Re: GDT: Kings @ Canucks Tues April 14/26 7pm PDT SN Pac
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 5:44 pm
I think the shot-blocking and faceoffs have dwindled too, appears so anyway. The only value we're getting out of 11.6 is decent puck management on the PP and that's about it, sadly to say. The shot showed up in like one game and has not been seen since.
Same for DeBrusk. If not for tipping shots and banging in rebounds in front of the net on the PP, he's virtually invisible. A complete non-factor 5 on 5. Hope other GM's don't see this and focus only on 21 goals.
Mëds, you are correct that Hronek and Boeser have been excellent. Boeser's transition has especially been striking because he's been total shit for most of the year and now looks like a completely different player, even displaying prominent leadership qualities (now if only he can stay this way and not yo-yo every year). MP3 has been better as well (but still nowhere worth the 1st-rounder). Important to note I think they're taking the lead from the kids and not the other way around. Though Hronek has been excellent all year.
In fact, I was going to save this for another post elsewhere, but the most underrated aspect of the Q.Hughes trade is the emergence of Hronek. He was good with Hughes but showed glimpses of something more whenever Quinn was out of the lineup. Now that he's got the spot all to himself we're seeing something truly special we didn't realize we had. So we didn't just get the 3 young players plus a 1st, we also unleashed a stud D should he keep this up. The PP has been shockingly good, partly to do with Rossi who's also good at managing pucks, but it's mostly to do with Hronek being there. He's like the traditional d-men QB's of old with a big shot threat. Maybe this has been discussed already and I just missed it, to which I apologize.
Same for DeBrusk. If not for tipping shots and banging in rebounds in front of the net on the PP, he's virtually invisible. A complete non-factor 5 on 5. Hope other GM's don't see this and focus only on 21 goals.
Mëds, you are correct that Hronek and Boeser have been excellent. Boeser's transition has especially been striking because he's been total shit for most of the year and now looks like a completely different player, even displaying prominent leadership qualities (now if only he can stay this way and not yo-yo every year). MP3 has been better as well (but still nowhere worth the 1st-rounder). Important to note I think they're taking the lead from the kids and not the other way around. Though Hronek has been excellent all year.
In fact, I was going to save this for another post elsewhere, but the most underrated aspect of the Q.Hughes trade is the emergence of Hronek. He was good with Hughes but showed glimpses of something more whenever Quinn was out of the lineup. Now that he's got the spot all to himself we're seeing something truly special we didn't realize we had. So we didn't just get the 3 young players plus a 1st, we also unleashed a stud D should he keep this up. The PP has been shockingly good, partly to do with Rossi who's also good at managing pucks, but it's mostly to do with Hronek being there. He's like the traditional d-men QB's of old with a big shot threat. Maybe this has been discussed already and I just missed it, to which I apologize.