eco's bones
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With Tony it starts with his Dad who is just not a very good person. He's a chip off the old block with that.
He's not a physical player. Look at his hits and he tends to avoid getting hit. He's small and not very strong. What confuses some people a bit is that for his size (he's not a heavyweight and would get killed by the leagues best knucklechuckers) he's a very good fighter...but that's like a two or three times a year thing and constantly yapping at the opposition doesn't hurt or intimidate anyone.
His defending is below average. Sometimes it's really bad. The gaudy +/- from last year is because he got to play with Slavin (an outstanding defender) riding shotgun for him and on a team that focuses on playing good D. You almost never see him on the penalty kill....even when his team is down 2D.
He does have very slick offensive skills and can really run a power play in pretty much every aspect. Walk the line, very mobile all over the blue line, excellent passer in those kinds of situations and very good at getting open for one timers.....and capable of finishing too. It's a shame in a way that he's never worked hard enough to improve his defensive game because if he could get to okay he'd be a much much better player.
All in all I don't see him and Torts getting along very well. Tony will have to keep opinions that might lead to dressing room conflict to himself. Torts likes his D to defend and not take shortcuts. The Flyers don't have a defenseman like Slavin to ride shotgun for him and Torts will bench his D if they don't play the way he wants and it doesn't matter how much money they make. Not that Laine is a D but he found out real quick that lackadaisical two way play doesn't cut it with Torts.
As a Rangers fan I was not a fan. Tony's run in with Georgiev very much helped to f*** up our 20-21 season which started with that disaster and ended with Wilson of Washington power slamming Panarin to the ice. Tony couldn't keep his mouth shut. Those two events on either end of the season pretty much told the story for us that year.
He's not a physical player. Look at his hits and he tends to avoid getting hit. He's small and not very strong. What confuses some people a bit is that for his size (he's not a heavyweight and would get killed by the leagues best knucklechuckers) he's a very good fighter...but that's like a two or three times a year thing and constantly yapping at the opposition doesn't hurt or intimidate anyone.
His defending is below average. Sometimes it's really bad. The gaudy +/- from last year is because he got to play with Slavin (an outstanding defender) riding shotgun for him and on a team that focuses on playing good D. You almost never see him on the penalty kill....even when his team is down 2D.
He does have very slick offensive skills and can really run a power play in pretty much every aspect. Walk the line, very mobile all over the blue line, excellent passer in those kinds of situations and very good at getting open for one timers.....and capable of finishing too. It's a shame in a way that he's never worked hard enough to improve his defensive game because if he could get to okay he'd be a much much better player.
All in all I don't see him and Torts getting along very well. Tony will have to keep opinions that might lead to dressing room conflict to himself. Torts likes his D to defend and not take shortcuts. The Flyers don't have a defenseman like Slavin to ride shotgun for him and Torts will bench his D if they don't play the way he wants and it doesn't matter how much money they make. Not that Laine is a D but he found out real quick that lackadaisical two way play doesn't cut it with Torts.
As a Rangers fan I was not a fan. Tony's run in with Georgiev very much helped to f*** up our 20-21 season which started with that disaster and ended with Wilson of Washington power slamming Panarin to the ice. Tony couldn't keep his mouth shut. Those two events on either end of the season pretty much told the story for us that year.
