Striiker
Earthquake Survivor
And somehow we still have an even worse defensemen on the roster.
During the Town Hall:
"“Hak got all red in the face, and went on several minutes defending A-Mac. Flat out said A-Mac is a top 3 or 4 defensemen in the NHL,” Broadstreethockey.com wrote. “Specifically said ‘you can throw Corsi out the window.’ Hak seemed to legitimately believe A-Mac is a top defensemen, deserves top minutes.”
Can we just cite this when arguments from authority come up?
Almost as bad as Andy Reid passing the ball all night against the Raiders all those years ago.
Wonder what he reliability meter is at now that the all 3 zones are bigger.
Why do people take HCs seriously when they defend their players?
If you're stuck with a player, slamming them will only create bad feeling in the clubhouse and reduce their potential trade value.
Does Spongebob not exist in Switzerland?Good for Switzerland. As an inland country, they have only seen starfish in encyclopedia before... Now they can see it live
More room to spread those starfishy limbs.
And Gudas can't beat out Jensen and Siegenthaler (who?) in Washington.
Maybe the options really were that bad!
Jensen is the kind of player had Fletcher signed him, we'd have two 50 page threads complaining about what a journeyman he is and what was Fletcher thinking!
You think they wish they still had Niskanen? I mean, Carlson seems to be playing the best hockey of his life, but after him their D looks terrible.I mean, Jensen is not very good, probably the ~7th-8th best D in the organisation, and Capitals fans are massively complaining about him being overused... because he is being overused.
Siegenthaler is a pretty good young player (22) who is a 2nd round pick.
Siegenthaler is a pretty good young player (22) who is a 2nd round pick.
Well, he's better than Hagg (a 2nd rd) pick, and probably Morin (#12).
But right now I don't think he's top 4 material. Maybe in a year or two.
He is better than Jensen.
You think they wish they still had Niskanen? I mean, Carlson seems to be playing the best hockey of his life, but after him their D looks terrible.
Didn't a Flyer pull a double starfish last game, never saw AMac do that.
Gudas is averaging 17:11.
Niskanen last year was 21:56, which was his *lowest* TOI as a Cap.
Astounds me that some people thought the Flyers were downgrading & Caps upgrading. Ah, the danger of blind Corsi worship.
Their usage wasn’t comparable. Niskanen was logging 4 more minutes a game & playing a much bigger role. Swap their usage last season & those stats would be different.
A whole lot of stats that weren't Corsi showed that Gudas was the more effective dman last year, but also that Niskanen had practically an anomalous downturn. He looks to have bounced back. But considering his age, I don't think it was very absurd to hold that opinion. I didn't agree and thought it likely that Niskanen would at least bounce back to being equal with Gudas, but that concern wasn't remotely outlandish or unjustified.
Yup, the fact that his usage of Mac backed up his rabid verbal defending makes it pretty indisputable that he was being honest.He was never stuck with him. Better options existed for quite a while. He never HAD to use him as a top 4 or even top pairing dman. He chose to.
Nobody forced him to chase a matchup with Crosby, for instance. Hakstol clearly and truly believed MacD was good.
Their usage wasn’t comparable. Niskanen was logging 4 more minutes a game & playing a much bigger role. Swap their usage last season & those stats would be different.