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Zegs2sendhelp said:
Vilardi with 2 more points , 13 in 11 games.

People round here thought he was a bust
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Gonna need a source here, Mister Sam Steel Is a God :sarcasm:

In all seriousness, looks like he's finally healthy, good for him. You always knew he had the talent to do it if he could overcome the skating issues.
 
ADHB said:
I think some people thought he’d be a bust because he was never healthy, not because he was untalented.
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Yeah... similar to some think about Turcotte now.
 
Arthuros said:
No point talking about something that isn't possible. It was NHL or OHL for McTavish, and he wasn't gonna be doing much learning in the O anyway.
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They sent stankoven back lol look at his numbers.
 
bsu said:

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They sent stankoven back lol look at his numbers.
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I'm not gonna do a whole diatribe, but watching McTavish with the Bulldogs was just him floating and waiting to put it in the net (which he obviously was capable of).

He'll learn better habits up here vs. the O. I'm sure he'd be putting up similar numbers, and (like Stankoven) without even having the benefit of facing a challenge.
 
Arthuros said:
I'm not gonna do a whole diatribe, but watching McTavish with the Bulldogs was just him floating and waiting to put it in the net (which he obviously was capable of).

He'll learn better habits up here vs. the O. I'm sure he'd be putting up similar numbers, and (like Stankoven) without even having the benefit of facing a challenge.
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He's floating here too.
 
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bsu said:
He's floating here too.
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At least here he's in danger of being "given a night off" because DE thinks he's "young" and "getting used to the pace".

Down there? There are absolutely no consequences for him being lazy. It'd just end up being what Marner did last game. :laugh:

On balance, I still think it's better up here than down there. Obviously, the A's the best, but that's not an option. So we're stuck with a pretty sucky alternative.
 
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Arthuros said:
At least here he's in danger of being "given a night off" because DE thinks he's "young" and "getting used to the pace".

Down there? There are absolutely no consequences for him being lazy. It'd just end up being what Marner did last game. :laugh:

On balance, I still think it's better up here than down there. Obviously, the A's the best, but that's not an option. So we're stuck with a pretty sucky option.
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I mean what does not playing do for development? He can watch film and tape anytime. He needs the puck on his stick more to develop puck skills. Maybe something will click but all those McTavish Calder posters have seemingly disappeared. I'm sure they'll show up like they never left the second he scores a goal.
 
bsu said:
I mean what does not playing do for development? He can watch film and tape anytime.
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What does playing against non-competition do for development? He can just go down there and put up 100+ points no problem.

At least scratches will put some fire into him.
 
Arthuros said:
What does playing against non-competition do for development? He can just go down there and put up 100+ points no problem.

At least scratches will put some fire into him.
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He can work on his skating and puck skills instead of chasing the puck around every shift. Not saying I'd send him back right now but if thinks continue they way they are I rather not keep him in this nonsense. Don't let last game or these next couple against bottom feeders fool you we've seen what kind of team this is.
 
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He can work on his skating and puck skills instead of chasing the puck around every shift. Not saying I'd send him back right now but if thinks continue they way they are I rather not keep him in this nonsense. Don't let last game or these next couple against bottom feeders fool you we've seen what kind of team this is.
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Oh, we'll still be bad, I don't disagree on that. Leafs monumentally choked that game away.

I guess I don't have as much faith as you that McTavish will improve on anything if we send him down. OHL speed isn't anywhere close to NHL speed, and he's already bulky enough to stand up to men. So agree to disagree there.

Man, this CHL transfer agreement sucks.
 
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bsu said:
I mean what does not playing do for development? He can watch film and tape anytime. He needs the puck on his stick more to develop puck skills. Maybe something will click but all those McTavish Calder posters have seemingly disappeared. I'm sure they'll show up like they never left the second he scores a goal.
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I'm not one of them, but he's a whopping 4 points behind Beniers.
 
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