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GoldenBearHockey said:
Just taking the bold....but typically when that happens, it's because they can't or choose not to, play in their defensive zone, it's a cliche, but it's a cliche for a weason, offense wins games, defense wins championships, you talk to ANY professional coach, and they will tell you, they can't teach offense, but they can teach defense, offensive instincts are either there, or not. You can hone them, you can train them, but if they aren't there, they aren't there. At the NHL level, the difference between superstars, stars, top 6, top 9, etc is a matter of inches....then...when you take all that talent into play, in comes heart, and will. You can have all the talent in the world, but the country is LITTERED with talented hockey players who didn't have the will...that will either prevents a player from being sent down, or being kept up...
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Couldn't agree more. There are always grey areas where circumstances mix in, but for the most part those who demand the most out of themselves will maximize their talent and time and time again will and character shine through.

I have never questioned Kopitar's ability or will, but I have always questioned whether a team can afford to have its best player settle instead of push forward. I have never felt that he had the "right" kind of character to be the leader or focal point of a winner. I would point to Lombardi's need to acquire Stoll and Greene, then Williams, then Richards and Sutter to bring that missing edge from the core of this team. That group of players didn't have the game winning skill, but everybody on the team stood taller, slotted into a place to maximize their particular skill sets, and were almost internally forced to play at their best due to the way those "leaders" demanded the most out of themselves.

Since they left, the core sort of sank back into a comfortable malaise where very few have demanded the best out of themselves. They played reasonably well, just without that internal pressure. Doughty has tried, but he has been trying to do way too much. I have no doubt at all that he would still be the best defenseman in the world on a team that was that cohesive, but not as a one man island like now. Quick will always be ultra competitive, but wear and tear are catching up. Kopitar settles.

I cannot wait for these young guys coming in. Turcotte is a pusher so far in his early years. Vilardi has that zip. I love Bjornot, he is front footed even if not a big point producer. Same deal with Anderson-Dolan. Akil Thomas is one I am really excited about. I think a lot of folks are sleeping on him. Not a fan of Kupari's since before his draft, always felt he lacks a team game, but very excited about Fagemo and Kaliyev. I think there are a lot of motivated, talented players developing relatively at the same time who can hopefully benefit from competing with each other.
 
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DryIslandBartender said:
They were complaining about the Brown hit the play before the goal. Thought it should have been a penalty.

They were steaming after the non call and then to see Penner end it 10 seconds later in the game....well you saw the handshake line. Lol
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That team were flat-out throat steppers.
 
DryIslandBartender said:
They were complaining about the Brown hit the play before the goal. Thought it should have been a penalty.

They were steaming after the non call and then to see Penner end it 10 seconds later in the game....well you saw the handshake line. Lol
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This, Biz on spittin chicklets has referred to the hit too. I think he tried to get Penner to say it was a penalty.

I think that hole Cryote team thought it was a penalty. I do not think it was but obviously I am biased and I am sure they are there way. Not like they were coming back in that series anyway.
 
I'll give that Cryotes team one thing, they believed hard that they were entitled to more. It didn't manifest in the right way, of course, but let's not forget they ran down the Blackhawks for us that year, haha.

But I'll never forget the Sutter swagger after the Coyotes one a game, some reporter asked him a dumbass question about Phoenix "taking the will out of the Kings" for the first time in the playoffs and Sutter stopped, scoffed, and said "What are you talking about?" then when the reporter had the guts to follow up re: compete level he just laughed it off with "I'm not worried".
 
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Raccoon Jesus said:
I'll give that Cryotes team one thing, they believed hard that they were entitled to more. It didn't manifest in the right way, of course, but let's not forget they ran down the Blackhawks for us that year, haha.

But I'll never forget the Sutter swagger after the Coyotes one a game, some reporter asked him a dumbass question about Phoenix "taking the will out of the Kings" for the first time in the playoffs and Sutter stopped, scoffed, and said "What are you talking about?" then when the reporter had the guts to follow up re: compete level he just laughed it off with "I'm not worried".
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I do feel bad for that franchise. I am fairly certain that they would have beaten New Jersey in the finals, but the Kings were an unbeatable juggernaut.
 
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Just doing some stat look ups for Quick. He had a 13.33 GSAA during the 2011-12 playoffs. For comparison, Lundqvist had a 5.5 GSAA during those playoffs. The two were near equals in GSAA during the regular season that year. So Quick wasn't just living behind a fully operational defense. He was out of his mind legitimately. lol He had a .650 QS% which I assume he was over .500 when it came to quality chances. In the playoffs that was .850 QS%. :eek:
 
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hope you guys are aggressively voting Doughty into the All Stars

you can vote up to 10 times per 24hrs

do it for Drew!
 
@LT Dan, better late than never.

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