Faulk-Broberg Pairing Playing Better Than Parayko-Leddy

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Stylistically, I see more Hampus Lindholm in his game than Heiskanen, which would be great if he reached that level because I've wanted Lindholm for awhile now. Heiskanen is a bit too lofty of a comp for me.

 

[BlueMed]

Stylistically, I see more Hampus Lindholm in his game than Heiskanen, which would be great if he reached that level because I've wanted Lindholm for awhile now. Heiskanen is a bit too lofty of a comp for me.

You said it yourself though; it's a stylistically comparison rather than a production comparison.

 

[BlueMed]

I like the Heiskanen comparison. The skating is similar and willingness to jump into the rush.

I’m not sure if he will gel with Parayko or not, but it seems like they should. I would stress to Parayko to concentrate on the D side since he’s not really offensive anyway.

Broberg and Parayko played 1 preseason game together, and it was reminiscent of having JBo again. That being said, as good as Parayko is defensively, I don't like the idea of players concentrating solely on defense - because ironically that's the worse defense there is. Playing not to lose is a recipe for a loss, and that's lesson I've learned both watching and playing hockey. You want your best defensemen competing against the other team's best forwards at BOTH ends of the ice. The best defense is a good offense with strong puck possession in the offensive zone.

 

[sbet1998]

I think we need to be real careful with extrapolation here because some names that are among the greatest defensemen to ever play the game are getting mentioned and that is overly giddy. It really is.

What's the most fun is to realize that the player himself is going through the "what can I do?" phase where things he's trying are working at the NHL level. He has so few NHL games under his belt, and for awhile he has to have been questioning himself since this is his D+6 season. He himself has to be feeling a similar delight to be finally doing what he believed inside he could do.

For us, I think we should feel very satisfied if this is a top pair defenseman. He is very much trending that way.

I agree with taylord22 about easier to play off of Faulk than Parayko due to Parayko's creativity with his skating. I feel like Lindstein will be stylistically better to pair with Parayko (beginning next year hopefully). Faulk also benefits hugely from the Broberg pairing. Faulk has the offensive skills to take advantage of scoring opportunities that Broberg's impact might generate, whereas Parayko is not going to capitalize offensively. Faulk is more of a pouncer than Parayko offensively. Faulk will see the opportunity pop and react faster and with more skill. What I'm happy about with Parayko is he seems to be cultivating his rugged side as he grows into his true man strength. As we go forward, we need a 32, 33 year old Parayko with still some speed who can bull big forwards

You're right about tempering expectations (I was joking about the Lidstrom comp)

According to some Oilers fans they said he wasnt meeting expectations in their view but history says there are many great Dmen who looked awful after being drafted and then something clicks.

Many were traded and then it clicked with a new team.