Steve Yzerlland
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I know this isnt the NHL but he looks better than at least 3 of our top 6 from last year based on this.he Is more physical Nick Jensen, I think he can replace Eriksson
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I know this isnt the NHL but he looks better than at least 3 of our top 6 from last year based on this.he Is more physical Nick Jensen, I think he can replace Eriksson
I know this isnt the NHL but he looks better than at least 3 of our top 6 from last year based on this.
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Not necessarily true. How many years were Tatar and Nyquist buried in GR?You're right. It's not the NHL. If he's better than 3 of our top 6, he'd have been in Detroit.
Not necessarily true. How many years were Tatar and Nyquist buried in GR?
That probably was the plan on Babcocian era, but not anymore.
Time to update your beliefs.
Btw, would be interested Sulak's defensive highlights. Could someone add a video?
Hmm, what is this based on? Larkin making the team? Or just the fact that our defense is really bad and easily replaceable?
How could Sulak replace them when we are in cap hell? Waive Ericsson to test him out? And I don’t agree that you think “Babcocian” era was the only time younger guys weren’t getting opportunities. I have yet to see Gator or Helm get healthy scratched like AA was last year. Because he “wasn’t competing”. DRW still operates as Ties go to the vets until proven otherwiseOur defense being bad and easily replaceable. If Libor Sulak was indisputably better than any of them, he'd be in Detroit. I mean, they had Ouellet, Jensen, or Witkowski that they could have easily sent down to make room if he was so good.
Or it's entirely possible that Libor Sulak is the exact same kind of player that those three guys are and he'd be a sideways move to re-shuffle the chairs on the deck of the Titanic, so the Wings let him just continue to play a bunch at GR.
E: Moreso, I'm saying if he's indisputably better than 50% of our defense, they'd make room. Most of the time someone is "held down", it's because there is an argument to be made to do so.
You may not like the argument, but there is one to be had.
Sarcasm noted. But given our defence how could he be worse? 3 of the 6 are fringe Nhlers... I hate this notion we can’t play kids yet we are losing anyway!I know that when I'm evaluating defenseman, I look at their ability to score snap-shots from the point, and I stop there. What more could you possibly need?
I AM eager to see Sulak in the preseason in the hopes that we found a diamond in the rough. But the odds at this point are still very long and 2 minutes of highlights are far from convincing.Sarcasm noted. But given our defence how could he be worse? 3 of the 6 are fringe Nhlers... I hate this notion we can’t play kids yet we are losing anyway!
If he is worse put Ericsson back in the lineup win win. No downside to playing Cholo, Hronek and Sulak next year unless we are winning games without them which I doubt we win a lot either way so it’s better to play the kids.I AM eager to see Sulak in the preseason in the hopes that we found a diamond in the rough. But the odds at this point are still very long and 2 minutes of highlights are far from convincing.
And the "how could he POSSIBLY be worse than Ericsson?" theory has been tried with:
Sproul
Ouellett
Marchenko
Almquist
Lashoff
Smith
Renouf
Russo
...they were all worse than Ericsson.
Turns out "Fringe NHLers" are still better than 99.99% of professional hockey players in the world.
How could Sulak replace them when we are in cap hell? Waive Ericsson to test him out? And I don’t agree that you think “Babcocian” era was the only time younger guys weren’t getting opportunities. I have yet to see Gator or Helm get healthy scratched like AA was last year. Because he “wasn’t competing”. DRW still operates as Ties go to the vets until proven otherwise
I only saw him 2 games ,I think it was Olympic games. He is fest and he was main guy on defiance. His shot not that accurate, offensively he is not that good. On defence I think he did good job. If he plays more stay home I think he could replace Ericsson easily
Skating is easily Sulak's best asset, at least speed-wise.The only games I've watched Sulak was last season's prospect tourney. His skating was so bad, like out of the 80's. He's also not very athletic/agile. The 180-200 defensemen in the NHL are the elite of the elite. Sorry but already age 24 I don't see LS ascending those ranks.
You think this kid gets in over Hronek or Cholo? I think this kid is lucky if he makes the Walleye.Skating is easily Sulak's best asset, at least speed-wise.
At the World Championship he quickly became the Czech number one defenseman (not much of a competition, but still) and looked like an NHLer to me. Now, I thought the same of San Jose's Radim Simek last year (who spent the whole season in the AHL and struggled a bit), but I would be very surprised if Sulak doesn't get at least some NHL game in the upcoming season.
Sulak is bigger and can skate much better.I'm not sure what really separates Sulak from Russo, and Russo we gave away for essentially nothing. I hope the guy takes off, and I expect him to get some NHL looks just because he's older and I don't think the Wings will be as concerned with screwing with his development to call him up and sit him on occasion.
I don't know much about Cholowski, Sulak outplayed Hronek at the WHC however. Hronek could step in as a PP specialist, but in the defensive zone he is still a bit lost. Sulak is the more complete player, although he also makes some bonehead plays sometimes.You think this kid gets in over Hronek or Cholo? I think this kid is lucky if he makes the Walleye.
Sulak is bigger and can skate much better.
He looked pretty good at the WHC, often paired with Hronek. A little unpolished, a little Brendan Smith like almost, but nice tools.
You think this kid gets in over Hronek or Cholo? I think this kid is lucky if he makes the Walleye.
Sulak's a little bigger, but it's not like Russo is a midget. In the end, I think you get the same from either guy.