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[wingslogo19]

I would say that Kindl has played slighly better than Big E

Edited by wingslogo19, 21 March 2011 - 04:36 PM.

[akustyk]

I like Kindl a lot. he's doing his job silently but efficiently.

much better than Salei if you ask me.

Edited by akustyk, 21 March 2011 - 05:13 PM.

[stevkrause]

I like Kindl a lot. he's doing his job silently but efficiently.

much better than Salei if you ask me.

apples to oranges, they are 100% different style defensemen... quite literally the ONLY thing they have in common in their game, is the fact that they're defensemen...

With Lidstrom, Rafalski, Kronwall and Stuart, we already have enough d-men that can provide points and at this time, Salei fills a bigger need of a physical, stay at home, defenseman...

Did you see the way that Neal flat out put Kindl on his ass last night - a couple times? Once again, Kindl is a rookie and still needs to develop, but lets not make him out to be more than he is - He is the 7th defenseman on this team...

Edited by stevkrause, 22 March 2011 - 07:52 AM.

[stevkrause]

I would say that Kindl has played slighly better than Big E

I'd say it's a push at this point, I still think Kindl has had more mental gaffes and doesn't really provide anything that Ericsson doesn't at this point, but unfortunately, Ericsson is in a contract year and is 4 years older than Kindl...

I was really pulling for Ericsson to pull it all together this year and until about 2 months ago, he was having a great year and I thought "great, that's the guy we saw a couple years ago!" unfortunately... he has looked lost and uncomfortable since... it is actually pretty alarming that he needs to be paired with the same D partner every shift to be truly effective, his in-ability to adjust has me concerned