aonb
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its Backstrome
Dylan Strome has finally arrived
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Leafs never should have gave up on him. Haven't seen the Caps but hope he's doing well, guy used to hit like a f***ing truck with a hard slapper. Only issue in Toronto was his footspeed, he got burned badly twice in the playoffs leading to two game winning goals against. Still wish we kept him.
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Small sample
Let’s reach the 30 game standpoint first
But wow his underlying numbers are pretty good so far in this smaller sample
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Until this year reminded me of Ryan Ellis without the super high end offensive hockey IQ that allowed Ellis to be a top pairing D despite his size and lack of foot speed. I really disliked trading the 2023 1st and Gustafsson (who has been better and cheaper than Sandin until this very season) for Sandin and absolutely hated the 4.6 against the cap extension coming off a bad year, but can't say anything bad about his play so far. On pace for 40+ points, near the top of the NHL in +/-, no terrible gaffes that come to mind, either he worked on his foot speed or his positioning and decision making got a lot better with experience. Helps that he is paired with Roy who is a two way machine and having Chychrun and Carlson firmly ahead of him, as well as a deep forward corps and coach that worked really hard with him. He's pretty much being allowed to play as much to his strengths as possible like Sergachev was in Tampa.
It seems clear that the Capitals believe they can work with people who the knock against them is their skating. Sandin and Strome being people who come to mind. So far it’s working, look at a guy like Protas, he looks like a different skater this year, McMichael as well. Even their first round pick this year is touted as a guy with a lot of intelligence and skill, but maybe the skating isn’t quite there.
