JimEIV
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- Feb 19, 2003
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Bahl was a lot better than most Devil fans are giving him credit for. The team was a total mess with injuries and make-shift pairs were happening all year.
The notion that he's just a bottom pairing Dman is a strange thing to say for a 23 year old that just completed his first full NHL season. I mean it may very well be true but he was decent in his first full season and of course any 23 year old Dman's game is going to refine and get cleaner with time..
But he was one of the Devils top 4 PKer on team that had the 10th best PK
He played against some of the toughest competition for long stretches of this season while Siegenthaler was out and wasn't terrible when paired with Marino. In fact, defensively it was probably the Devils best pairing for short spurts of the year.
The notion that he's just a bottom pairing Dman is a strange thing to say for a 23 year old that just completed his first full NHL season. I mean it may very well be true but he was decent in his first full season and of course any 23 year old Dman's game is going to refine and get cleaner with time..
But he was one of the Devils top 4 PKer on team that had the 10th best PK
He played against some of the toughest competition for long stretches of this season while Siegenthaler was out and wasn't terrible when paired with Marino. In fact, defensively it was probably the Devils best pairing for short spurts of the year.