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not sure why this guy has only been given one game out of three.
I agree.....what's going on here.? He wasn't great against Calgary in the opener, but nobody on thenot sure why this guy has only been given one game out of three.
Yeah, this is weird. No word of injury or illness, yet not playing. Signs a 2 year deal @ 2mil per, in which Tocchet even phoned the guy to help convince him to sign, then he's back-to-back scratched after only one game.
It really doesn't make sense... obviously there is something going on
You saw why tonight. I actually felt a little sorry or Brannstrom. You get the call-up and want to make a good first impression. But you end up tethered to a boat anchor like Desharnais.Agree. He’s night and day better than Juulsen, doesn’t make any sense.
Desharnais was more or less even tonight in chances by any of the metrics (corsi, xG, scoring chances), and so was Brannstrom when paired with Desharnais... except Brannstrom finished in the pits because he had a bad shift with Soucy.You saw why tonight. I actually felt a little sorry or Brannstrom. You get the call-up and want to make a good first impression. But you end up tethered to a boat anchor like Desharnais.
So he's only played two of the first four games.....and it's been mostly hard to watch.
Found Desharnais comments in a recent interview very interesting. He was recounting how the Canucks and the Oilers have their d-men playing an almost totally different system.
He points out that Tocchet's system has the d-men playing a lot closer to the forwards in the neutral zone, trying either to strip the puck or force shoot-ins. Of course the downside, is that if the forward does 'chip and chase' it's likely that he arrives simultaneously with the d-man along the back wall.
And that's one of rationales for the Canucks constructing a big back line, because those guys can win more one-on-one puck battles.
Clearly the system threw Desharnais for a bit of a loop early......but looks like he's finally figuring it out. And working with Foote and Gonchar, he's learning from two of the best.
Found Desharnais comments in a recent interview very interesting. He was recounting how the Canucks and the Oilers have their d-men playing an almost totally different system.
He points out that Tocchet's system has the d-men playing a lot closer to the forwards in the neutral zone, trying either to strip the puck or force shoot-ins. Of course the downside, is that if the forward does 'chip and chase' it's likely that he arrives simultaneously with the d-man along the back wall.
And that's one of rationales for the Canucks constructing a big back line, because those guys can win more one-on-one puck battles.
Clearly the system threw Desharnais for a bit of a loop early......but looks like he's finally figuring it out. And working with Foote and Gonchar, he's learning from two of the best.
Is it me or is Vinny kind of soft?
There's no way he's a Zadorov replacement. Zadorov was mean and went looking for hits. Desharnais actually looks like he avoids contact. Hoglander is literally 10" smaller and has doubled his hit totals.