Friedman: [PIT] F Johan Larsson to sign with the Penguins
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will probably be one of the best signs of the day...hes that good at what he does
Sidney the Kidney
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And what is it, precisely, that he does?
If you want a shutdown 4c who knows his role...you found it. I'm not big on posting charts etc but his defensive metrics in several years have been great. he can win a faceoff. He has a bit of jam to his game. he will chip in enough points to justify his roster spot. If you poll 100 sabres fans id bet youd find 85 that wanted him back. He's the perfect character/glue guy teams win with.
Sidney the Kidney
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We've already got 4 centers under contract. Can he play the wing? Otherwise this seems like a waste of cap space.
Zbynek
Jarry friggin sucks dude
Could mean Blueger is on his way out in a Pettersson/Marino trade
Uncle Scrooge
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Never hurts to have depth if you're the Pens, but I'm a bit confused why Larsson chose the Pens considering they already have 4 centers.
Feels like he deserves the opportunity to be the leading defensive center on a contender and gain some more recognition. He's kind of been flying under the radar playing for Buffalo and then getting hurt when he was traded to the Caps.
Feels like he deserves the opportunity to be the leading defensive center on a contender and gain some more recognition. He's kind of been flying under the radar playing for Buffalo and then getting hurt when he was traded to the Caps.
Zbynek
Jarry friggin sucks dude
There isn't really a good reason to pay our 4C $2.2million, but that's what we're doing right now.
This and the Rutta signing both suggest there is a trade or two coming.
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Dolan sucks!!!
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tsujimoto74
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Shut down D, offensive black hole. You'll absolutely love him in a match-up role taking hard minutes away from your more offensively gifted centers.
Maurice of Orange
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Couldn’t find anything announcing an official signing and nothing on CF or PuckP yet regarding Johan Larsson.
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Foppberg
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Our coach doesn't do "match-ups". He's above that sort of thing.
Holtbyisms
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Heard this when the caps traded for him and was excited. Unfortunately whatever it is that he "does" isn't much of anything so be prepared to be underwhelmed and confused why he's taking up a roster spot.
He played 4LW in Washington. He was underwhelming. I was hoping to see some offense and maybe have him replace Eller but there’s just no offense there whatsoever. He’s defensively and positionally sound and he won’t make many mistakes but if you’re looking for him to chip in on offense you’ll be disappointed.
He was 1+5 in 14 regular season games for the Caps and had 2 assists in the playoffs for them. Looking up those stats I honestly can’t believe he had that many points because I can’t remember a single goal he contributed to. He also played with Dowd and Hathaway who made everyone who played on that line look great. They’re two of the best 4th liners in the league for my money.
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Well....see......that's the problem.
Larsson is an absolutely poor winger.............but he's a legit lockdown center. None of us in Sabreland could ever figure out why he would just disappear when put on the wing but flourish when at center. We all figured that his dinky-ness, grit and defensive capabilities would transfer over easy. Nope. Not the case.
