Pez68
Registered User
Ristolainen and Povorov, are not top Dmen in the league. Dmen can handle it, it's really not that big of a deal.
For those of you blasting Q for playing a really good Dman like Ekblad 25mins, where are you critizing JC for playing Gustafsson 26mins in our first game?
Funny how that works.
Not only that, what is another 3 shifts in a game for Ekblad? It's nothing, just like how you argued Kane getting 3 more shifts a game wasn't a big deal. You don't see the hypocrisy here?
I wasn't talking about the ice time, or players handling it. I was talking about him not trusting players enough to give them ice time. And countering your statement that "25 minutes a night is average for top defensemen". It clearly isn't, as only a handful of guys average that... Try to keep up.
Also, playing a defenseman 25+ when half of your top 4 is injured, and you are icing two AHL defenders, is different from playing a defenseman 25+ when your D is healthy. Isn't it?