Could not agree more. And I am not even a Clendening fan. But with the B2Bs, how has AV not rested the Girardis of the world? Wasn't that the plan coming into the year?
Player Discussion Adam Clendening
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How do you know that Peumpel is not Gretzky?
In this case, I would say that history has been a pretty good indicator.
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Irishguy42
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AV said that Clendening was supposed to be used more in November due to the tough schedule.
It's now the last day in November and Clendo has played one game.
AV...please respond...
It's now the last day in November and Clendo has played one game.
AV...please respond...
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i think all this stressing about the 22d guy is missing the point
#4 is living precisely the job he signed up for, 7th\depth D
The team is winning and the D has been healthy
he needs to stay ready, the opening is inevitable, and may arise without warning
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yet underlying stats show they aren't playing as well as their record indicates. Clendo needs to come in and play. He's better than a "depth d", especially compared to Girardi.
Clendening is the new mcilrath on here pretty much lol.
He should see some time tho especially with as bad as Klein has been playing .
He should see some time tho especially with as bad as Klein has been playing .
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I think last night would have been a good night to play Clendo. Carolina is one of the least physical teams in the league....which bodes well for a guy like Clendo. If Clendo doesn't get a start against Buffalo, I think he should absolutely play the afternoon game vs Carolina on Saturday. Of course, it's still unlikely to happen.
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I disagree mostly, but we do agree on his slowness. His feet are moving a million miles an hour when he tries to get going, but he goes nowhere. It's funny to watch. It's like he has Penguin legs.
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So basically this comes down to AV having a specific "requirement" for defensemen to meet, and that translates into either a really good defenseman (McDonagh and Skjei) as well as really bad defensemen (Girardi and Klein)...
Someone mentioned that AV seems to have an outdated perspective of what makes a defenseman good--I think this is starting to ring true. Trotting a guy like Klein out instead of letting AC try to build up some confidence with offensive contributions simply doesn't make sense to me at all--other than the "we know what we're getting" mantra, but even that gets me because it's almost like AV CREATES these situations where these guys produce an unknown result, and then AV takes it to the bank as fact
Someone mentioned that AV seems to have an outdated perspective of what makes a defenseman good--I think this is starting to ring true. Trotting a guy like Klein out instead of letting AC try to build up some confidence with offensive contributions simply doesn't make sense to me at all--other than the "we know what we're getting" mantra, but even that gets me because it's almost like AV CREATES these situations where these guys produce an unknown result, and then AV takes it to the bank as fact
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Maybe Clendening is just not good enough to crack the line-up on a D-unit of a contender
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1. this team is not a contender
2. he should be able to crack a team with two worse defensemen than he is.
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Girardi is one of the worst D in the league getting a regular shift.
Klein has been worse than Girardi this year.
Even if 4 is below lg average, he's still better than both of them.
Is it a coincidence that Clendening is playing for Klein tonight after Brooks' article yesterday? I sometimes wonder which way it works with Larry. Is he the one beat writer that the team actually reads and listens to or does the team leak info to him to see how people would react? Probably some combination of both.
Larry brooks is our voice! Thanks Larry!
Gotta rotate G out and the way it seems this year Klein as well
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