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Post by vonbeck on May 12, 2021 16:18:10 GMT -6
Let’s say the Hawks end up with the 11 or 12 pick. I would ship that off with Boqvist for Reinhart. In this years draft. It’s too much of a craps shoot to get a decent player anywhere. Again if the Hawks are on a fast track to tank town. I do not do this type of deal. Personally, I feel it’s best to just start over!!! IDK... Reinhart +/- is really bad, and his scoring I personally don't think makes up for that. Now it could very well be he plays for the Sabers, so... |
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Post by mvr on May 12, 2021 17:35:41 GMT -6
Good to see you back MVR! The Sabres are looking to clean house. If the Hawks are in full rebuild mode like most of us feel they’re gonna be no matter what. But if they’re open to becoming better over the next year or two. Sam Reinhart has said he wants out at all costs. He’s a guy I think solidifies the top 6 and gives massive depth as other guys get pushed down. H currently makes 5 million and will be due a raise as he put up 25 goals and 40 points this year on a totally derailed team. He’s only 25 and could probably be that Sharp type player we desire. He’s RFA and will probably sign a long term deal!!! My interest is more along the lines of an addition without a subtraction type deal. People forget that the year the Hawks lost Dominik Hasek was during a previous expansion. If Keenan had not traded Hasek away, the Hawks likely would have lost him for nothing in the expansion draft. At the time, they had to protect Ed Belfour. Bowman has some open protection spots at forwards, especially if he does not protect Strome, Nylander, Kampf or Gaudette (which he should not). Many of the better teams will not be able to protect all of their quality assets. They will have to trade them away or lose them for nothing. The Hawks have already improved their group after the trade with Florida. I would like to see who else Bowman could add without giving up anything worthwhile. |
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Post by vadarx on May 12, 2021 18:21:10 GMT -6
Let’s say the Hawks end up with the 11 or 12 pick. I would ship that off with Boqvist for Reinhart. In this years draft. It’s too much of a craps shoot to get a decent player anywhere. Again if the Hawks are on a fast track to tank town. I do not do this type of deal. Personally, I feel it’s best to just start over!!! IDK... Reinhart +/- is really bad, and his scoring I personally don't think makes up for that. Now it could very well be he plays for the Sabers, so... yeah, I don't love him either. I would pass on adding more expensive contracts right now and a HARD no to trading away first round picks any time soon. my preference is to continue to hoard draft picks and young prospects. JC gets one, mayyyybbbeeee two seasons to get shit moving in the right direction or he is gone. if he does, cool. if he doesn't, we will have spent 2-3 years building up the prospect pool. they should be drafting now for the future, not for immediate help. hopefully with how Dach and Boqvist have gone thus far, they'll slow things down some and let these players develop for a couple years. I really wish they would've given both of them another year of development before bringing them to Chicago..... edit: I'd like to add to this and say that JC has next season to show something more (maybe the season after) and he needs to do it with most of the guys we have now. draft picks and prospects that are added this off-season should be considered at least two years away. this will help in a couple ways, first it would build the pool for the future and also it would stabilize the roster for next year so the vast majority of players next season have at least some experience in the system. I am not fan of Colliton’s system, but I think it would help his cause if he had a majority of players back with experience vs adding a half dozen new guys to the mix... |
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Post by BigT on May 12, 2021 21:22:17 GMT -6
Good to see you back MVR! The Sabres are looking to clean house. If the Hawks are in full rebuild mode like most of us feel they’re gonna be no matter what. But if they’re open to becoming better over the next year or two. Sam Reinhart has said he wants out at all costs. He’s a guy I think solidifies the top 6 and gives massive depth as other guys get pushed down. H currently makes 5 million and will be due a raise as he put up 25 goals and 40 points this year on a totally derailed team. He’s only 25 and could probably be that Sharp type player we desire. He’s RFA and will probably sign a long term deal!!! My interest is more along the lines of an addition without a subtraction type deal. People forget that the year the Hawks lost Dominik Hasek was during a previous expansion. If Keenan had not traded Hasek away, the Hawks likely would have lost him for nothing in the expansion draft. At the time, they had to protect Ed Belfour. Bowman has some open