DDRhockey
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- Oct 11, 2017
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Who is the better dman right now? Sorry cant start a poll, someone do that for me.
Zaitsev has comparable defense and far better offense.
Really not seeing any case for Larsson - he's very overrated on HFBoards.
Zaitsev has comparable defense and far better offense.
Really not seeing any case for Larsson - he's very overrated on HFBoards.
Zaitsev has a 60%+ expected goals for at the moment. He's very good defensively and he was the #1 d-man for the best KHL team along with being the #1 d-man for team Russia at the World Championships and World Cup of Hockey (and played very well in both tournaments). Keep spitting up that coffee though.Comparable defense? I just spit up some coffee laughing.
"Elite" LOL, wow now there's some coffee spitting material right there"Comparable defense"
At least now another fan base can speak to how elite Larsson is in his own zone. No one believed us.
Watch the guy. He's superb.
Zaitsev has a 60%+ expected goals for at the moment. He's very good defensively and he was the #1 d-man for the best KHL team along with being the #1 d-man for team Russia at the World Championships and World Cup of Hockey (and played very well in both tournaments). Keep spitting up that coffee though.
lets do a zaitsev for larsson trade and see who wins
Nah, he wasn't a tire fire. He actually played quite well but him and Rielly faced over the top usage. Zaitsev also hit a wall late in the season, due to being used to the shorter KHL schedule. He played a lot better when paired with Gardiner and right now he's +7, not that I take +/- seriously either way.Zaitsev was a tire fire in his own zone last year. -22 or something wasn't it?
If Larsson was Andrey Larsonov he would have been a 1st pairing defenseman on team Russia.Zaitsev has a 60%+ expected goals for at the moment. He's very good defensively and he was the #1 d-man for the best KHL team along with being the #1 d-man for team Russia at the World Championships and World Cup of Hockey (and played very well in both tournaments). Keep spitting up that coffee though.
lol +/-Zaitsev was a tire fire in his own zone last year. -22 or something wasn't it?
They're really far away offensively lol. Zaitsev has more points this year and last than Larsson has in this year + last year + the year beforeIf Larsson was Andrey Larsonov he would have been a 1st pairing defenseman on team Russia.
Larsson is definately better defensively, and they are not so far away offensively(unless Zaitsev improved so much in TML). Nikita is hot now, but he will cool down eventually.