I just heard that Tanev has not been on the ice for 1 goal at even strength so far this year. Tanev and Markstrom kept Hughes defensive deficiencies to a noticeable minimum last year. Completely being exposed for the type of player he actually is. He has even said he is now 100 percent healthy. No lame injury excuses any more. In an interview a couple of days ago he said thinks he is playing well. He believes he is not bad at defense. That is a problem.
this happens all the time. price in montreal, lundqvist with the rangers. and if it's not the team, it's the coach or the gm.
Why not? it's already how Benning built the blue line. As I stated before, if you put Makar or Heiskanen in the same position that Hughes is this thread would be about how they were overrrated
He was bad in his own end last year, too, something I tried to express throughout the season. He’s weak in front of the net, his board play is non-existent, his positioning occasionally borders on ludicrously poor, but the thing that sets him apart is the lack of effort and how he shies away from contact. You cannot defend possession in this league without fighting for body and stick positioning.
Deflection.
Makar ATM. According to you are your 50 post in this thread . Hughes could only wish to be Tyson Barry. Then in you go and compare Hughes to Lidstrom and Pronger. You are a joke haha.
Just take a look at your post history. It's laughable at best. Makar better than Mcdavid. Mcdavid skating doesn't take skill. I could go on with your hot takes.
It was that Jack Eichle guy. Hard to keep up with all the dog shit posters nowadays sorry. I clump you all into the same group. My mistake.
I think he hasnt quite learnt the speed of the game on the defensive end. he will get there.Every Van-MTL games they kept saying how good he was while showing clips of him getting blown by or falling down.
It’s not just Avs fans. Check out other team threads after playing Canucks. Leaf fans crapping on Hughes after last game too and they only needed one game to understand how he is playing. I think it has to do with how Canucks fans all last year and even after Makar won the Calder still kept insisting Hughes got jobbed and was easily better. And now when it is obvious he is brutal defensively there are still some who can’t admit he is severely challenged defending.
Because after he barely plays 16 minutes and still gets completely caved defensively you still have posters coming into the thread to move the focus to how he collected a PP assist.
Only reason Norris is a discussion is because of the way the league is with points. He will never ever get a Norris off his d play. The NHL loves giving it to the #1 scoring Dman. Most of us fans think its Pejorative Slured but it is what it is.
Nice shot from the point. Even better tip by Boeser.
