Mainehockey33
Powerplay Specialist
He's getting more and more impressive every game. I wonder what his potential is, they said he was a smooth winger when he came over from Dallas.
As an honest assessment:
He is grittier than advertised, decent speed too. He looks like he has a lack of finishing (I would chalk it up to bad luck, but the Dallas scouts said the same thing, so...) his super weak goal on Thomas tonight doesn't change my mind on that. If it comes down to Smith or Caron, Smith has him by a fair margin. I would like to see:
Lucic-Krejci-Iggy
Soderberg-Bergeron-Eriksson
Marchand--Kelly--Smith
Merlot
As that 3rd line would be fast, gritty and good. Marchand and Smith on the 3rd line would cause fits for the opposition and the 2nd could use Soderberg's size for all the board work they do.
Those lines look beautiful, I'd really like to see those given a try... But I guess, barring injury, Claude will not tear apart Bergy and Marchand.
Curious to hear from you guys how he has been so far this season. Always liked R.Smith and hope he turns out to be a solid top 6 forward with y'all.
Like what I see, regardless of the goal. Seems to have good hockey IQ and some sac.
As an honest assessment:
He is grittier than advertised, decent speed too. He looks like he has a lack of finishing (I would chalk it up to bad luck, but the Dallas scouts said the same thing, so...) his super weak goal on Thomas tonight doesn't change my mind on that. If it comes down to Smith or Caron, Smith has him by a fair margin. I would like to see:
Lucic-Krejci-Iggy
Soderberg-Bergeron-Eriksson
Marchand--Kelly--Smith
Merlot
As that 3rd line would be fast, gritty and good. Marchand and Smith on the 3rd line would cause fits for the opposition and the 2nd could use Soderberg's size for all the board work they do.
I think he has been one of their most consistent players so far this year, in terms of effort.
Could be a diamond in the rough.
Outside of some bad turnovers, he looks like a really impressive player. Great speed and quickness, plays a lot bigger than his size, and has a lot of creativity. One thing I'm a bit worried about though is that scoring touch. The guy missed on like 5 golden opportunities last night, and has been snakebitten in other games as well. Hearing what Dallas fans have said about him, and looking at his NHL stats, it doesn't look like he has much finish. I know, bad timing for this seeing as he just scored the GWG.