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Confirmed with Link: Michael Rasmussen signs three year extension
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deca guard
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exactly . so many still whining about not drafting necas is what is happening here
Gniwder
IN TODD WE TRUST
Show me a video where he knocks a guy down. End of the season DDK was knocking more guys down than anyone, which is how soft this team is.
Veleno is easily the hardest checker on this team, especially since I think Bert won't be as physical after his surgery.
Kinda depressing now that I think about it. I watched 3 seasons of a team with very little grit or skill.
Pavels Dog
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Roomba With a Bauer
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LOL, the two hits in that video are him going for hits along the board, missing, and falling down. Is that the best they could find??
Pavels Dog
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Yeah that's a real neutral take.
Seider falls down sometimes when hitting too. Bet you're gonna have issues with that too.
Vandalay Industries
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And the same person who threw his love at almost every single player who was dumped on the waiver wire last season. In particular I remember how he spend days trying to convince everyone that picking up Anthony DeAngelo was the best idea ever. Even if it didn't pan out there was no way he couldn't be traded at deadline because there was a neverending list of teams willing to trade for him giving up top draft choices to get this misunderstood genius.
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Gniwder
IN TODD WE TRUST
He falls down a lot though, and if the best career highlights involve 2 replays of him getting tangled up with another player, what does that say? Compare that to Seider's season highlights.
I could put together a nicer highlight video for Joey in his first 5 games, and obviously Vrana in his 11 games.
Henkka
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Our 9th overall is doing pretty well. What 9th overalls should do.
2017 draft class:
- Rasmussen has 6th highest Ice-Time of 2017 drafted forwards. (You can add Heiskanen and Makar from defenceman side to this group and Ramussen is 8th)
- Rasmussen has 3 points in 6 games. Of 2017 1st rounders, he is 3rd best in points after Heiskanen and Robert Thomas and tied with Pettersson/Hischier/Necas. All have 0,5 points per game.
- Rasmussen is 52.1% at Faceoffs. There are 9 centers currently from 2017 draft class, and Rasmussen has best Faceoff percentage. Hischier is nearest with 50.7%-
2017 draft class:
- Rasmussen has 6th highest Ice-Time of 2017 drafted forwards. (You can add Heiskanen and Makar from defenceman side to this group and Ramussen is 8th)
- Rasmussen has 3 points in 6 games. Of 2017 1st rounders, he is 3rd best in points after Heiskanen and Robert Thomas and tied with Pettersson/Hischier/Necas. All have 0,5 points per game.
- Rasmussen is 52.1% at Faceoffs. There are 9 centers currently from 2017 draft class, and Rasmussen has best Faceoff percentage. Hischier is nearest with 50.7%-
Debrincat93
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He needs more snarl and get back to playing like he did last year. he doesnt look the same IMO.
if he cant get that snarl, man.. idk..
if he cant get that snarl, man.. idk..
Gniwder
IN TODD WE TRUST
I think it helps that Empty Netmestnikov is playing for a contract, he's done more this season than all of last season combined. When he goes to the net, he can actually score even with a goaltender in net, lol. It's funny because he always looks surprised when he scores.
If anything Raz would have more points if Erne gets a little more luck. He's had some good chances. While the 3rd line looks decent, I think Blash is gonna need to shuffle the lines to get the 2nd line going.
If anything Raz would have more points if Erne gets a little more luck. He's had some good chances. While the 3rd line looks decent, I think Blash is gonna need to shuffle the lines to get the 2nd line going.
golffuul
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He's also had some pretty bad hits, during the season, that he's been able to shrug off up to this point.
Winger98
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yeah, this has been the biggest hope for him, imo. At his size, if he learns and is willing to really put it to use, he'll be effective in some form in the lineup. So much comes from him just having a bit of bite to his game.
I'd like to see Erne-Rasmussen-Zadina. With the second line, it seems like either Suter needs to get it going or we just gotta wait for Vrana to get back.
Gniwder
IN TODD WE TRUST
That's a long ways out. Might just have to put Vlad as 2C, he can't do any worse than 0 pts -3.
Alex will figure something out, the only forwards without a point are Suter and Smith
Cyborg Yzerberg
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I don’t think Rasmussen has earned a shot playing up the lineup at all. If anything, I think I’d like to see him bumped down a line.
Red Stanley
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I've been impressed with his defensive play. The offense and the physical play will come as he matures and gains confidence.
Gniwder
IN TODD WE TRUST
Who are you proposing to promote to the third line, Smith, Rowney, Stephens, or Gagner?
Given the roster, Raz is playing where he should be.
Cyborg Yzerberg
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If you're asking what I'd do, I'd call Veleno up and give him a shot in the role. But at this point, I'd be willing to give Stephens or Gagner a shot over Rasmussen. Rasmussen has been good in his own end, but other than that one play last night, he's been pretty bad in the offensive zone. I'm not saying Stephens or Gagner would be better, but I'd at least give them a shot seeing how Rasmussen's struggled a bit.
newfy
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Angry Rasmussen is definitely the best version of him. I thought he played really solid the first couple games, had that game against the habs where he was brutal and then a couple of whatever games. The wings arent going anywhere fast so theres lots of time to see where he ends up before having to make a decision on him.
I sometimes watch him and think hes on his way to physically dominating games and then the next game I'll wonder why hes in the NHL almost lol, needs to find some consistency
Henkka
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That could be just natural thing for still a young player and maybe late developer. If you use too much of energy in one game, and you're still exhausted at next game. Better conditioning by years of career and hard work = consistency. These many times go hand-in-hand.
When you are young player and still building your body... get more muscle, then you have more muscle mass with will use more oxygen --> need better conditioning. It's very hard to build both at same time. One off-season can go to first one and another to second one. Then repeat same again, until you reach the balance. Then the player is at his prime.
DoMakc
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I think people underrating defensive ability of Rasmussen. His presence in the line-up gives Blashill somebody besides Larkin who can take on tough defensive assignments against top lines and gives Larkin more freedom to privude more offense - Larkin has currently Ozone% of 67%. Everybody who thinks Rasmussen is a 4th line winger (I made a mistake of listening to Winged Wheel podcast) are out to lunch.
