DisgruntledHawkFan
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In the past week I've seen people say that Korchinski and Nazar aren't good skaters and I just don't understand what people are watching. Is McDavid just pretty good?
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Callidusblackhawk
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WarriorofTime
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I think McDavid may have broken perceptions, because it's one thing when the fastest players are guys Maxim Afinogenov, Darren Helm and Mason Raymond, but when it's also the guy who is just the best player overall, it warps perception of what a good NHL skater is.
Hattrick Kane
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People have said Nazar falls a lot (true) and Korchinski’s skating is not super explosive and NHL average (so by definition, not bad).
One guy said Nazar falls a lot and needs to learn to skate, immediately clarified that he meant that he falls a lot yet people on here spent the next 5 pages strawmanning him and calling him out. People here are WAY too emotionally attached to top prospects
CallMeShaft
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It sounds like WAY too many people don't know how to articulate what they are trying to say.
Korch is a bit of an awkward skater but he just eats up ice. It doesn’t look overly pretty but it’s VERY effective
And once they clarify why continue to hound them lmao
I can’t remember when or who posted it but people m are still beating that Nazar is a bad skater drum like 2 weeks after that guy posted that even though he clarified what he meant. Y’all arguing with ghosts fr
Hattrick Kane
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All it takes is one poster to mentioned a few words and it goes on its own journey straight away lol.
Hogs lost 3-2 last night
Arty with a goal
Hogs win 5-4 shootout
G) Anthanasiou, Fitzgerald, Seney, Savoie,
A) Leshunov, Fitzgerald, Korchinski, Guttman, Anthanasiou,
Arty with a goal
Hogs win 5-4 shootout
G) Anthanasiou, Fitzgerald, Seney, Savoie,
A) Leshunov, Fitzgerald, Korchinski, Guttman, Anthanasiou,
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deytookerjaabs
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Watching the game Korchinski really stands out every shift. He's doing an incredible job quarterbacking the offense and in 1 shift will get touch after touch in the Ozone from all over. His shot choices are A+, really timing every one when the moment is just right. He's just present in a total 200ft range and visible in a good way.
He's been playing with Lev a lot so far in the game too. Lev looks like Lev, a lot is made of his shot but TBH he throws a ton of nothing pucks to the net when no one is set up. But he is very imposing in his own way.
Weeks looks terrible, 4 goals on 12 shots, shots slipping through that shouldn't. He's kind of losing the game for the hogs.
I hope Korch can bring his current AHL game to the NHL because we're in good company if so but you never know. Even better if the pairing of he & Lev pan out like they are tonight. (edit: not together in the 3rd, maybe just chance they spend a few shifts together in the first two)
He's been playing with Lev a lot so far in the game too. Lev looks like Lev, a lot is made of his shot but TBH he throws a ton of nothing pucks to the net when no one is set up. But he is very imposing in his own way.
Weeks looks terrible, 4 goals on 12 shots, shots slipping through that shouldn't. He's kind of losing the game for the hogs.
I hope Korch can bring his current AHL game to the NHL because we're in good company if so but you never know. Even better if the pairing of he & Lev pan out like they are tonight. (edit: not together in the 3rd, maybe just chance they spend a few shifts together in the first two)
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deytookerjaabs
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AA just had a gorgeous backhand feed to set up a goal after dominating a shift. RFD needs him around.
The next shift he set up Lev wide open all alone in the slot .
The next shift he set up Lev wide open all alone in the slot .
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Hattrick Kane
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He looked good when he came up too. That’s really good to hear.
deytookerjaabs
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Lol, 3v3 and RFD coach doesn't have AA out there until the third shift for just one shift and that was that. That's a choice. AA then wins it in the shootout.
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Someone was complaining about Lev jumping into the play last weekend. That is how he plays and why he was drafted where he was. Hughes does the same for Vancouver, as an example, and is all over the ice. I don’t mind it one bit. Just…set an alarm for him for meetings.
Got hyped by this and tuned into the third just in time to see Lev ruin an entire power play sequence on his own by fumbling the puck at the point and then turning it over to the forechecker in his own zone on a super nonchalant play. He's heavy and skilled and skates well but man the kid plays with zero intensity and I just don't get it. This kind of trait can plague players for their entire career, like Risto
Seth Jones has been his comparison for me, and in trying my best to forget it ever since the draft, but it always creeps back in
