He's a talented player and there's little doubt about that. The issue is with his intensity, determination, physical play. He gives up on plays far to easily, the puck is taken from him far to easily. Look at ROR or Schwartz and their hounding of the puck constantly Hell look at Barbashev. Sanford simply does not have the never quit attitude that a player needs. We rag on everyone when they give up easily or coast and even Tarasenko has been ragged on when he does it. Sanford has been doing this for months and it's reaching a boiling point of fans being suck of his f***ing shit.
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He's a talented player and there's little doubt about that. The issue is with his intensity, determination, physical play. He gives up on plays far to easily, the puck is taken from him far to easily. Look at ROR or Schwartz and their hounding of the puck constantly Hell look at Barbashev. Sanford simply does not have the never quit attitude that a player needs. We rag on everyone when they give up easily or coast and even Tarasenko has been ragged on when he does it. Sanford has been doing this for months and it's reaching a boiling point of fans being suck of his f***ing shit.
I agree with you about his lack of drive to the puck (I also think he could finish his checks more than he does). He clearly doesn't have that "extra gear", but I don't attribute that to a lack of intensity. Not everyone is as fast on the puck as ROR or even Robert Thomas or Jayden Schwartz. I think his turnover in the first period was bad the other night (whether or not it hit the stat sheet), but I think people are overstating how much Sanford turns the puck over in his own zone. Does he land on his a$$ more than others......I would say yes, but he also gets the puck off the boards high in the defensive zone and out of the zone more than people are giving him credit for (not withstanding period 1 the other night). Speed to the puck is great, but if you can't play well defensively from a positioning standpoint your risk of giving up goals via odd-man rushes increases (see Fabbri, Kyrou). Sanford is rarely out of position in his own zone and that is why I think Chief plays him. Now if he plays like a dog tonight he should sit and put in either MacMac or Blais (if healthy). But let's not forward the notion that he doesn't give a sh!$....that just seems ludicrous.
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So basically you're saying aside from yourself there is only one other knowledgeable person on this entire forum? And all of your insights are the correct ones?
I would go MacMac, Blais and Fabbri. I view Mac is superior forechecker compare to Blais and Fabbri. Blais might be more physical than MacMac, but he lack of speed what 4th line needs.
I guess it's encouraging that it's a fringe-4th liner people are worried about.
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It really doesn't take a whole lot of knowledge to watch the game and see that Sanford is struggling and has been for awhile. As to why the coaching staff hasn't made a line-up change, it's anyone's guess. However, they clearly weren't satisfied with his Game 1 or he would have logged more than 6:30
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I’m going to try and sync the TV up with the KMOX broadcast if I can. Kerbs/Joey V are way better than whatever CNBC is bringing.
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Very true, I can't believe we are wasting so much breath on Zach freaking Sanford, haha.
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I thought I heard on one of the games last night that it will be Gord Miller and Chicken Parm on the Blues game tonight, but that may be the TSN broadcast and not CNBC.
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I don't understand the logic that if Sanford is replaced with one of Blais or Mac that it's going to expose defensive efficiencies on the 4th line. Wasn't that the idea the coaching staff had in mind when they decided to staple Steen to basically anchor that line? I'm by no means a Sanford hater, but Blais should be a more effective player for his role in a series like this. I wouldn't be worried about him skating himself out of position all over the ice just to drill guys into the boards, our coaching staff will let him know what they are expecting him to do to be a factor.
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If you haven't seen this it's worth a watch...pretty short and made me laugh harder than I expected.
I linked to the Blues bit but the whole video is entertaining.
I linked to the Blues bit but the whole video is entertaining.
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Round 1 games are also being broadcast on FSWM if you want to hear Kelly, Panger and the gang.
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I don't know why people are doggin' on Sanford so much, I get that he can be better but he wasn't terrible. He just needs to play a more aggressive assertive game and he'll be fine, I expect he'll be better tonight. I would be curious to see how Blais, MacMac, or even Fabbri would would look like with Steen and Barbie and if Sanny can't elevate his game someone else will get their chance. I'm willing to give Chief the benefit of the doubt on who he wants out there right now.
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Sanford's been the obvious man out. I dont get playing him 6 minutes, and keeping him in there. Maybe Berube is concerned about the match-ups, but unless Sanford is trusted with more than 7 minutes, i want to see a healthy Blais out there. Barby/Steen more than make up for any of Blais positional short-comings. But im willing to give Bradford another chance.
Yep.
Apparently nobody is allowed to voice their opinion on a player if they’re a 4th liner. Not important enough to discuss on a discussion board or something like that.
I don’t get it. Regular season, sure. But in the playoffs, every player on the ice matters. One bad play can change a game. That shouldn’t be rocket science. You see all the time how a 4th line can impact a series and people are over here acting like it’s irrelevant lol.
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Watch Sanford & Son bag one and receive a bunch of apologies.
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Watch Sanford & Son bag one and receive a bunch of apologies.
LOL
Watch Sanford & Son bag one and receive a bunch of apologies.
LOL
Play more than 7 minutes, and i wont complain. But if he's stapled to the bench, why see what someone else has?
By all means, the more shit I talk on Sanford the higher chance he’s gonna score tonight and shut me up.
Don’t mind me folks. I’ll just be over here doin my thang to help the team.
Don’t mind me folks. I’ll just be over here doin my thang to help the team.
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