billybudd
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- Feb 1, 2012
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I know everyone loves to Rag on him, but i Really think the massive difference in Crosby this year has to at least partially be attributed to the loss of a great defensive player that knows how Crosby plays now, and has great chemistry with.
But hes just a third liner so Gibbons is pretty much his equal right.
Agreed. Stempniak's done a far more credible job filling his shoes than Bilbo Gibbons of Scrantonton did, however.
Too many people think tic-tac-toe wins hockey games (PD can't tic-tac-toe). It doesn't.
Pascal sets so many picks in the offensive zone, draws so many players out of position and just creates so many extra seconds and free lanes that his more talented linemates can use that his lack of hands doesn't matter, numerically, over an extremely long sample size, regardless of who he plays with.
I hope Pascal completely recovers from his knee injury, but at his age, I have my doubts about that happening.
