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In the meantime, feel free to join our Discord ServerNo shit.I mean, he still played in the NHL. He's a thousand times better at hockey than anyone reading this reply. Unless an NHLer is. Or like, a really, really good AHLer.
This vegas team is not the same team we would get if they met in the playoffs.Vegas is looking as vulnerable as they've ever been. It might not be horrible playing them in the first round as they shuffle a bunch of bodies into the lineup right in the playoffs
I second this. Pouliot wasn’t terrible. He was a good puck mover and despite being slow and sluggish was a relatively okay skater. He wasn’t a low IQ defenseman like Weber, Sbisa, Hutton or Bartkowski. He was just… slow and a step behind.I don't think Pouliot was terrible. He's one of those players who is a bit too slow in processing the game at NHL speeds so he's prone to some bad turnovers when pressured. He would probably be ok on a good team with good structure. Gragnani can't play D at all and you have to shelter him.
He was on the Stars 2nd pairing like a week ago!Pouliot was horrible and played himself out of the NHL.
Wasn't Hamonic a lot later?I second this. Pouliot wasn’t terrible. He was a good puck mover and despite being slow and sluggish was a relatively okay skater. He wasn’t a low IQ defenseman like Weber, Sbisa, Hutton or Bartkowski. He was just… slow and a step behind.
I didn’t mind the acquisition as I believe we traded Pedan and 7th round pick or something and it was a low cost move for a guy who was a former top 10 pick and was 23 at the time and was NHL ready. We then needed space so idiot Benning could go and get Benn and f***ing Myers and we were hoping Juolevi was going to make the team so Pouliot wasn’t brought back. I can’t remember if we also went and grabbed Hamonic that year or not.
He’s played less NHL games in the 5 years combined since he left the org than he did in his last year with the org lol.He was on the Stars 2nd pairing like a week ago!
Weber was all right here. He put up some decent seasons on a good Preds squad after.
Wasn't Hamonic a lot later?
I wouldn't put Weber in that group. Expectations for him were reasonable and frankly, I think he met or even exceeded them.I second this. Pouliot wasn’t terrible. He was a good puck mover and despite being slow and sluggish was a relatively okay skater. He wasn’t a low IQ defenseman like Weber, Sbisa, Hutton or Bartkowski. He was just… slow and a step behind.
I didn’t mind the acquisition as I believe we traded Pedan and 7th round pick or something and it was a low cost move for a guy who was a former top 10 pick and was 23 at the time and was NHL ready. We then needed space so idiot Benning could go and get Benn and f***ing Myers and we were hoping Juolevi was going to make the team so Pouliot wasn’t brought back. I can’t remember if we also went and grabbed Hamonic that year or not.
Your Oilers aren’t gonna do shit buddyEdmonton could pass us still
Weber definitely wasn't low IQ, he just wasn't great enough at everything to become a mainstay in the top four. He was probably the same size as Stecher but didn't have the tenacity down low to overcome it, and he was a decent puck mover with a cannon but wasn't amazing at it. Solid bottom pairing defenseman and it kept him in the league for a while.
I don't quite remember if usage was a factor in his one really good season here (14-15) but considering Desjardins was coaching, I doubt he got favourable zone start treatment.
Not true..His first season was a tale of two players..Half good ,half bad..It was after his first season that it became apparent that he was an absolute liability on the back end...Good skater, excellent passer, but couldn't process the game.Pouliot was horrific in his first season - absolutely terrible, not an NHL-caliber player - but as often happens with bad players who get lots of opportunity on a bad team he did improve significantly in his second year and was actually playing pretty serviceably at the point where Hughes signed and then he never played again.
Not true..His first season was a tale of two players..Half good ,half bad..It was after his first season that it became apparent that he was an absolute liability on the back end...Good skater, excellent passer, but couldn't process the game.
The Canucks have played at level against every single team in the league this year except for Philly.Wild is another nightmare matchup for us honestly
We've seen a variety of teams that cause the Canucks difficulties, but I think their biggest test is sticking with "the program" despite immediate results. The complete buy in seems to pop up and that's where everything collapses, because their fall back play is every man for themselves and Green defensive hockey.Wild is another nightmare matchup for us honestly
I mean I can’t skakte, at all…I mean, he still played in the NHL. He's a thousand times better at hockey than anyone reading this reply. Unless an NHLer is. Or like, a really, really good AHLer.
Thing is adding a bunch of bodies without getting in actual games is risky. A lot of people forget Vegas almost lost both games at home against the Jets last yearThis vegas team is not the same team we would get if they met in the playoffs.
They have significant injuries across the board