UWSaint wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:24 am
The Brown Wizard wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:11 am
UWSaint wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:04 am
Leivo should be on that list.
Saint hates Leivo like the dude and Gillis
I don't hate Leivo. It is just that he is the most dangerous kind of not-all-that-good player. The one whose mistakes are less perceptible (but just as meaningful to the objective of scoring goals and keeping pucks out of your net) and seduces with the occasional good play.
I will add that he is very much a Canucks circa 2015 move. This team has moved beyond that.
Man, that is exactly what I saw from Leivo last night.
Nothing great but nothing overly egregious either. He made plenty of mistakes from not passing, to (many) bad passes both in the offensive and neutral zones, to losing puck battles and giving the other team chances to turn it over but being too slow to get right back into the play.
He does these things a lot, even going back to most of last season.
For a big dude, he is regularly being outmuscled due to being wrongly positioned. He'll wow you with a few good offensive plays here and there, but the 5 or 6 not so good plays may not be perceptible to everyone.
"The most dangerous kind of not-all-that-good player". Bang on, UW.
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