 RDOilerfan
Messages: 3780
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 19 April 2023 15:56 |
| inverno76 wrote on Wed, 19 April 2023 11:23 |
.. Meanwhile McLeod was still doing fly by’s. I don’t get that kid? He’s missing one huge element from becoming a semi-star player.
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Agree, don't understand it either.. I'm sure he's told to finish checks or at least engage but he rarely does..
Gong to miss Janmark on the PK and forecheck.. his line was super effective.. bummer
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I wonder if we are seeing a bit of a message from Woody with icetime for McLeod and a lack of him being willing to get in there. McLeod is one of Woody's boys and I was surprised to see in an OT game, he only had just over 12 mins. Usually he plays a lot more. This is playoffs, you have to get out of your comfort zone. Bouchard was mixing it up in the corner which blew me away but I loved it. He looked like he was ready to fight the guy. Just showed how engaged he was in the game which is what every guy needs to do.
McLeod is 6'2, almost 210 and skates like the wind. Those Kings dmen should be hearing footsteps if he is forechecking hard and not doing fly bys. If I was a Kings dman, when going back for a puck, if I saw McLeod was coming, I wouldn't be worried at all. I'd have zero concern I was going to get hit or even pressured. That's a problem.
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