protection spots at forwards, especially if he does not protect Strome, Nylander, Kampf or Gaudette (which he should not). Many of the better teams will not be able to protect all of their quality assets. They will have to trade them away or lose them for nothing. The Hawks have already improved their group after the trade with Florida. I would like to see who else Bowman could add without giving up anything worthwhile. MVR, I think you’re a beauty and I love what you bring. But you’re on record as saying Dcat is totally overpriced and expendable. You also said that the Hawks were set up with having Dach and Zadorov now. Both of them look expendable. Zadorov probably isn’t coming back. And Dach was rushed and he looks like he’s not going to be much after all. The trade with Florida hasn’t produced much. Stillman is a bottom pairing dman. So was Carlsson, and he was almost 500k cheaper. Connolly was a cap relief thrown in, and they sweetened the pot with a failed mid first round pick. I don’t see this as a great trade. Borgstrom will have to become at a minimum a #2 Center for that trade to look like an adult made it. The team is still in turmoil. I know you and many others said things would be better, but they’re not. And not looking to be. It’s probably time to trade the duo and start from scratch. It’d be a wise move to can Stan and everyone under him. It’s a long off season and that’s the time to clean house!!! |
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Post by hawkfaninpdx on May 12, 2021 23:39:55 GMT -6
My interest is more along the lines of an addition without a subtraction type deal. People forget that the year the Hawks lost Dominik Hasek was during a previous expansion. If Keenan had not traded Hasek away, the Hawks likely would have lost him for nothing in the expansion draft. At the time, they had to protect Ed Belfour. Bowman has some open protection spots at forwards, especially if he does not protect Strome, Nylander, Kampf or Gaudette (which he should not). Many of the better teams will not be able to protect all of their quality assets. They will have to trade them away or lose them for nothing. The Hawks have already improved their group after the trade with Florida. I would like to see who else Bowman could add without giving up anything worthwhile. MVR, I think you’re a beauty and I love what you bring. But you’re on record as saying Dcat is totally overpriced and expendable. You also said that the Hawks were set up with having Dach and Zadorov now. Both of them look expendable. Zadorov probably isn’t coming back. A nd Dach was rushed and he looks like he’s not going to be much after all. The trade with Florida hasn’t produced much. Stillman is a bottom pairing dman. So was Carlsson, and he was almost 500k cheaper. Connolly was a cap relief thrown in, and they sweetened the pot with a failed mid first round pick. I don’t see this as a great trade. Borgstrom will have to become at a minimum a #2 Center for that trade to look like an adult made it. The team is still in turmoil. I know you and many others said things would be better, but they’re not. And not looking to be. It’s probably time to trade the duo and start from scratch. It’d be a wise move to can Stan and everyone under him. It’s a long off season and that’s the time to clean house!!! I think that rumors of Dach's demise may be a little premature. He probably shouldn't have come back this season. I don't believe that he was fully recuperated. Next year will tell. If the Hawks wanted to make the playoffs, they should've kept Janmark and Soderberg. They could've had half-a-chance with them. In other news, I was reading the Sun Times today that Strome was really unhappy the way he had been treated by Coliton, and I can't say that I disagree. |
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Post by vadarx on May 13, 2021 0:22:29 GMT -6
MVR, I think you’re a beauty and I love what you bring. But you’re on record as saying Dcat is totally overpriced and expendable. You also said that the Hawks were set up with having Dach and Zadorov now. Both of them look expendable. Zadorov probably isn’t coming back. A nd Dach was rushed and he looks like he’s not going to be much after all. The trade with Florida hasn’t produced much. Stillman is a bottom pairing dman. So was Carlsson, and he was almost 500k cheaper. Connolly was a cap relief thrown in, and they sweetened the pot with a failed mid first round pick. I don’t see this as a great trade. Borgstrom will have to become at a minimum a #2 Center for that trade to look like an adult made it. The team is still in turmoil. I know you and many others said things would be better, but they’re not. And not looking to be. It’s probably time to trade the duo and start from scratch. It’d be a wise move to can Stan and everyone under him. It’s a long off season and that’s the time to clean house!!! I think that rumors of Dach's demise may be a little premature. He probably shouldn't have come back this season. I don't believe that he was fully recuperated. Next year will tell. If the Hawks wanted to make the playoffs, they should've kept Janmark and Soderberg. They could've had half-a-chance with them. In other news, I was reading the Sun Times today that Strome was really unhappy the way he had been treated by Coliton, and I can't say that I disagree. I agree on Dach. he needs at minimum one more season before we judge him. can't say I blame Stromer. I can't blame JC either, though. Strome hasn't been the strongest in his own end for his career, so I can see he and JC not meshing. hopefully he comes back with a point to prove next season. |
