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 Skookum Jim
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| PlusOne wrote on Wed, 22 January 2025 14:17 |
Thought I would bring this over here from the GDT;
| Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 22 January 2025 12:16 |
| PlusOne wrote on Wed, 22 January 2025 05:16 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 22 January 2025 00:05 |
I gotta feeling the Klingberg + Ekholm pair will eventually evolve to be the 1st pair.. and Klinger might take over PP1 QB..
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I foresee the opposite.
Klingberg may be a useful player. Tough know if he can be effective. At best I expect he can be able to move up and down the right side as needed but will mostly be 5-7th on the depth chart.
I also predict his defensive abilities will make Bouchard look like a shut a down D in comparison.
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I'm just going by what he's been saying about his skating.. says he hasn't been this mobile and able to skate pain free for years.. plus been skating for 6 months.. he's always had elite puck IQ and skating .. guess we'll see how it plays out! :)
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Waiting to see how it plays out is fair but I dont see his ceiling as a top pairing D. PuckIQ I wont touch given that is a subjective term that is often used to defend or discredit a player with ones opinion.
Take the injury out (which you cant, but for the sake of argument I will) he was never a good defender.
His skating WAS good but at 32 a lot of players start to slow down. His wheels likely covered up for defensive issues so I fear if he has lost even a half step those would be worse. I think he could be very useful in a sheltered, bottom 3 role. If he is fed to top opposition, or a hard forechecking group, he will be eaten alive and leak GA.
Bouchard and Elkholm have played a lot of minutes together and are more often a positive pairing than negative.
Nurse is one I can see them trying with Klingberg. Nurse has been good this year overall and when he is on his game there is room for a guy like Klingberg beside him.
Worst case he plays on the third pairing. Kulak is pretty stable, the minutes can be sheltered and adding the ability to move the puck out quickly could help avoiding the long shifts pinned in their own end.
I am not against the signing, at all, just think expectations need to be low. In he can bump one player out of the starting lineup, on merit, the team is better and at a low cost.
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Agree, worst case a solid replacement on 3rd pairing.. but I have hope for higher possibilities.. :)
Klingberg's Defensive Play
He addresses his skating and its effect on his defensive play the last few years in the interview link below.. said he was OK skating with the puck because he was the one determining where he was skating.. wasn't based on reaction.. where he had the problem was playing defense.. which is all based on reaction.. you have to react to the guy with the puck.. or pass.. quickly!.. (like playing D-back in football) .. he said he couldn't react fast enough.. and it affected his defensive play.. wound up having to leave a big gap to give him enough space/time to react on rushes.. he talks about this in this interview .. worth a listen to hear it from him directly.
If his skating is back to normal.. he was excellent on the PP as QB for Dallas.. so much so they offered him an 8x7M.. if we get a reasonable facsimile of that Klingberg we might just have a dual threat on the PP.
I'm OK with being accused of being overly optimistic ;)
https://www.nhl.com/oilers/video/raw-john-klingberg-01-20-25 -6367407763112
[Updated on: Wed, 22 January 2025 18:13]
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