Uncle dans leg wrote:Betamax wrote:ClamRussel wrote:Betamax wrote:I wonder if tweets can, uhh, be used to argue PK's case:
via:
https://twitter.com/kingsthings/statuse ... 4284547073
Larry King Verified account @kingsthings
.@PKSubban1 @canadiensmtl is not only the best black player in #hockey, he might be the best player. What an incredible talent!
8:04 AM - 31 Jul 2014
Not when they are, uhh, delusional.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, I think PK Subban would be in the mix for the top 10 list of best players in the NHL. He's a franchise type player both on the ice and off the ice.
To be honest, right now, if I was building a team, I'd even take him over Sidney Crosby, who is the best player in hockey when healthy. Why?
Because of Crosby's injury history and he's one bad play from calling it a career.
Now where he rates in terms of d-man, I think given age and ability and upside, only Doughty might be the player I'd take over him but I like Subban's personality better so ... I might just take him over Drew. LOL.
He's not even the best defenseman bro...
I'd take Shea Weber, Doughty, Keith, Chara, Karlsson and probably Petrangelo over him.
He is in there with Letang though. Top 10 d-man but not in the league...no way
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, let's see ........
Like I previously said, from the list .... Doughty is the only player I might take over him.
Shae Weber -- right now he may be a more "complete" player right now BUT he is 3 years older, plays a more conventional game and his hefty contract his cap recapture implications. Furthermore, his conventional game makes him a less "electrifying" player to watch, a big shot, physical but not a dynamic playmaker and his skating is decent but I'd worry when he reaches his 30s and he loses a step what will happen to his ability to defend against speedy forwards.
Duncan Keith -- well, he's a productive player, no doubt but he's not the type of player that sells tickets on his own and he's the guy that f'cked up Daniel Sedin. So I'm not too happy about that. Furthermore he is not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, but about 6 years older!!! Also, given the why he has treated female members of the media, he does have a prickly attitude which isn't that good when as a franchise, you want your best players to represent your franchise with honour and respect within the community.
Zdeno Chara -- all I can say, if he was about a dozen years younger, I might consider taking him over PK. But he's not. He's a fossil.
Erik Karlsson -- a dynamic d-man, similar age, but doesn't have all the attributes of PK to be a compete 5 tool player, he's also smaller and he has come off a serious injury a couple of years ago that may have cost him 1/4 step ... which for him who relies on speed is something to monitor.
Alexander Pietrangelo -- Similar age and good all round d-man who's one of the best in the league right now, but he lacks the on-ice and off-ice charisma of PK.
Therefore, PK Subban
> than everyone you listed (with the possible exception of DD) ...........
Furthermore, "The Kiss" was the icing on the cake that makes it pretty much impossible for him to be surpassed. It was, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, real and spectacular!!!!!!