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Post by galaxytrash on May 13, 2021 0:37:53 GMT -6
I think that rumors of Dach's demise may be a little premature. He probably shouldn't have come back this season. I don't believe that he was fully recuperated. Next year will tell. If the Hawks wanted to make the playoffs, they should've kept Janmark and Soderberg. They could've had half-a-chance with them. In other news, I was reading the Sun Times today that Strome was really unhappy the way he had been treated by Coliton, and I can't say that I disagree. I agree on Dach. he needs at minimum one more season before we judge him. can't say I blame Stromer. I can't blame JC either, though. Strome hasn't been the strongest in his own end for his career, so I can see he and JC not meshing. hopefully he comes back with a point to prove next season.agree on dach as well. still too early. re: the bolded. maybe that was JC's purpose. who knows? |
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Post by galaxytrash on May 13, 2021 0:49:38 GMT -6
MVR, I think you’re a beauty and I love what you bring. But you’re on record as saying Dcat is totally overpriced and expendable. You also said that the Hawks were set up with having Dach and Zadorov now. Both of them look expendable. Zadorov probably isn’t coming back. A nd Dach was rushed and he looks like he’s not going to be much after all. The trade with Florida hasn’t produced much. Stillman is a bottom pairing dman. So was Carlsson, and he was almost 500k cheaper. Connolly was a cap relief thrown in, and they sweetened the pot with a failed mid first round pick. I don’t see this as a great trade. Borgstrom will have to become at a minimum a #2 Center for that trade to look like an adult made it. The team is still in turmoil. I know you and many others said things would be better, but they’re not. And not looking to be. It’s probably time to trade the duo and start from scratch. It’d be a wise move to can Stan and everyone under him. It’s a long off season and that’s the time to clean house!!! In other news, I was reading the Sun Times today that Strome was really unhappy the way he had been treated by Coliton, and I can't say that I disagree. if you don't mind, pdx, i'm going to link the article because it was pretty interesting to read about strome. in fact the whole article was good so cheers for that mate. chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2021/5/12/22431303/blackhawks-dylan-strome-nikita-zadorov-nhl-trade-rumors-offseason-stan-bowmansome of the bullet points about stormer and the coach... “When you get scratched or you don’t expect to be scratched ... it sucks,” he said. “It pissed me off a lot.”
Strome, 24, missed a month with a concussion and saw his production decline precipitously, finishing with only 17 points in 40 games. The scratches, though, were the biggest source of contention — particularly April 21 against the Predators.
At 6:30 p.m. that night, Strome took warmups on a third line with Dominik Kubalik and Philipp Kurashev. But 30 minutes later, he was listed as a healthy extra.
“In that situation, the wrong thing to do is in the morning say [to Strome], ‘Hey, you’re going to be a healthy scratch tonight, but if Kalynuk can’t go, you’ll play, so get ready to play.’ You never like letting a guy know late like that, but I feel like that was best.”
The lack of transparency upset Strome, however.
“I took warmups and didn’t know I was going to be scratched, and then I got scratched,” he said. “That’s never fun. I had no idea that day.” |
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Post by vadarx on May 13, 2021 1:58:05 GMT -6
I think Strome's definition of really good and mine are two different things.....
sounds like a guy who hopes he won't be back next year...
Zadorov sounds like a guy who knows he is gonna be back next year...
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Post by BigT on May 13, 2021 6:04:01 GMT -6
If Strome is telling the truth, and I don’t think he’s not. It confirms JC is not much of a communicator at all. I don’t know how he got the title “The Great Communicator”. He’s quiet and I doubt he says much to the guys. He probably communicates like a shitty coach would. He tries and sends messages by being quiet and letting them know that way. Like most coaches do.
I’m telling everyone, once this thing ends with Stan and JC. You’ll hear story after story how stupid and stubborn they were. Just watch!!!
