thats easy to say when you are paid to wear blue pom poms.
I watch alot of dub games, former season ticket holder. Ive seen elliot play alot.
I think he is below average defensively. Soft, not great with the stick, doesnt block shots from what ive seen. Giveaway king too. Doesnt help that hes a yapper and from what ive seen has been the type to lose focus on the play to complain about a call(just a couple isolated incidents, and perhaps not entirely indicative)
Either way, Cowen is much better offensively than Elliot is defensively. Also much grittier, his skating improved drastically from last year and of course one of the best in the dub when 1 on 1. Its clear why he was world junior material.
I'm a big Cowen fan too. I think he'll be a very solid NHL defenseman one day, but the stuff you have to say about Elliott is absolutely hilarious.
He is absolutely not below average defensively. He isn't a typical in your face, physical defender, but his positioning is top end and he has a very quick stick to poke pucks.
Sure he has turnover problems now and again, but that's mostly due to him over handling the puck trying to make the perfect play.
He can get away with it though because he is an elite skater and can make up for his few turnovers.
Where are you based? And how many games have you seen to be able to see you have seen him "alot"?
The guy is going to be the clear winner as top defenseman for a reason....
And for the record, the Blades don't pay me ****.