What does Moss provide that Klinkhammer doesn't?
Even if Murphy eventually petered out (and I don't think he really did, his stint this season was very impressivem especially for a rookie who's development was a gigantic ? mark because of his injury history) petered out Murphy > Schlemko.
In any case, Summers is way more of an ideal bottom-pairing defender than Schlemko will ever be. More mobile and bigger/more physical. Plays a simple game. For some mind-boggling reason he never got a consistent opportunity, even when it was apparent we needed someone exactly like him on our blueline. It's about time he's getting looks this season.
I would expect that mind boggling reason is that he played like crap when he was called up. Let's hope he plays a few more games and can play consistent enough to stick with the big team. I think losing Rundblad and Klesla was kind of unexpected this year, so hopefully Summers and Murphy can ease that pain.
I didn't get that at all there in person. Must be the way it played on TV. I thought it was great. Oh, and organs are the best, so bonus points for that.The acoustics in Tampa's arena is very odd.
Again, must have been the broadcast. The fans were really engaged and I thought it made for a great atmosphere.Makes it sound pretty quiet in there.
I would expect that mind boggling reason is that he played like crap when he was called up. Let's hope he plays a few more games and can play consistent enough to stick with the big team. I think losing Rundblad and Klesla was kind of unexpected this year, so hopefully Summers and Murphy can ease that pain.
-The arena is beautiful. I knew they revamped the jumbotron, but I had no idea how huge it is. The concourse is really nice too. The tesla coils are as awesome as they sound.
I would expect that mind boggling reason is that he played like crap when he was called up.
I want schlemko back. Screw the haters.I didn't know 1 game would decide the future. It's not like to go out and you ask a chick on a first date with you to get married.
I kind of get what you are saying here, but I don't think that losing a defenseman, in general, was unexpected. Maybe the names of the players are unexpected, but I think that we set ourselves up to have a pipeline of potential puck-moving and stay-at-home defenders throughout the year. As one person establishes themselves, the case is made for that player to stay. Of all of the defensemen (Summers included), I'd say that Rundblad made the 2nd worst case to stay (not all of his fault, b/c you have to play to make your case to stay).
If anything, Murphy has exceeded expectations, even if he "petered" out during his run up here (which I don't believe he did at all).
I think that it was inevitable that a D-man was going to leave, but we didn't anticipate the way it was going to happen. Klesla may have even been traded if he was completely healthy and performing at a high level. The interesting thing was that his level of play reached a point where he could not even hack it in the top 6.
Summers was very solid in his extended 21 game tour of duty in 2011-2012. 21 games, 12 min TOI/game, 3 assists, 50 hits, 19 blocks, -4 rating - all decent numbers for a bottom-pairing SAH defender. He just got outshined by Stone. His brief stint last season was worse, but then again, 1 of the 6 games he played was a Blackhawks game in which the entire blueline (including OEL) got steamrolled.
Anyways, he deserves an another look and so far he's been running with it.