It'll be interesting to see how Hank and Brunner work with a guy who will skate like he gives a s***. I know he's been skating harder but that doesn't change the fact he still floats. He just doesn't float as much. In a scenario where you have two skilled players who work well together, it's always fun to see who will mesh well with them. One plus one doesn't always equal two in the case of chemistry, it's not always the obvious choice. It could be someone like Cleary or even Eaves, who knows. I'd use this as a chance to bring up Nyquist and see if he can do something on that line.
I'm more concerned with the PP. Mule's been good there. He doesn't have to skate much. It sounds odd but I'd put Abby up there and tell him to park his ass. I think it's just the type of thing he'd be good at. Minimal dangling, minimal puck movement, just sitting on the crease.
I wouldn't mind seeing Eaves up on the second line for a period or something. The dude can skate and is good defensively too when need be.
He's been playing decent out there this season, atleast the past 4 games i'd give him. His saving grace is the fact that he's used as a center in our system, and our depth there isn't that great. I would say that his value is going up, and he'd be apart of a package, but i'm not sure we want to get rid of the 4th line center with helmer going down so frequently. He's been on the PK also, and doing a decent job.
I don't think Kronwall sucks, I think he's being given too much responsibility. More minutes this year and he has to try and be a role model for the whole defensive core. He's not Lidstrom.
I wish Franzen wouldf****** shoot. I don't care if he doesn't have a good lane, justf****** shoot. No more bulls*** skate passes because you run out of room, just backhand it towards the damn net!
They do have some really nice young talent in Granlund and Brodin so if they can keep developing their prospect they might be really dangerous in a couple of years.
I cannot wait until they all become UFAs and they cannot afford to sign them.
semin is lazy but should get him temporarily...... and the defense I seriously don't know where to start.
Seriously, Semin for 1 yr 5.5 mill wouldn't hurt. Would allow us to see how he can perform in our system and if he sucks, then we let go of him. Would give him incentive to play if he does in fact like playing with Datsyuk.
That's all I can say. What the f***?
This is why votes should only count ONCE per round - Datsyuk has 11,000 facebook likes while Tavares has 2,500 during the contest. No way Tavares should have won.