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Post by OldTimeHawky on Mar 17, 2024 20:16:45 GMT -6
Korchinski's maturing before our eyes, on and off the ice. His interviews are much better and he's playing smart at both ends. Those 2 on 1s are still hurting him but he'll learn and start picking off passes, that'll create odd man rushes the other way.
For a 19yr old rookie dman with high expectations, who's dad passed before Christmas, he's showing a lot of maturity.
Nice to see him score his 4th and get the 1st star.
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Post by BigT on Mar 17, 2024 20:31:29 GMT -6
I know he’s 19 and all that. But his interviews will get better. Hahahaha every answer in the on ice was “Ya Ya, we played……..”. Hahaha But that’s really not a complaint. Just making a little fun out of his interview.
He’s been playing better. He will have a good summer to look back on this year and look forward to next year. His offense will be coming around more and more. It’ll be fun to watch!!!
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Post by ebonyraptor on Mar 17, 2024 21:57:16 GMT -6
I know he’s 19 and all that. But his interviews will get better. Hahahaha every answer in the on ice was “Ya Ya, we played……..”. Hahaha But that’s really not a complaint. Just making a little fun out of his interview. He’s been playing better. He will have a good summer to look back on this year and look forward to next year. His offense will be coming around more and more. It’ll be fun to watch!!! Yeah I agree. I watched a lot of Seattle games last year so I saw KK play upwards of 40-50 games including the playoffs. My assessment of what he needed to improve upon was his shot (and willingness to use it) and to get stronger to better handle physical one-on-one battles. His shot has gotten better because, although it's still not a heavy shot, he gets it off quicker and more frequently. I think he's gotten at handling the physical game too. I think in both cases he still has much improvement to make - but - I think he's proven the NHL game wasn't too much for him which was very much in doubt at the beginning of the season. |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Mar 17, 2024 22:20:14 GMT -6
I know he’s 19 and all that. But his interviews will get better. Hahahaha every answer in the on ice was “Ya Ya, we played……..”. Hahaha But that’s really not a complaint. Just making a little fun out of his interview. He’s been playing better. He will have a good summer to look back on this year and look forward to next year. His offense will be coming around more and more. It’ll be fun to watch!!! His interviews were really bad at the start of the season, said 'um' a lot. Speaking in front of the home crowd for the first time must be tough but he did OK, lots of excitement in his voice. But a few games ago he was interviewed between periods and did a good job. Having more skill in the lineup with help his offense, not everyone can finish his feeds. |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Mar 17, 2024 22:27:29 GMT -6
I know he’s 19 and all that. But his interviews will get better. Hahahaha every answer in the on ice was “Ya Ya, we played……..”. Hahaha But that’s really not a complaint. Just making a little fun out of his interview. He’s been playing better. He will have a good summer to look back on this year and look forward to next year. His offense will be coming around more and more. It’ll be fun to watch!!! Yeah I agree. I watched a lot of Seattle games last year so I saw KK play upwards of 40-50 games including the playoffs. My assessment of what he needed to improve upon was his shot (and willingness to use it) and to get stronger to better handle physical one-on-one battles. His shot has gotten better because, although it's still not a heavy shot, he gets it off quicker and more frequently. I think he's gotten at handling the physical game too. I think in both cases he still has much improvement to make - but - I think he's proven the NHL game wasn't too much for him which was very much in doubt at the beginning of the season. I remember you talking about his shot but I noticed at the World Juniors he had some dump ins that had a lot of velocity, seems like he holds back with his shots on net so he doesn't lose accuracy. And of course he passes more than he shoots but you can't blame him with his passing abilities. A game not long ago showed he got up to 93mph on a half slapper. And with him being almost 200lbs after last summer he seems a lot more comfortable with the physical play, he should be able to get to 200+lbs after next summer, that'll help even more. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Mar 21, 2024 9:05:01 GMT -6
coach wants korchinski to be "meaner" in front of the net.
hopefully this is a sign of things to come. he seems to be doing a decent job here against foligno.
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Mar 21, 2024 9:33:55 GMT -6
coach wants korchinski to be "meaner" in front of the net. hopefully this is a sign of things to come. he seems to be doing a decent job here against foligno. Gotta love Foligno, Korchinski was going at him hard, and he's excited for him afterwards. |
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Post by ebonyraptor on Mar 21, 2024 10:35:51 GMT -6
I can't find the clip but there was a net front battle drill with KK and Bedard too. Very similar to the one with Foligno - really being physical and battling.
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Post by galaxytrash on Mar 21, 2024 10:40:21 GMT -6
I can't find the clip but there was a net front battle drill with KK and Bedard too. Very similar to the one with Foligno - really being physical and battling. this one i think. |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Mar 21, 2024 11:55:00 GMT -6
I can't find the clip but there was a net front battle drill with KK and Bedard too. Very similar to the one with Foligno - really being physical and battling. this one i think. Korchinski was all over him and he still gets his backhand on net. Nice tap on the shinpads at the end by Bedard. |
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Post by ebonyraptor on Mar 21, 2024 14:56:28 GMT -6
I can't find the clip but there was a net front battle drill with KK and Bedard too. Very similar to the one with Foligno - really being physical and battling. this one i think. Yep - that's the one. Thanks GT. |
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Post by nighbor on Mar 22, 2024 13:45:45 GMT -6
Richardson compared KK to Scott Niedermayer.
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