Crosbyfan
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"OK kids. Grab the rollerblades and sticks...were heading to the 401!Just wait until they meet JMFJ.
...and don't forget your helmets"
"OK kids. Grab the rollerblades and sticks...were heading to the 401!Just wait until they meet JMFJ.
"OK kids. Grab the rollerblades and sticks...were heading to the 401!
...and don't forget your helmets"
Just wait until they meet JMFJ.
I am still sad Oleksiak never got to beat the snot out of Wilson, Orpik, and Simmonds.
I just see too many good things from “The Big Rig” and I’m glad we signed him to 3 years. In his short time so far here all Gonchar has really gotten to do with him is allow him to feel comfortable and we’ve seen him carry the puck through the NZ with ease as he fires up those big legs and takes gigantic strides using his reach to easily stickhandle past forecheckers. He’s calm with the puck. He has great feet and shows them off when walking across the blue line with the puck and he fires wrist shots that are ****ing hard and come with no windup or warning to the goalie. Plus, of course, he’s enormous and the further you get in the playoffs, the more you’re allowed to get away with.
I just think Oleksiak is a total gem. Still has rough edges in his own end but that wasn’t about to get cleaned up in such a short amount of time. Now that Gonchar will have him for a full year, don’t be shocked if he turns out to be every bit as good as Dumoulin.
That’s my first instinct as well but I guess I can reconcile that in two years we’ll likely go from having the most expensive D to one of the least amongst max cap teams. Also, we undoubtably will (do already?) have the cheapest goalie tandem.I like Oleksiak and even if he had a really up and down year to my eyes... I think this contract is fine.
I have to admit though that as expensive as the defense as a whole is -- it inspires very little confidence. At least in me. Seems like a group with a lot of really high highs and really low lows.