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JJ also winning over 50% on face offs and cant remember the last time he played 10 games in a row LOL (from fire and ice)
JJ also winning over 50% on face offs and cant remember the last time he played 10 games in a row LOL (from fire and ice)
Might he be finally panning out?
I agree with this. Not sure that JJ is exactly Madden / Pandolfo lee kind of player, but I would like to see him get more PK time. Of the seven forwards who've gotten material PK time, JJ has by far the least - almost 30 seconds less per game than Cammy. I'd like to see him take time from Gio, Elias, maybe even Henrique. I think it would benefit everyone involved - keep the other guys fresher for EV / PP time while also getting JJ more involved in the game. This seems like the simplest change Deboer could make.
while we are tossing around names, if jake could give us a career of sergei brylin type production i'd be perfectly okay with that.
right now Josefson has probably got the best legs of all of NJ's forwards, probably of the entire team - he's the fastest, most mobile, fluid and strongest skater. Tell me who's close? Henrique is close but Josefson has more pure speed; starts and stops and cuts faster than Adam does. I'll stop there.
Last time I looked skating was still the name of the game.
This is not Pandolfo or Madden, essential as those guys were.
Zajac never seems to get enough credit for his skating. I think he's easily the strongest guy on his skates after Jagr. Everything about his skating is so deceptive, and if I had to guess why I'd say it's because there's little to no flash in his game.
I wish he would use it more to advantage because he has always been one of the harder guys on this team to take down or knock off the puck
My go to PK pairings would be:
Zajac - Cammy
Henrique - Josefson
Sprinkle in Elias, Zubrus and Gionta (bleh).
He can skate and I love how responsible he is defensively, but the offense still isn't really there.
Only 7 minutes of es time last night, and Too Too was his winger for most of that. I know he's not an offensive dynamo, but it is not easy to put up points in those conditions.
Only 7 minutes of es time last night, and Too Too was his winger for most of that. I know he's not an offensive dynamo, but it is not easy to put up points in those conditions.