The Zetterberg Era
Ball Hockey Sucks
The enemy of my enemy is my friend?
Toronto is always my primary enemy, guess that is just how I was raised as a Wings fan.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend?
if he was playing like our 3rd best defenceman he wouldn't be in the press box
This. Dekeyser is easily better than Smith and sadly Quincey probably is as well.
Better at what?
Dekeyser appears to be getting a free pass. I see him coughing up the puck an awful lot. He plays a safer, more reliably defensive game..but "easily better?"
That's a stretch. Particularly when you factor offense into the equation
I just saw Gustavsson's profile pic on NHL.com
Be afraid, be very afraid.
And how is Cleary the second star on NHL.com from last night's games when he wasn't even voted a star in Boston? BETTMAN!!
Good thing that he doesnt show his teeth when he smiles, people would think its Halloween.
About Cleary, It's probably Babcock that made them do it.
THE STATS GUY @TH2NSTATSGUY 13 h
Zetterberg: 5 goals in first 6 games.....most goals in first 6 games of a season in his career.
THE STATS GUY @TH2NSTATSGUY 13 h
Zetterberg: 5 goals in first 6 games.....most goals in first 6 games of a season in his career.
and I've read so many times on NHL talk that Z is past it and that he will only decline from now on. Oh well, lots of games left.
What offense? Neither player has registered a point yet this season, so that doesn't seem like it factors into the equation at all. Outside of that 14 game stint a couple of seasons ago, Smith's offensive game has been pretty non existent, which is obviously disappointing. Dekeyser is better in his own end and is a better puck mover in his own end than Smith. He's even looked more comfortable through the neutral zone than Smith. Dekeyser plays a safer game that limits his mistakes, but since when is that a flaw? Smith has more brain farts, but it's not like he's an offensive threat either. So he plays a riskier game with very little reward in my eyes. To me he's kind of a mess at this point in his development. His offensive instincts seem to have disappeared. It's like he's afraid to play the game he knew but at the same time he's not good or smart enough defensively to play a steady, reliable game at this point in time.
No mystery here. Playing with Datsyuk means Z doesn't have to be a playmaker anymore and can revert more of a goalscoring role.
I'm glad Bert has been able to gel well with those two. He brings more top 6 qualities than Abby.
I hope one day we can role with the following lines and be a real threat:
Zetterberg - Datsyuk - Bertuzzi
Tatar - Weiss - Alfredsson
Franzen - Andersson - Nyquist
Abdelkader - Helm - Tootoo
Glendening/Sheahan
Three scoring lines with a 4th line that can spark and really outwork the opposition. Abby and Tootoo as the wrecking balls with Helm as the speedster who can get to the opposition's end of the ice with ease. Helm, Abdelkader, Andersson, Weiss, Z and D can be the PK forwards. Any combination of Z, D, Bert, Tatar, Nyquist, Weiss, Alfie and Franzen on the PP.
Miller, Cleary and Sammy are just cannon fodder who bring nothing extra.
THE STATS GUY @TH2NSTATSGUY 13 h
Zetterberg: 5 goals in first 6 games.....most goals in first 6 games of a season in his career.
No mystery here. Playing with Datsyuk means Z doesn't have to be a playmaker anymore and can revert more of a goalscoring role.
I'm glad Bert has been able to gel well with those two. He brings more top 6 qualities than Abby.
I hope one day we can role with the following lines and be a real threat:
Zetterberg - Datsyuk - Bertuzzi
Tatar - Weiss - Alfredsson
Franzen - Andersson - Nyquist
Abdelkader - Helm - Tootoo
Glendening/Sheahan
Three scoring lines with a 4th line that can spark and really outwork the opposition. Abby and Tootoo as the wrecking balls with Helm as the speedster who can get to the opposition's end of the ice with ease. Helm, Abdelkader, Andersson, Weiss, Z and D can be the PK forwards. Any combination of Z, D, Bert, Tatar, Nyquist, Weiss, Alfie and Franzen on the PP.
Miller, Cleary and Sammy are just cannon fodder who bring nothing extra.
No mystery here. Playing with Datsyuk means Z doesn't have to be a playmaker anymore and can revert more of a goalscoring role.
I'm glad Bert has been able to gel well with those two. He brings more top 6 qualities than Abby.
I hope one day we can role with the following lines and be a real threat:
Zetterberg - Datsyuk - Bertuzzi
Tatar - Weiss - Alfredsson
Franzen - Andersson - Nyquist
Abdelkader - Helm - Tootoo
Glendening/Sheahan
Three scoring lines with a 4th line that can spark and really outwork the opposition. Abby and Tootoo as the wrecking balls with Helm as the speedster who can get to the opposition's end of the ice with ease. Helm, Abdelkader, Andersson, Weiss, Z and D can be the PK forwards. Any combination of Z, D, Bert, Tatar, Nyquist, Weiss, Alfie and Franzen on the PP.
Miller, Cleary and Sammy are just cannon fodder who bring nothing extra.
No mystery here. Playing with Datsyuk means Z doesn't have to be a playmaker anymore and can revert more of a goalscoring role.
I'm glad Bert has been able to gel well with those two. He brings more top 6 qualities than Abby.
I hope one day we can role with the following lines and be a real threat:
Zetterberg - Datsyuk - Bertuzzi
Tatar - Weiss - Alfredsson
Franzen - Andersson - Nyquist
Abdelkader - Helm - Tootoo
Glendening/Sheahan
Three scoring lines with a 4th line that can spark and really outwork the opposition. Abby and Tootoo as the wrecking balls with Helm as the speedster who can get to the opposition's end of the ice with ease. Helm, Abdelkader, Andersson, Weiss, Z and D can be the PK forwards. Any combination of Z, D, Bert, Tatar, Nyquist, Weiss, Alfie and Franzen on the PP.
Miller, Cleary and Sammy are just cannon fodder who bring nothing extra.
My opinion of Zetterberg has always been that if he's healthy, he's a game-changer. Even if he's not scoring, he does everything right
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As much as I love Datsyuk, he has the tendency to completely disappear. It doesn't happen too often, but it happens.