Lost in the shuffle was that Boquist seemed fine after the hit and played the rest of the game. It’s a lesson for him to defend himself and as for Schneider let’s see him do that to Bastian and I’ll be more impressed. I’m skeptical he would. One thing I’ve noticed this year is the league is getting pretty gutless. Plenty of hits on smaller players and few hits on bigger players. Watch Bastian skate around the opponent’s zone if he gets back. They may grab his stick behind the net but I rarely see anyone out a body on him. Wood probably gets treated the same way.
i’m not saying i want schneider and haven’t followed him enough to know if he’s even decent. but i’d like someone on our team who could hit like that. we haven’t in years
Who's drooling? I see more hating than anything else to be quite honest with you lol
I can’t say I’ve seen that reaction to a typical scrum all year, seemed way over the top. To me, fighting is only “part of the game” when both parties show clear intent that they want to fight. Otherwise you’re just punching a guy in the face. Is anyone fair game to get attacked when the typical pushing and shoving happens after a whistle? I think that would be horrible.
Yeah, guys pick their targets now and it's pretty sad actually. Like you said, I don't know if Schneider goes after Bastian in that same situation but we'll never know.
He lined someone up for a clean hit, he would’ve delivered the same hit to anyone in that circumstance. Boqvist took it fine, didn’t miss a shift. It happens.
Again, who's asking for a "goon" that provides absolutely nothing? You seem to be putting alot of words in my mouth that have never been said.
Most teams don’t have many actual useful players that average nearly 3 hits a game. It is not “sad” that Bastian is our most physical player as you said. The list of players I’d want anywhere near this team that are more physical is small.
You don't need to throw 3 hits per game in order to be gritty or a hard player to play against. It seems as if you evaluate and analyze the game purely based on stats and stats alone.
You don’t need stats to see that Bastian is large and an excellent physical presence. The stats just confirm this.
Smith doesn't need waivers.
I'd rather have both. Geertsen and his roster spot was not a factor in Studenic being waived.
How about we go to both extremes. There's an in between you know from Bastian to Tatar/Johnsson/Zacha/Boqvist.
We don't dump and chase because we don't have the roster to do so. Who's flying down the ice to retreive the puck and which dman is scared to go in corners against our forwards? The answer would be absolutely nobody.
If this really is his best opportunity to carve out an NHL career, then he likely won't have an NHL career. This year may very well not ruin his chances of having an NHL career, but it's really not going to do anything to help it at this point.
As much as some here dislike those types of players, they might not hold their weight all the time during an entire 82 game season but they will deliver the goods 100X more during a 7 game series when compared to guys like Tatar, Johnsson, Boqvist, Zacha, etc.
