im taking hamonic. steven/brian boyle outlined it very well in the first page. all things considered, he brings more to the table. 2-way dmen who excel at both sides are more valuable then an incredible shut down dman. and fwiw people, its hamonic, not harmonic. pet peeve of mine.
I just don't see the hype around Travis Hamonic. I've seen him play 20 or so times and I'm just not all that impressed.
Luke Schenn looks like a decent player but he has a little Dion Phaneuf in him. Going for the monster hit instead of the correct defensive play. I have seen him go way out of him way to "erase" someone. Going for the big hit ends up in an odd-man rush.
He needs to stop doing this and learn correct positioning, playing a little more conservative, make the smart play not the highlight hit.
to be honest, i dont think you have seen either player play
Hes on the leafs.....so take the other guy? right?
Sounds about right for HF.
Schenn not a guy you want on the ice????? wow.
Schenn like Dion; in terms of taking himself out of the play to lay a hit? not often do i see this, if at all....He eliminates players. Rather than pasting them to the wall in highlight reel fashion.
People really hate to see the leafs have someone to look forward too...it really sucks, does it not guys? COME ONE COME ALL, get your jab in at the leafs best young players.......
yep, people LOVE the islanders, one of the most respected teams in the league, no one ever takes shots at them.
schenn's job is to shut down the first line of the opposing teams every night. when he's playing his best this guy is an absolute beast. it's not just because he's physical where he'll hit you hard as hell, but he can skate and take away the puck
he does have his off days, but he's still young. sure he doesn't have that offensive potential, but if you're a forward, you'd rather have someone like hamonic covering you than schenn.
replace schenn's name with hamonic, they have the same job. hamonic just played 25 minutes vs the caps.
I love these posts. Such a great argument.
Why is Schenn overrated?
its about as good of an argument as:
schenn is soo underated on hf, its ridiculous!
Can we stop comparing? There are 29 teams in the league that hate us and will probably go against every player we have in our system anyways so there is no point.
like i said before, quit pretending like the isles are a respected team. they get **** on so much too, i swear, leaf fans love to play the defensless game. this is hamonic vs schenn, two terrific young dmen, not kadri vs jesse joensuu for gods sake!
I think they will have equally successful careers but in two different ways.
In their primes:
Hamonic: two-way 40-45 point d-man.
Schenn: shutdown 30 point d-man.
Now I haven't watched Hamonic play a lot but could this be a fair assessment?
i could see hamonic getting 40-45 pretty easily. he has 19 points in 43 games in his rookie season, thats probably 36 points or something over 82 games, and this is as a rookie. i could see hamonic hitting 50.
Anyone saying one or the other 'and it's not even close' just hasn't seen one or the other play.
I see Hamonic being better though. Schenn will likely be slightly better defensively, but Hamonic two-way game gives him the edge IMO. Hamonic is already a great puck-mover and has a great shot.
agree very much with the first part, dont give me the whole AINEC crap. these are two awesome dmen, it
is close.