Please don't post this on the main board.
Bad feet.....is the reason why he will mot make the team. On big ice his transitional skating would be a liability.
He is having a great year and that will get him some consideration. Anyone who feels that he is being held of the team because of some preconceived opinions is not looking at the list of available D man and being honest with themselves.
Hockey Canada is afraid Phaneuf will injure half their squad in practice with his clapper .
Because there's better players
It would work out well for the Leafs when the NHL season resumes.
Or he inadvertently takes our JVR and Kessel in the same play at some point
Yup and how many did Tavares and Crosby score this year?
Lemme guve you a hint, their combined total rhymes with Hero.
If Subban and Letang are going, then so should Phaneuf. That's being honest.
Cause we want a medal.... Seriously though, he would struggle with the speed on the big ice. Weber brings more overall than Phaneuf, so foot speed can be neglected between the two here.
Crosby has 40 points in 26 career games against Toronto
Ovechkin has 46 points in 30 career games against Toronto
Tavares has 16 in 15.
If we're under the assumption that top line forwards are getting matched against top line D a la Dion Phaneuf, then he's not really doing such a great job.
There are better D-men in Canada than Dion Phaneuf. Has Vlasic been mentioned by one of the credible sources? Or just on HFBoards by posters?
You know Bolland was the one tasked with checking Crosby right? Bolland was all over him that night. Were you watching the game?
Honestly, Dion is a good dman but there are other people that fit his mold that are better. Personally I would take Subban over him if he were to fit on the bottom pairing. Dion isn't good enough to be top 4 either, Keith, Seabrooke, Weber, Doughty have that locked up and Pietrangelo, SUbban, Vlasic, Boyle, Letang and more are all competing for the bottom spots. Dion might elevate his game like in the world Jrs. but he is too far removed from that for his performance to count back then.
Bottom line Dion does not reek of confidence and safety on the back end and we have other guys that are as offensively capable or more so which IMO leaves him on the outside looking in. Especially when he has shown he gets burned on the outside more than enough times the last couple seasons, the big ice would only exacerbate that problem.
Sorry Dion, no team Canada but we are happy to have you in Toronto, please take a pay cut or pay freeze this offseason lol.
Stick to the lounge bud, I don't think hockey is your forte.
Anyway Dion should certainly get consideration, he's been having an unreal year and imo he's a step ahead of JayBo who people have been suggesting should make the team.
We should be asking you the same, maybe you should actually check who was all over them in those games.
Probably one of the worst posts.
How many do they have combined THIS year and last, you know, the only years that should really matter?