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Post by galaxytrash on May 13, 2021 6:36:32 GMT -6
If Strome is telling the truth, and I don’t think he’s not. It confirms JC is not much of a communicator at all. I don’t know how he got the title “The Great Communicator”. He’s quiet and I doubt he says much to the guys. He probably communicates like a shitty coach would. He tries and sends messages by being quiet and letting them know that way. Like most coaches do. I’m telling everyone, once this thing ends with Stan and JC. You’ll hear story after story how stupid and stubborn they were. Just watch!!! not an ideal situation, but i thought colliton's explanation to strome made sense. “In that situation, the wrong thing to do is in the morning say [to Strome], ‘Hey, you’re going to be a healthy scratch tonight, but if Kalynuk can’t go, you’ll play, so get ready to play.’ You never like letting a guy know late like that, but I feel like that was best.”how do you handle the same situation on your team? |
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Post by BigT on May 13, 2021 6:53:00 GMT -6
If Strome is telling the truth, and I don’t think he’s not. It confirms JC is not much of a communicator at all. I don’t know how he got the title “The Great Communicator”. He’s quiet and I doubt he says much to the guys. He probably communicates like a shitty coach would. He tries and sends messages by being quiet and letting them know that way. Like most coaches do. I’m telling everyone, once this thing ends with Stan and JC. You’ll hear story after story how stupid and stubborn they were. Just watch!!! not an ideal situation, but i thought colliton's explanation to strome made sense. “In that situation, the wrong thing to do is in the morning say [to Strome], ‘Hey, you’re going to be a healthy scratch tonight, but if Kalynuk can’t go, you’ll play, so get ready to play.’ You never like letting a guy know late like that, but I feel like that was best.”how do you handle the same situation on your team? I’ve had to scratch kids. Long story short. Our organization made us take 16 skaters. We only needed 15 with 3 full lines. So, I had to always sit a kid out. They took turns. But I had a rule, if you don’t work hard in practice or clearly do the opposite of what the coaches say. You’ll sit. So we had a kid who did not want to play defense. He actually walked off the bench during a game. He sat the next game and was told after the game he walked out. The message was received and his parents were cool about it, and he came back with a bang. We also had 2 kids get in a fight in the dressing room after a semi final game we won. The championship was the next day. We sat both kids to prove a point. That was unacceptable and one of the kids had skates on and the other didn’t, that could go wrong really fast. However. We dressed them and sat them on the bench. After the 1st period I asked them if they were ready to be part of this team? The one boy (who wasn’t very good) ended up scoring the winning goal. His dad and I are good friends. He said to me. He was as upset to no end that I wasn’t gonna play his kid in the championship game. But he understands my motivation behind it and it worked. So my joke to him now is “never ever question me” on “anything”. My point is. Lay out expectations. They don’t meet it, sit em down let them know why. Let them know they’re not playing because of it. This is what is expected for you to be in the lineup. It’s not hard. Even with a 24 year old kid. I don’t see much communication there at all!!! |
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Post by galaxytrash on May 13, 2021 7:01:18 GMT -6
^^ i was actually being a bit sarcastic.
coaching 10 year olds and coaching grown men is like comparing apples to asteroids.
jmo.
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Post by BigT on May 13, 2021 7:11:23 GMT -6
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Post by BigT on May 13, 2021 7:11:57 GMT -6
^^ i was actually being a bit sarcastic. coaching 10 year olds and coaching grown men is like comparing apples to asteroids. jmo. Gotta communicate. I don’t see that from JC!!! |
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Post by BigT on May 13, 2021 8:07:16 GMT -6
In the new Athletic, JC says he expects Toews to be back, he also defends his system and says “We’ll be an elite team”. I don’t know. Big words for suck an inexperienced coach!!!
