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- Feb 22, 2009
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Half of being a good net front guy is just being willing to go there and Rakell is.Rakell isn't a perfect net front guy but god damn he looks good on the powerplay.
Keep playing Rakell in these elevated roles.
Fans angry at the Rakell contact in the summerReplace Rust with Rakell on L1: L1 takes off
Replace Rust with Rakell on PP1: PP1 takes off
No correlation here.
Can't be stupid with the timing either. Need to read the play.Half of being a good net front guy is just being willing to go there and Rakell is.
He also has enough size to not get completely manhandled once he's there.
I've been saying that he was going to be our second best winger by default when he got here.Rakell isn't a perfect net front guy but god damn he looks good on the powerplay.
Keep playing Rakell in these elevated roles.
Net front guys are disappearing from the league. A lot teams are deciding it's better to not take a guy out of the flow and are relying movement to get the D out of position and off their assignments. Pen's are not but they should seriously think about it.Rakell isn't a perfect net front guy but god damn he looks good on the powerplay.
Keep playing Rakell in these elevated roles.