Travis Dermott
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unitedstars87
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He kind of reminds me of Chris Phillips. Maybe not as good defensively but could be a little more offensive.
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He's been terrific defensively. I think he's been pretty unlucky offensively, and hasn't really been put in much of a position to succeed at that side of the game. It looks like Babcock wants to take things slow with him and let him develop into a defensive force before giving him some offensive leash
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I don't think he will ever be more then like a 30 point defensemen....and I am perfectly fine with that. He looks really really good.
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He's now making the quick up more than skating it up which I attribute to the coaches. He isn't getting PP time. It's a process, I expect to see more offence as he progresses. I'm ecstatic where he is at the moment, and expect him to be a legit top 4 by the second half. He's so smart, with the little plays, his head is really fast at processing plays, exceptionally so.
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I think he is Gardiner's replacement for next season - I don't think Leafs can afford Gardiner and Dermott is capable of playing a top 4 role.
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Kinda agree, which means we need to be prepared to lose another UFA for nothing....
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I don’t care how many points he can put up, he’s got a laser first pass, slick hands, beauty skating, and a knack for physical play. He’s playing amazingly, we got a keeper here!
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It's unfortunately what happens to good teams. We are going to have to start young players when they succeed however. Etc Johnsson catches fire and scores 50 points next year there's no way the leafs can afford him and they would need to deal him for picks and prospects.
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If Gards signs a discount to stay Dermott rounds out the LD nicely.. Cup caliber LD back there. Now the RD....
Wafflewhipper
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Yes absolutely. He has the stop sign on him. Perfectly acceptable too at this point in his development.
Great job defensively by him yes. Still learning but looking really good all the same.
Since everyone overvalued #4 defenceman like in all nylander offers maybe we can trade him for aho
Randy Randerson
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playing in bigger minutes this year...look at his underlying metrics, holy hell. He looked like a possession star last year if you expected a bit of regression as his role increased, no one expected his metrics and relatives to improve by about double.
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He's being brought along slowly. One thing I really don't like about Babcock is the head games. He called out Dermott in the press in preseason, and I don't get that.
Having said that, he's responded by basically showing he may arguably be the Leafs 2nd best D-man this season.
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Dermott is actually amazing. No slight to other D on our team minus Rielly (who also looks absolutely amazing this year), but when Dermott is on the ice, I feel calm. He sidesteps out of pressure nearly perfectly in every situation, moves the puck well, is mobile, great defensively. At this point, he's definitely a top 4 D. He's got potential to be a top pairing tweener who can move up to top pairing just fine and move in between top 2 and top 4 without missing a beat. Get one more D like him (hopefully Sandin will be that guy), and this D core is more than ready to contend for a cup.
Liljegren has picked up his game recently and has scored a couple of NHL like goals. Plus he made a pass from heaven to a guy via a stretch pass. He is starting to look like he is close as well.
Lotta cheap ELC talent coming with him and Sandin.
Travis Dermott? Loved him the first minute I saw him play, how this guy slipped to the second round is beyond me. Glad he did.
I think ultimately he can be a good number 2 guy. But in the meantime he is a very good 4
Lotta cheap ELC talent coming with him and Sandin.
Travis Dermott? Loved him the first minute I saw him play, how this guy slipped to the second round is beyond me. Glad he did.
I think ultimately he can be a good number 2 guy. But in the meantime he is a very good 4
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his role has expanded from last season already though, and the thing that got us really excited about Dermott (his utter dominance of opposition across the possession metric spectrum and obvious positive impact on line mates in terms of relatives) has actually improved by a lot as the role has expanded which I certainly wasn't expecting. I'm sure some of it will balance out as the sample size increases but he looks like a dominant force in WOWY's and possession metric rankings
agree on Babcock, not sure why he chose Dermott to call out when he's obviously too good to take ice time from
Dubas just continuing to show why he will be widely regarded as the best GM in the league.
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If Dermott can continue to progress that would be awesome. I would like to see Babcock giving him RHD minutes so he can eventually play with Reilly for our Keith-Seabrook pairing that the Hawks have had for years. I personally feel the right hand shooting Dman stuff is bogus. A good player is a good player. Future looks bright with pairings as such:
Reilly-Dermott
Sandin-Llijegren
Borgman/Rosen-Zaitsev
Reilly-Dermott
Sandin-Llijegren
Borgman/Rosen-Zaitsev
Spirit of 67
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I'm pretty much with you.
I've said that he will make a fantastic Robin. But he would need a Batman.
Dermott gambles all the time. If this is what he looks like with the leash on I'd hate to see him with it off. I also don't remember Reilly playing all that conservatively in the past so I suspect he simply got better especially on the PP