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Post by hsbob on May 13, 2021 8:21:04 GMT -6
I think Strome's definition of really good and mine are two different things..... sounds like a guy who hopes he won't be back next year... Zadorov sounds like a guy who knows he is gonna be back next year... I think Zadorov's definition of "really solid defensively" and mine are two different things too. |
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Post by BigT on May 13, 2021 9:10:57 GMT -6
I think Strome's definition of really good and mine are two different things..... sounds like a guy who hopes he won't be back next year... Zadorov sounds like a guy who knows he is gonna be back next year... I think Zadorov's definition of "really solid defensively" and mine are two different things too. When you’re taught to play Xs and Os, now this coach wants you to play chess on an Xs and Os board, it’s gotta be tough. I think you’ll see a lot of guys leave and have success. JC can point to Dcat and the success he had in this system, but I feel he could have had even more. Not every player needs to be Hossa. Why draft a highly skilled guy, only to tell him to play more on the defensive side? It’s like he’s going back to that left wing lock type system and he doesn’t want to lose too bad. You’ll never get better that way. Same with the World Jrs. There were many teams for many years that played “not to lose”. But they rarely tried to win. So. Now you look at smaller countries like Swiss, Finland etc. They took their lumps to learn the game, now they’re both decent teams, and quite good at developing. Gotta play to win. I don’t see that here!!! |
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Post by tincup on May 13, 2021 10:13:31 GMT -6
I think Strome's definition of really good and mine are two different things..... sounds like a guy who hopes he won't be back next year... Zadorov sounds like a guy who knows he is gonna be back next year... I think Zadorov's definition of "really solid defensively" and mine are two different things too. Zadorov played better at the start of the season, when with no training camp he played like he had in Colorado. I don’t know Colorado’s system but the team does have better personnel overall. The longer he was exposed to the system here his weaknesses, not his strengths, were exposed. |
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Post by hsbob on May 13, 2021 10:41:23 GMT -6
Good feedback you guys!
I won't criticize Zadorov for chasin' guys out to the blueline because it seems to be the plan but his overall positioning doesn't look solid enough for a guy who isn't blessed with good wheels but considering that'plan'.......it's hard to say what his positioning should be to be fair.
He wasn't highly appreciated leaving Colorado to be honest and the term 'pylon' was used but I wouldn't go that far.
Maybe he's effective if used correctly with the right partner but his lack of mobility sure as hell won't improve as he ages. It'd be great to find a big,physical D-man who can also skate well but we all know that.
It's still confusing why a team would get a big,physical D-man who isn't that mobile and NOT keep him near his own net where he's effective but what do I know.
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Post by BigT on May 13, 2021 10:51:10 GMT -6
I thought there was a 3 week period there just before the halfway mark where Zadorov was clobbering everyone. “Nikita SMASH”! I started to get excited about the big guy. Then it started to go south in a hurry. I seen Zadorov on a breakaway, and best out an icing. Which means he was at the blue line, and if the forward was there, he’d probably have either scored or made it into a scoring chance. Dmen shouldn’t be in that position. So, it’s backwards and stupid. No other way to put it. Also another trade lost 😡!!!
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Post by jacksalmon on May 13, 2021 10:58:37 GMT -6
I thought the Hawks already announced that Toews will return for next season? I’ll try and find the link!!! Even if Toews does return is the franchise going to become a Cup contender? Answer: No! The value of Toews returning is that he plays well and sets himself up for a trade along with Kane, if both of them agree to be traded. Keeping both of them along with the rest of the squad, or what they will have after trading some guy for another clone will accomplish nothing. They need to rebuild without Kane and Toews. Even then, there will be many holes and questions. They cannot win a Cup with Toews and Kane around. But, they might be able to scratch around for a playoff spot like they did this year. But, is that what the franchise really wants? |
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Post by BigT on May 13, 2021 11:03:16 GMT -6
I thought the Hawks already announced that Toews will return for next season? I’ll try and find the link!!! Even if Toews does return is the franchise going to become a Cup contender? Answer: No! The value of Toews returning is that he plays well and sets himself up for a trade along with Kane, if both of them agree to be traded. Keeping both of them along with the rest of the squad, or what they will have after trading some guy for another clone will accomplish nothing. They need to rebuild without Kane and Toews. Even then, there will be many holes and questions. They cannot win a Cup with Toews and Kane around. But, they might be able to scratch around for a playoff spot like they did this year. But, is that what the franchise really wants? Whoa whoa whoa. Did you not hear JC’s latest comments? He said in a very recent Athletic interview that his “system is fine” and the Hawks will be an “Elite” team. So, I hope he’s not talking about in 7 years from now. But that’s some big words to back up!!! |
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Post by Tater on May 13, 2021 11:07:10 GMT -6
Zadorov seemed decent for the start of the season, but seemed to drop off as the year went on. Odd thing in a contract year for him. Dmen aren't used top chasing wings out to the blue line. Stupid "system", and it makes things tougher for the forwards too. Seems like JC is trying to reinvent the wheel.
