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lol when he was asked why panther fans should be excited for the upcoming year... had a pretty tough time finding an answer to that one
Hilariously sad.. Awww.. pfff.. "I gotta say something"
lol when he was asked why panther fans should be excited for the upcoming year... had a pretty tough time finding an answer to that one
I would prefer an athlete take 5 seconds to think about an actual answer, rather than just giving a generic answer that was created for them by a PR person
Lol Im re-reading and laughing at the lack of reasonable patience!!
Such unreasonable negativity leads me to be that much more positive and hopeful!
Ekblad being humbled last year.....and how hard it is to stay in the league and to not take the money for granted
https://www.thescore.com/news/1344787
^ He's saying the right things at least.
his skating may not be incredible, but its definitely good enough and doesnt hinder his play imo. he played calm and composed the first 2 seasons, didnt panic, made usually smart safe plays. as long as his smarts are matching the skating then its not a problem, so i just don't think he was mentally in tune (maybe because of the concussions, maybe not,obviously doesnt help either way). so if he's feeling good, working and training hard, doing some skating work, don't see him struggling as a skater or as a defender, just has to be played in the right situations for him, hopefully the coaches are good and have solid systems to help him and the rest of the corp, mentally get back into it, and go back to what was making him successful and then some. you don't go 1st oa, get the calder at 18/19yrs old while putting up 10+g and 39pt at that age if your skating is atrocious. he'll get it together, just hoping he stays healthy. or if he does sustain any injuries theyre not head related.
Campbell, Brian
...ye....yes?
he helped him, absolutely, but you don't go from a tremendous player prospering to a poor player just because you lose 36yr old campbell. its not like yandle is a slouch when it comes to puck movers. neither is matheson. campbell wasnt exactly known for his d or played with any physicality. he helped him no doubt, but to say he alone is the reason why he fell off so much is a bit overkill.
1. He was heavily sheltered.
2. BC was better than Yandle on everything except power play.
3. Soup was known for his play WHICH included his D. Physicality no. But D, absolutely.
4. Matheson was not ready.
Other factors were involved, yes, but at forefront is Soup.
his skating may not be incredible, but its definitely good enough and doesnt hinder his play imo. he played calm and composed the first 2 seasons, didnt panic, made usually smart safe plays. as long as his smarts are matching the skating then its not a problem, so i just don't think he was mentally in tune (maybe because of the concussions, maybe not,obviously doesnt help either way). so if he's feeling good, working and training hard, doing some skating work, don't see him struggling as a skater or as a defender, just has to be played in the right situations for him, hopefully the coaches are good and have solid systems to help him and the rest of the corp, mentally get back into it, and go back to what was making him successful and then some. you don't go 1st oa, get the calder at 18/19yrs old while putting up 10+g and 39pt at that age if your skating is atrocious. he'll get it together, just hoping he stays healthy. or if he does sustain any injuries theyre not head related.
It limits his potential.
I don't see a player with that kind of skating reaching elite #1D status in todays NHL.
We wanted Soup. What can you do, they tried to find the next best thing.
Not sign Ekblad to a crazy extension!
Again you miss the point. They signed Yandle.
Not sign Ekblad to a crazy extension!
1. He was heavily sheltered.
2. BC was better than Yandle on everything except power play.
3. Soup was known for his play WHICH included his D. Physicality no. But D, absolutely.
4. Matheson was not ready.
Other factors were involved, yes, but at forefront is Soup.
Are you going to complain about this everyday? He's not worth it yet, but he has to potential to be easily worth that. He's 21 relax. If he's 25 and sucks then i get it.
Why does everyone always blame the coaches or management or other players for most of a player's poor play? The players should take most of the responsibility for their poor play.
Ekblad came into camp out of shape, he was out of position constantly, and he was making bad decisions all the time. That's on him. It's not like Brian Campbell was going to suddenly get Ekblad into shape, or make him more positionally sound, or have him make better decisions. And one of his strong suits, his offensive game, was great his first two seasons and I wouldn't give Campbell credit at all for it.
Completely agree.Why does everyone always blame the coaches or management or other players for most of a player's poor play? The players should take most of the responsibility for their poor play.
Ekblad came into camp out of shape, he was out of position constantly, and he was making bad decisions all the time. That's on him. It's not like Brian Campbell was going to suddenly get Ekblad into shape, or make him more positionally sound, or have him make better decisions. And one of his strong suits, his offensive game, was great his first two seasons and I wouldn't give Campbell credit at all for it.