The day we got Barron people were bragging about how JB was going to anchor our blueline and immediately was one of our top prospects. 'He plays summer hockey with Crosby' they screamed, 'Crosby says Barron is amazing'
Apparently he is more energetic and supposedly had a good shot, but yeah pretty much. I am expecting more out of Kapanen than Heineman.
Kappy and Heineman are different type of players and yes Kappy should bring more, doesn't make Heineman useless.
Many teams are incompetent at evaluating players. Florida lost Marshessault and Karlsson in the expansion draft. 2 teams dumped Verhaege. It's not an exact science and Colorado is either one of the more incompetent teams or they look for different qualities in players. In any event they reportedly did not want to move Barron.
Some players thrive in different environments and playing with particular players. Zero chance Verheage sniffs 70+ points playing on our team the past two years. Zero chance Hyman hits his goal total with our team.
didnt say either was..
Heineman is a dog on a bone type of player. He's a puck and forecheck hound. In the past he's been too engaged physically, as it's led to injury. So in that aspect, he's the exact opposite of Ylonen.
Anaheim lost 21 years old Shea Theodore in the exp draft (traded for not drafting another player consideration if i remember correctly). They protected Rickard Rackell, Silfverberg, an almost retired Antoine Vermette and 30 years old Cogliano. Pretending teams know what they have d+ 2 is ridiculous imo. They have a better idea than on draft day and d + 1 but they still for the most part have no idea.
I also had to miss the game and am curious.
Maybe my eyesight deceives me but I actually think his skating is really good.
Or a Finnish version of Connor Bedard's face
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