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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Dragon_Matt wrote on Wed, 22 November 2023 11:55 |
Bouchard has not been playing up to par, neither has Nurse. I think they may be having the hardest time of any of our D with the new defensive system, which I think the overhaul was also an overreaction of coaching. However, playing them less is not going to make them better. They're also a better bet against other teams top lines than Desharnais (as much as I do like him). He needs to work on his footspeed to have a hope in hell against other teams top competition.
Also, everytime Brown comes up I get mad. Career high 40 points came years ago, coming off a 4 game season ended with knee surgery... Why 10 games for that GD bonus? make it 40 games if he's so sure he'll bounce back. Make it 10 goals! AGGGH
the guy might still end up in the minors the way he's playing. I'd rather have Lavoie back in than him. Can you imagine if we have 8 mil of cap space in the AHL next year?
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Asking Desharnais to not be slow is asking a leopard to change his spots. He's a borderline NHLer at best. The team likes that he's big, but he's so limited mobility-wise that he's always going to end up on the wrong side of highlights. It also means that you can never really expect to see him dishing out a lot of big hits, because he's got no ability to get back in to the play if he commits himself to making contact.
If Woodcroft made any mistake this year, it was telling the world he was re-jigging the defensive system. It may have not needed a full overhaul anyhow, but even if it did, talking it up doesn't set you up for success. It puts too much focus on it, and honestly it gives other teams a better chance to pre-adjust for what you are planning to do. The team did pretty well in the regular season last year, so what was more needed was the ability to adjust on the fly in a playoff series to the other team's game plan, as opposed to any new system.
Our defence corps as a whole has had a tough season. I think the Bouchard and Nurse criticisms are both overblown - Nurse because of his big contract, and Bouchard because he's an offensive defenceman with size who doesn't destroy people with hits and this is Edmonton where the media guys and a large portion of the fan base irrationally hates that kind of player. His game has areas of improvement to be sure, but to suggest he's a third pairing guy is ridiculous.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
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