking if he is at all. And i think he is more important to the team in the playoffs.
Nyquist has killer skills but if I have to watch him split the D, roll into the slot, and then retreat to the outside again I am gonna puke. He is soft as can be and that is why he is invisible in the playoffs. Tatar has balls. Tatar has tenacity. Tatar is a guy who can take over a series. I don't ever see Nyquist doing that. Tatar for me and it isn't close. I will take his will over Nyquist's skill.
RayMoonDoh
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Tats has made it very close but I stick with Nyquist.
I think the only thing Tatar definately has over nyquist is a better contract situation.
I think it's hard to say Nyquist doesn't go to the scoring areas when he's scored ~30 G's the last two years and carried us for significant amounts of time. Abby's goal last game is an example of him doing the dirty work at net front while someone else gets the glory.
As it was with the D/Z and Fil/Huds debates, I don't see how preferring one means vilifying another, as sports fans are wont to do
I think the only thing Tatar definately has over nyquist is a better contract situation.
I think it's hard to say Nyquist doesn't go to the scoring areas when he's scored ~30 G's the last two years and carried us for significant amounts of time. Abby's goal last game is an example of him doing the dirty work at net front while someone else gets the glory.
As it was with the D/Z and Fil/Huds debates, I don't see how preferring one means vilifying another, as sports fans are wont to do
HomersWorld
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Nailed it on the last part. They came up together but they don't really play the same game. Tatar is flashier, Nyquist is more cerebral. Both are good players and I'm glad to have both on the Wings.
I do think (and hope) Nyquist will benefit from Blashill's system and have a more consistent year this year. If you look at his goals from two seasons ago he scored quite a few off the rush. It seemed like he hardly had any chances like that last year and was mostly scoring from the slot on the powerplay.
Dotter
THE ATHLETIC IS GARBAGE
If the question is "who would you prefer to trade?" if one had to be traded...
My pick would be whoever brings the most return. Because I am happy keeping either one. That said, I would be sad if one really had to go.
My pick would be whoever brings the most return. Because I am happy keeping either one. That said, I would be sad if one really had to go.
Got a bit of a man-crush on both, but a tad more with Tats. Simply for the hunger for goals and the passion he plays with. I just love the energy he has when he celebrates a goal.
Gus is just an awesome player too, though. And he has a knack for scoring goals that get you out of the seat. Like the Ottawa-OT-goal or this goal from the goal-line last season after being hooked on the breakaway. Then again Tats had that Split-the-D-Goal against Dallas (?) of his own... So overall.... pretty much a coin-flip. Would be VERY disappointed for either to be dealt. But my nod goes to Tats.
Gus is just an awesome player too, though. And he has a knack for scoring goals that get you out of the seat. Like the Ottawa-OT-goal or this goal from the goal-line last season after being hooked on the breakaway. Then again Tats had that Split-the-D-Goal against Dallas (?) of his own... So overall.... pretty much a coin-flip. Would be VERY disappointed for either to be dealt. But my nod goes to Tats.
Nut Upstrom
You dirty dog!
Neither has blown me away at this point, but I give the nod to Tatar; other than one shift last game, I've not seen much of anything from Gus so far. Only two games in and I'm certain they will get things going soon, but so far I give them both two thumbs down.
Number1RedWingsFan52
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Goose is my favorite but I went with Tatar here he seems to get those juicy rebounds out in front of the net and usually buries them.
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waltdetroit
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I wonder if subconsciously, they keep score on who's doing the best.
(like Nyquist vs Tatar = Legolas vs Gimli)
(like Nyquist vs Tatar = Legolas vs Gimli)
RayMoonDoh
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"that still only counts as 1!"
-Tats after Gus scored the Ottawa goal last year
I lol'd
HisNoodliness
The Karate Kid and ASP Kai
I can already see "The Lord of the Wings" GDT by Flashy. Tats with a dwarf beard would be pretty funny.
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Shaman464
No u
waltdetroit
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Larkin as Frodo, Abby as Galadriel, Cleary as Smeagel 
I like dan and he deseres the bast after his career, just thought with the sentiment on this board, it is apt
I like dan and he deseres the bast after his career, just thought with the sentiment on this board, it is apt
The Zermanator
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Holland should be the sick King of Rohan, and Cleary is Grima Wormtongue.
Here they are discussing Nyquist in 2013:
Tats is more gritty? Since when? Go watch the Abdelkader goal in Carolina and look at the battle Nyquist endures with Faulk in front of the net. Tats would never do that.
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Shaman464
No u
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