Then why is it needed at all? Although our PK sucks, I hope Clifton and EJ will help with this, but coaching is involved in this and it seems to be the same.
Well, usually such a defender also plays on PK, let's see what role he will have next season.
It’s not easier for a lefty, the mechanics and adaption issues are the same. Its just more common with lefties since there are more of them, especially top 4 options.
I wonder how much getting his clock cleaned impacted his usage. Its hard to jump to a new team and get comfortable, even more so when you get your brain scrambled not long after arriving.
Not saying Clifton can't become a top 4d, but I feel like people, myself included, were saying similar things about Boosh last year.
Well Boosh had injury issues last season and probably yet he's not a top 4 D.
Not sure Lance has any inside info ....
Everyone was dead wrong on Ryan Johnson.
not everyone, some 'insiders' didn't guess like Lance did
Nobody is trading for Jacob Bryson lol
I feel like most "insiders" were guessing but to your point, Lance was adamant Johnson was walking through his columns, tweets and on Maintenance Day.
This has been covered a dozen times. Lance repeatedly said he had heard Johnson wasn’t signing for over a year. Not only wasn’t it refuted by anyone…anyone else who was asked said it didn’t sound good.
For the love of the straw man…people aren’t saying they needed to get Cale Makar to pair with Power…they’re saying the least Adams needed to do was acquire someone who has proven they can handle 20+ minutes night in and night out. Because the person who plays with Power needs to be a minute eater. He didn’t.
I think we can still use Boosh, I don't know what's the point of making our depth worse again. EJ is an age-old player with a history of injury, he is likely to miss games. Stillman is not yet very trusted and does not play on PK. I would have probably traded Joki earlier, although I don't mind if they keep him and we have better depth.
Jokiharju is a 24 year old RHD that is capable of playing on the bottom pairing. As tired as I am of Joker I'd only trade him if we get a legit top 4 d some other way.
Both of Boosh and Stillman weren’t trusted by the coaching staff down the stretch. The difference is Boosh was he was here all season. He did play through an injury at the start. But its not great for the coaches to lose confidence the more they get to see you.
Yep. He felt Johnson was going to walk and the team wasn’t worried about it because they valued the pick.
Yes, but he will be like an older brother for Kisakov, Neuchev and Novikov. Here, too, there are subtleties. Also don't forget that he had injury problems last season, he played with a broken leg.
Doesn’t read as though he framed it as insider info but what he thinks will happen.
I have no problem with Boosh. Just speculating why they may feel that way (if they even do). He averaged only 9mins a game during the final playoff push.
