He so good, he makes the rest of our defensemen look like sacks of dog ****. And not the hefty durable kind, but the kind that disintegrates when you're taking it to the curb and gets on your shoes and your like "Awwww Awwwwwwwwwwwww".
Maybe he was a Nordiques fanyeah but he wasn't an Avs fan growing up
Too young. Was probably a Habs fan.Maybe he was a Nordiques fan
Maybe his parents were Nordiques fans and they became Av fans and he grew up as an Avs fan.Too young. Was probably a Habs fan.
Too young. Was probably a Habs fan.
I am kinda curious, why has Bednar gone with Cole/Barrie and Girard/Johnson as his top four when it sure looked like in preseason and practice that Cole's and Zadorov's roles would be the opposite of that. Not a complaint, mind you, just kinda surprised Zads has played so sparingly.
Z also seems to be a bit of a slow starter. So maybe Bednar thought it be smart to let Z run a 3rd pairing to get the rust off and then could adjust as needed.
But he was perfectly in shape this year!!!!
Only two games so far where the team has played very, very well. Bednar is making the right choices at the moment, and I'm sure if there are defensive struggles on the bottom pairings at some point goign forward, he will be making that adjustment quickly.
I'm not sure what I love most about him...
His smooth skating...
His spin moves...
His insane passing ability...
His ability to get out of trouble in his own zone...
His ability to skate the puck through traffic...
His ability to avoid checks by the other team...
Or...
His facial expressions that make him look like he's a 15 year veteran who has seen everything before.
I think it's the last one, honestly.
Barrie (I know the supporters) carries the puck to Centre ice and always drops into the AVs zone back to a rushing Forward...usually Mackinnon or Landy. This really defeats the purpose, because the Forwards should be streaking into the attack zone getting positioning. Barrie acts like a Forward dropping the puck backwards, so what is his purpose?
Well, for starters, they can't streak too far because otherwise they'd be off-sides. The drop-pass thing is intended to disrupt the opposition's PK structure, it allows for MacKinnon (or Compher) to make a zone entry at full speed. I can't say I think it's the most effective way to do things but it's worked for the most part since they almost always gain the zone. I hope you're not advocating they go back to whatever the hell they did when Army ran things.
The problem isn't the zone-entry method, it's the fact that the top unit stands still too much and they're forcing things, and Rantanen is just refusing to shoot it (Landy's been pretty awful on the half-wall as well). The 2nd unit has been far more effective because they're generating way more traffic in front and just plain shooting it more.
I think it’s as simple as Cole looking better and more consistent than Zadorov early on.