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Sorry, I was just commenting on Big Rig's skating. I don't remember him seeing the world on fire with his mobility especially with his hip issues. I appreciated what he brought to the team, though. He played his role well.
 
OgeeOgelthorpe said:
Eriksson was a legit NHLer. His biggest problem was playing as a 2/3 guy when he was way better as a bottom pair guy.
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Like many players, Ericsson had a peak where he was better than how his career is often described in general. He was a legit 2nd-pair type for a minute there, I daresay for a couple seasons. But like you touch on, he is remembered far more for the time he was over-deployed and struggled than he is for the time he was at his peak.
 
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SoupGuru said:
Sorry, I was just commenting on Big Rig's skating. I don't remember him seeing the world on fire with his mobility especially with his hip issues. I appreciated what he brought to the team, though. He played his role well.
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Run the Jewels said:
Jeez, he played 700 NHL games, was forced to play beyond his capabilities in Detroit and represented a top 5 country in several international tournaments. For the record he won bronze in the 2010 WCs and silver in the 2014 Olympics.

I'm guessing he p****d in your Cheerios with how upset you are about his career, it must have been pretty traumatic.
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lol u seemed to be the one getting heated.

I just dont like the revision of his playing career. He was a glorified practice cone.
 
wingerdinger said:
lol u seemed to be the one getting heated.

I just dont like the revision of his playing career. He was a glorified practice cone.
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By the end of his career, yes. Not at his peak though.
 
Henkka said:
His biggest problem was hip injuries later in the career, so everybody remembers only the bad things and bad era as a whipping boy.



He was a black Ace at 2008 playoffs.
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He was unlucky with injuries but at a certain put that's what your career becomes. We dont live in a hypothetical of what could have been.

jaster said:
By the end of his career, yes. Not at his peak though.
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He was very good in 2009 playoff run, but outside of that run he was very leaky and seemed to have a low panic threshold.

And for a big guy was never as good at clearing out the front of the net as he should have been.
 
wingerdinger said:
He was unlucky with injuries but at a certain put that's what your career becomes. We dont live in a hypothetical of what could have been.


He was very good in 2009 playoff run, but outside of that run he was very leaky and seemed to have a low panic threshold.

And for a big guy was never as good at clearing out the front of the net as he should have been.
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He was good until 2013.

But that Sochi Olympic Season, started to show some bad signals. Wasn't his old shelf.
 
wingerdinger said:
He was very good in 2009 playoff run, but outside of that run he was very leaky and seemed to have a low panic threshold.

And for a big guy was never as good at clearing out the front of the net as he should have been.
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You're selling him short in terms of how good he was at one point, and for how long. He absolutely had his deficiencies, yes, but before his hips exploded, he was clearly more mobile, and those deficiencies didn't show much more than any other bottom-4 defenseman. That panic threshold was brutal, but again only in the back half of his career. His loss of mobility was an absolute game-changer for him because, as has been said, the mobility was only average-ish to begin with.
 
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Henkka said:
Think the development of Johansson affected on the decision with Andrew Gibson. They were kind of from the same mold. 3rd pair physical RD slot is open after Seider and Pellikka for the long future.
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Johansson is much more offensively inclined, better skater too. However his problem is he can be a mess defensively at times.
 
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Doubt AnJo's development had much affect on Gibson trade, he's made progress in the six months since then. More a case of SY needing another 2nd Round pickand Nashville saying okay but we want Gibson, their high opinion of him (in June) reflected in being willing to also give up Kiiskinen. Fans don't like Gibson types nearly as much as NHL teams do.
 
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This kid keeps adding to his intrigue.

He’s played 8 pro games in NA now. First 4 games: 0 points, -3. Next 4 games: 5A, +6.

5P in 8 games is a pretty good stat line for a 20 year old rookie new to North American ice. Can anyone comment on whether they think this is something he can build on or is it more flukey than that?
 
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Reddwit said:
This kid keeps adding to his intrigue.

He’s played 8 pro games in NA now. First 4 games: 0 points, -3. Next 4 games: 5A, +6.

5P in 8 games is a pretty good stat line for a 20 year old rookie new to North American ice. Can anyone comment on whether they think this is something he can build on or is it more flukey than that?
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I saw him live tonight and was impressed. Really skinny and needs to put on weight, but he was smooth and activated well. Neither of his assists were flukes - one was off his shot and another was off a nice keep in the zone.
 
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Reddwit said:
This kid keeps adding to his intrigue.

He’s played 8 pro games in NA now. First 4 games: 0 points, -3. Next 4 games: 5A, +6.

5P in 8 games is a pretty good stat line for a 20 year old rookie new to North American ice. Can anyone comment on whether they think this is something he can build on or is it more flukey than that?
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I was at his first game in GR this year. He had a couple moments where it looked like he needed to adjust to the game a bit, but to me he looked more "NHL" player than any of the other D down there. He has some underrated bite to his game too. If he puts some weight on he could be a fairly physical, 2 way D in Detroit
 
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