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Bollig is fine as a tough guy plug. He can skate and isn't a total liability on either side of the puck.
Why do we need a tough guy plug against the Caps?
Bollig is fine as a tough guy plug. He can skate and isn't a total liability on either side of the puck.
Why do we need a tough guy plug against the Caps?
We don't, and I've made it no secret that he doesn't belong in our top 12.
I'd much prefer Morin or Smith on the roster.
Smith is. A fourth line of Morin - Kruger - Nordstrom has the potential to be one of the best in hockey. Bollig is the definition of replacement level player.
Yes, Q won 2 cups in 4 years. He's certainly a capable coach. That doesn't mean he's some sort of genius that's infallible. He didn't take the Coyotes to two cups. He took two teams with the best rosters in the league to two cups.
He got a great team to play to it's level when it matters while constantly playing well below it. He shows favoritism to crappy players and nepotism to his cronies. Our PP has sucked and his answer was to hire what may be the worst PP coach in hockey.
All this said, I actually like Q. But everyone's dismissive attitude towards any critique of him is baffling.
About Bollig... I've been a hater since he started but something Q said last year has made me ok with it. Q said that the biggest thing he wants from his 4th line is getting an offensive faceoff or offensive zone start for the 1st line.
He basically acknowledged that Bollig doesnt have the skill of others but that the puck consistently ends up in the offensive zone when he's out there. Since he said that I noticed the same thing. Who knows if it's luck, his lineups or bias but I don't think he's wrong.
His game is simplee... chip it in the zone, shoot and get faceoffs and let the big guys out there. Watch for it here early on and I think everyone will notice the same thing.
Your last sentence is what irks me. All that those people are doing is admitting they refuse to think critically. I'm certainly (and admittedly) more critical than most posters, but I can at least give credit where credit is due unlike those on the other side of the coin who refuse to see any fault(s) at all.
Agreed, looks better than Frolik. Although Frolik was fearless in a big way and that remains to be seen.
Looks better than Frolik? Frolik was huge for us when it mattered. Nordstrom was huge in September.
Having Bollig in instead of Smith or Morin isn't going to win or lose us the game. It's not going to change a damn thing, just like when Bollig was replacing Stalberg in the playoffs.
people get upset by the smallest things around here, that's what irks me. Bollig is a capable 4th liner, who doesn't hurt your team. Almost every team in the league has a gooner on their team, even the best ones. There is zero problem with having Bollig in the line-up.
And yes, Q does make errors, but what he does works, so why do people continue to question it? Oh right, because you know more than him.
Stop being insufferable. At no point have I said I know more than him.
Because somebody said that. Oh wait, they didn't.
He could trot out a first line of Bollig-Kruger-Smith and you would have no problem with it.
/\ Perhaps some would prefer that we all become mindless cheerleaders who defend against anyone who questions a decision by Q and/or Stan.