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Post by hsbob on May 13, 2021 11:20:16 GMT -6
Zadorov seemed decent for the start of the season, but seemed to drop off as the year went on. Odd thing in a contract year for him. Dmen aren't used top chasing wings out to the blue line. Stupid "system", and it makes things tougher for the forwards too. Seems like JC is trying to reinvent the wheel. The ONLY chasing Zad should be doing is chasing guys the F out of he crease and he's pretty good at that. |
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Post by mvr on May 13, 2021 11:35:54 GMT -6
i like Zadorov and hope he returns.
But he is no more than a third-pairing guy for a contending team, and I suspect strongly that his agent expects him to be paid as a second pairing.
Given his unique size and intimidating presence, I would be ok with overpaying him a bit. But there is no way I would want Bowman paying him more than $3.5-3.75 M/year over three or four years.
Stillman is appropriately paid as a number six/seven defenceman. He might turn out to be slightly better defensively than Zadorov.
I am thrilled that Bowman is finally coming to the recognition that hockey is a physical game.
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Post by mvr on May 13, 2021 11:44:05 GMT -6
Big T. I was too impatient with Debrincat, obviously. He really made some adjustments over the summer. Perhaps he was dealing with an ailment last year. I am glad he turned the corner. He was the team's best player for much of the year. We really never know what is going on with these players physically or emotionally. Dach was clearly not ready to play when he returned early. My guess is that Strome was dealing with something. We know Kane was as well (and my guess is that the nagging injury impacted his ability to shoot the puck). Things were better this year. They should continue to get better next year, especially if Toews returns. But the team is still at least two years away from the post-season. When half the roster consists of first and second year players, the chances of post-season are miniscule. ---- mvr |
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Post by hawkfaninpdx on May 13, 2021 11:51:16 GMT -6
In other news, I was reading the Sun Times today that Strome was really unhappy the way he had been treated by Coliton, and I can't say that I disagree. if you don't mind, pdx, i'm going to link the article because it was pretty interesting to read about strome. in fact the whole article was good so cheers for that mate. chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2021/5/12/22431303/blackhawks-dylan-strome-nikita-zadorov-nhl-trade-rumors-offseason-stan-bowmansome of the bullet points about stormer and the coach... “When you get scratched or you don’t expect to be scratched ... it sucks,” he said. “It pissed me off a lot.”
Strome, 24, missed a month with a concussion and saw his production decline precipitously, finishing with only 17 points in 40 games. The scratches, though, were the biggest source of contention — particularly April 21 against the Predators.
At 6:30 p.m. that night, Strome took warmups on a third line with Dominik Kubalik and Philipp Kurashev. But 30 minutes later, he was listed as a healthy extra.
“In that situation, the wrong thing to do is in the morning say [to Strome], ‘Hey, you’re going to be a healthy scratch tonight, but if Kalynuk can’t go, you’ll play, so get ready to play.’ You never like letting a guy know late like that, but I feel like that was best.”
The lack of transparency upset Strome, however.
“I took warmups and didn’t know I was going to be scratched, and then I got scratched,” he said. “That’s never fun. I had no idea that day.”Thanks for posting the article, GT! I was too lazy to search for it myself. That's what happens when you become a manager: you expect others to do the work for you. And speaking of managing personnel, you have to find a way to nudge people forward; you can't just whack them over the head when they screw up. That approach bumps up against the law of diminishing returns very quickly. I missed Strome's transgression that got him scratched, but Strome is a skilled player and it's up to the coach to get the most out of him. Is JC doing that? Umm...not sure. I do hope that Strome is back next year. |
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Post by vadarx on May 13, 2021 14:37:47 GMT -6
I think Strome's definition of really good and mine are two different things..... sounds like a guy who hopes he won't be back next year... Zadorov sounds like a guy who knows he is gonna be back next year... I think Zadorov's definition of "really solid defensively" and mine are two different things too. ha, yeah I saw that as well. I have a feeling he is gonna ask for more than he deserves and that he gets it, too... |
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Post by tincup on May 13, 2021 16:02:15 GMT -6
Zadorov seemed decent for the start of the season, but seemed to drop off as the year went on. Odd thing in a contract year for him. Dmen aren't used top chasing wings out to the blue line. Stupid "system", and it makes things tougher for the forwards too. Seems like JC is trying to reinvent the wheel. Where I found Zaddy effective was he was physical enough to stop a player on the cycle by bumping him off the puck or standing up at the blue line so they’d have to dump or lose it. There was some of his reputation for getting out of position by chasing the hit but not as much as I expected. But as you note, later he was less able to play to his strengths as much. |
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