LTIR Trickery
Plz stop pucks
Paq will only play about 50 a year so that choice is on you. Brown is 50/50 staying. Gourde will likely have a job here.
Player Discussion: Yanni Gourde
- Thread starter VoluntaryDom
- Start date
Paq will only play about 50 a year so that choice is on you. Brown is 50/50 staying. Gourde will likely have a job here.
Volodya Krutov
Lost Cosmonaut
- Jan 18, 2012
- 8,135
- 1,036
I can see a future for Vladdy developing as a purely defensive first center because he possesses that defensive acumen and it is important to note that our other top 9 centers are quite offensive minded. If we kept both Point and Johnson I have no problem having Vladdy on the 4th line with PK minutes because he's always been a pretty decent PKer, even if Cooper seemed to completely omit it for 2 years, until Yzerman took his Filppula toy from his hands. We need to find a replacement for Flip's defensive assignment still, and I'm not sure Dumont or Paquette are capable of that on the long term. Vladdy is a cheap, internal solution to that issue. His versatility is a strength in case of injuries moreover.
The Macho King
Back* to Back** World Champion
- Jun 22, 2011
- 48,772
- 29,303
I agree with this, which is why I would be fine with him hanging around. I don't want to see him in a scoring role ever again, but if he commits to being a great defensive center, he could be a good player. He doesn't have the IQ to be a Bergeron, but he could be a Moore.
VoluntaryDom
Formerly DominicBoltsFan / Ⓐ / ✞
Actually a pretty good comparison if you completely ignore the difference in their offensive capabilities
VoluntaryDom
Formerly DominicBoltsFan / Ⓐ / ✞
Actually a pretty good comparison if you completely ignore the difference in their offensive capabilities
I'm just saying a guy with offensive hype he fails to live up to early, only to develop an elite defensive game. I doubt he'll ever score 30 though.
The Macho King
Back* to Back** World Champion
- Jun 22, 2011
- 48,772
- 29,303
Actually a pretty good comparison if you completely ignore the difference in their offensive capabilities
Yeah I don't see Kadri at all. We all hoped he would be a more offensive Dominic Moore - turns out he's just an as offensive Dominic Moore.
LTIR Trickery
Plz stop pucks
VoluntaryDom
Formerly DominicBoltsFan / Ⓐ / ✞
LTIR Trickery
Plz stop pucks
Same stature and physical gifts, pesky and responsible defensively, plays center but are capable on the wing. They are very much alike from the redline back and are somewhat of a pest to play against, but Namestnikov's offensive game isn't in the same zipcode. The offensive part makes a huge difference obviously
VoluntaryDom
Formerly DominicBoltsFan / Ⓐ / ✞
LTIR Trickery
Plz stop pucks
The Macho King
Back* to Back** World Champion
- Jun 22, 2011
- 48,772
- 29,303
I don't even remember who we're talking about anymore. For some reason I thought the discussion veered toward Namestnikov, but now I'm not sure.
The Macho King
Back* to Back** World Champion
- Jun 22, 2011
- 48,772
- 29,303
TampaJay
Registered User
- Jan 16, 2016
- 779
- 151
No, we are talking about Kadri because not only does every thread on the main board have to include Leafs talk, but ours has now been infiltrated. It’s a virus.
Stammertime91
TBL: TEAM OF THE CENTURY
Yup, every section is topic + Toronto, doesn't matter which section. It's nauseating.
RegularSznAllStars
Registered User
- Sep 23, 2014
- 1,996
- 805
I expect it from the Toronto fans, but from a bolts fan who is bandwagoning for the leafs it is disgusting. He should know better.
RegularSznAllStars
Registered User
- Sep 23, 2014
- 1,996
- 805
VoluntaryDom
Formerly DominicBoltsFan / Ⓐ / ✞
I am a Bolts fan. Now, the Leafs were my second team even before the playoffs, and I am rooting for them in the playoffs as the Bolts are out, but the Bolts are my team until I die.
Wait, what? Stop bandwagoning the Leafs dude. If you were a real Leafs fan then you would have mentioned that before.
