He’s made tremendous progress in this department, but I find he still glides way too often for my liking. Wish he would push himself more and continue to push for that extra stride or two vs gliding, which he tends to do a little too often.
Dude. Just admit you were wrong. It isn't a big deal, we've all been wrong before.
Hes right…you know it. Let it go bro.
He needs a centre like Rossi to show his true talent. Imagine how dynamite the two of them would be? Terrorizing NHL clubs for years.
That’s what I thought the morning after the draft. The Habs’ selection puzzle presented a cool picture but Mesar was a piece that really didn’t appear to fit.
What would you give up for a guy who has put up the three post-draft seasons he has?
He is a center, the last thing he should be doing is leading the attack up the ice. His job as a center is to provide support for the dmen in his own zone and as a passing option on the breakout which usually requires close support. He plays his position to near perfection and him taking off early would lead to a negative correlation between GF and GA. He also plays the most minutes of any forward and should not be out there tearing up the ice indiscriminately. Suzuki uses his speed when it is needed and the reason that he is successful is he knows where to be on the ice all times which is something that you can not do as a center if you are not controlling your pace and living in open pockets of ice and sliding into developing lanes. The key is being on time in those pockets/lanes as playing too slow or too fast are both detrimental to accomplishing these goals. One reason that Newhook sometimes struggles as a center can be largely due to not managing his pace well enough and being too far up ice and too close to defenders when he receives a pass or simply rushing the play and not seeing options that can spread out defenders and open lanes for wingers and trailers.
Not much. Healthy scratch in the playoffs.
