Ho Borvat
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- Sep 29, 2009
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Not to defend bieksa, cause he was a disaster, but I really lay a much larger chunk of the blame on Sbisa. I can remember three times off the top of my head where KB had to cover. I think if KB had played with Hamhuis, he would have been fine. Where we played Sbisa with Hamhuis, and hell Hamhuis looked bad.
Totally agree with the moving the puck though, and some of that blame has to fall on coaching and the lack of adjustments. There is stuff I learned in Bantam that could have been more effective at breaking the forecheck.
I think a Corrado-Bieksa 3rd pairing last year would have been nice to see for an extended period of time.
I mean, Corrado is essentially Tanev-lite so I think it would have allowed Bieksa to play more to his strengths.