MJL66
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- Nov 30, 2008
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Shows how full of crap Tortorella is. Previously he has made comments how bad Drysdale was in his own end. Tortorella will never let a defenseman be just a rover. He wouldn't let Angelo do that. More evidence of what I said previously. Don't believe a word that guy says. His press conferences are a waste of time. Look at what he does. Not what he says.Torts discussed Drysdale in his pre-game presser.
Tried to avoid dissing Anaheim, but said he should have played in the minors, when they got him he was "raw." So without saying it, dissed Anaheim's development process. Basic gist was we knew Shaw had a lot of work to do.
Knows Drysdale is never going to be a defensive player, wants him to play as a rover, needs to be more aware of the ice on both offense and defense. It's a work in progress.
Someone should of asked him why they kept Luchanko who was obviously completely raw and should've been sent down to juniors earlier in camp.
Yep, who needs to develop skilled players on he PP. No urgency needed there. Good thing because we've got the perfect coaches for the lack of urgency.Since I see them as rebuilding for a couple more years, I see no urgency over the PP.
First things first, build a top ES team, then tweak the roster/coach up players for the STs.
Given talented forwards, you can quickly turn a PP around, either Drysdale or Andrae develop or they get a PP QB, and you can find "Ghost" types in trades or in the 2nd rd of the draft, 3rd pair/1PP types. Guys you shelter, but give them O-zone starts and let them create.
PK guys can be obtained fairly easily as well and stashed on the 4th line. Poehling is a good example, Jett should be an immediate fit, as much as Laughton and TK have worked well together in terms of SH goals, they're not a great combo overall. I want fast forwards on my PK who can pressure the point - instead of collapsing in a box and trying to block everything.