Helmtrick!
Great team you guys have there in Detroit. Winning without Dats and Zetterberg isn't easy but they are doing it in style.
One thing though, I don't think Darren Helm is clutch...our team just sucks. Weiss would have gotten a hattrick tonight had he played.
Still can't get over how much sheahan's offensive skills have improved from when he played his first career games. Dude seriously has some of the slickest hands in the league when he's around the net
Nobody considers him clutch...but he is starting to learn how to utilize his speed more. He plays the passing lanes well and deflects or chips those pucks out past the D and into the neutral zone...D-man gets caught flat footed and Helm has the easy breakway.
for all the (deserved) beating andersson gets, i have to give him credit today. he worked hard before the first two helm goals. on first goal he gets the puck to helm and on the 2nd one he wins the key battle by using his body. i want to see more of this andersson, winning key battles and using his body.
This was posted by a Leafs fan in another forum I post in. He posted this as a response to a comment I made lamenting the failures of our beloved Red Wings a few days back. I feel bad for the Toronto fans but I am so happy Detroit pulled this one out.
i think the point he was making is he's not really offensively gifted for the PP (only 3 pp points this season), and a lot of people here have been hoping someone like Smith, who most would agree is more suited to QBing a PP, get a chance in that spot, he seemed to get a chance near the end on a PP and didn't do a bad job managing puck distribution.
Nobody considers him clutch...but he is starting to learn how to utilize his speed more. He plays the passing lanes well and deflects or chips those pucks out past the D and into the neutral zone...D-man gets caught flat footed and Helm has the easy breakway.
He's known how to use his speed for a long time. He's not just starting to utilize it. The difference between last night (and that early season stretch of success he had) was that he was finally finishing on more of his chances, as were his linemates (he played with top 6 players like Alfie and Franzen for the first time).
Helm's always been a good Corsi player and a buzz saw in the offensive zone. And has there been a player in Detroit post lockout that has gotten more breakaways? No, there hasn't.
After coming back from the 2nd injury this season he struggled a lot, but it shouldn't have been too surprising considering all of the time he's missed the past 2 years. You could tell that he wasn't playing quite as hard or going to the dirty areas as much. He probably has mental hurdle to jump in regard to getting injured more.
Hopefully last night is the start of him getting his confidence back.
Holy ****.... i picked up Helm off the waiver wire before the game last night... buddy got me 14 points and pretty much single handedly won me my H2H matchup. What a stud! Think he will continue to produce? didnt watch the game....
He's probably worth keeping. He's not going to be potting hat tricks but he could become a solid point producer. He's starting to finally look healthy and is getting quality scoring chances.
Yah, might have to hold on to him for a while. Although it's not often a guy scores 3 goals in a game and then has to play on the third line....