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Listening to and getting hockey insight for those two eh? Now you and your rumblings make some sense to me...RoyalDude wrote: But hey, shoot me, cause apparently I made this shit up, as well as B Mack and Tony G, they made that shit up as well.
I am not sure what you were watching... Burrows had a good game. The Sedins would score 90+ points if they stay healthy.Rumsfeld wrote:Liking Torts' system, much more aggressive defensively.
That said, we aren't the fastest squad in the league and I can see us getting burned bigtime by good teams on the transition when we lose those battles in deep.
Weber, Alberts and Lack... pretty bad.
Shinkaruk, Horvat and Gaunce... pretty promising.
I am pretty disappointed with Horvat's skill level though. He looks like he'll be a very good player down low protecting the puck, but I expected to see more offensively, even at 18 and in his first camp.
Burrows looks like shit, hopefully it's just a preseason thing. The Sedins are not 90-point players anymore but they should crack a PPG.
Luongo looking great last night. Nice to see.
We should sign a vet backup to split the 15 games Lack looks pencilled in for. Those are going to be very important points for us this year.
Kesler... who knows. He looks physically stronger than last year and he's such a dynamic skater, but his timing and decision-making really aren't there right now and they haven't been for a while.
Anyway, too busy to post much right now but I'm really looking forward to this season. Torts at the helm should be good for a laugh if nothing else.
Is it actually a mystery why Corrado was sent down?herb wrote: This helps explain why Corrado was sent down.
Yeah, Burrows looked good last night. Everybody did. I meant that in the context of the whole preseason he hasn't looked good at all. I try not to read too much into the performance of vets in the preseason but it is what it is.Jovocop wrote:am not sure what you were watching... Burrows had a good game. The Sedins would score 90+ points if they stay healthy.
Burrows' passing is underrated. He might be able to help Kesler and Booth.Rumsfeld wrote:Yeah, Burrows looked good last night. Everybody did. I meant that in the context of the whole preseason he hasn't looked good at all. I try not to read too much into the performance of vets in the preseason but it is what it is.Jovocop wrote:am not sure what you were watching... Burrows had a good game. The Sedins would score 90+ points if they stay healthy.
I wonder what kind of numbers Burrows will put up if he plays a whole season on the second line. I guess it kind of depends on Kesler as well, that will be interesting.
*stubs out roach and wanders away*
Not even close, Shinkaruk is pretty feisty despite his size. His willingness to go to the dirty area is something that Raymond lacks.Todd Bersnoozi wrote:Yeah, Gaunce, Corrado and Hamill send down.
I am surprised BoHo and Shanky are still here. I personally would send those 2 back. I thought Gaunce was a lil better than BoHo and he seems to be better defensively which would suit our 3rd/4th lines better; BoHo probably has more offensive upside though. Shanky is probably our new mason raymond, i guess he'll get a few more games to see if he can stick. I think Corrado will be our new Tanev, he'll probably be on the list as one of our first callups if there's injuries/guys playing poorly and fly back and forth quite a bit.
Yeah, hopefully. Hopefully Shanky has a higher skill set too and be more consistent offensively. Not sure if his wheels are as good as MayRay's though, I'll have to watch him more closely.Jovocop wrote:Not even close, Shinkaruk is pretty feisty despite his size. His willingness to go to the dirty area is something that Raymond lacks.
LOL, yeah I think you will.Todd Bersnoozi wrote:Yeah, hopefully. Hopefully Shanky has a higher skill set too and be more consistent offensively. Not sure if his wheels are as good as MayRay's though, I'll have to watch him more closely.Jovocop wrote:Not even close, Shinkaruk is pretty feisty despite his size. His willingness to go to the dirty area is something that Raymond lacks.
Snap, my bad. I always thought it was Shankaruk, but it's Shinkaruk. What about Shinky?Lancer wrote:I like "Shink" more myself.
I only worry that at his height and weight he is going to get thumped some time soon and lose his spunk. Kid should just get older and bigger before he does any serious times in the bigs.
That said, the kid has the goods.
youre on...rightRumsfeld wrote:If we'd dumped Ballard, kept Ehrhoff and still signed Garrison, we'd probably have the deepest 6-8 D in the league right now.
I know he was looking for big money or long term, but if we'd shrugged Ballard's albatross of a contract off our shoulders we could have got'er done IMO.
Ehrhoff ran our PP, carried the puck, and was money with the Sedins. I was all kinds of pissed when we let him walk, it was the first big decision I was really critical of Gillis for. We have simply not been the same team since he left.
Of course once he walked, the general consensus was that I was overrating him and being a Debbie Downer...
lol, good ol buzzed posts.:-Dnuckster wrote:youre on...rightRumsfeld wrote:If we'd dumped Ballard, kept Ehrhoff and still signed Garrison, we'd probably have the deepest 6-8 D in the league right now.
I know he was looking for big money or long term, but if we'd shrugged Ballard's albatross of a contract off our shoulders we could have got'er done IMO.
Ehrhoff ran our PP, carried the puck, and was money with the Sedins. I was all kinds of pissed when we let him walk, it was the first big decision I was really critical of Gillis for. We have simply not been the same team since he left.
Of course once he walked, the general consensus was that I was overrating him and being a Debbie Downer...
just checkin in ... pretty buzzed tonight
for the first time in years we're actually talking about some 'upancomers', that gives a nice slant to things. In '11 though, Ehrhoff was 'bigger' than most realize, and quite franky, .... who is Frank anyways..? am thinkin the ole lady is gonnatake precedence to this stuff..nite