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And Burns and Orlov are off the books in July.
Hopefully not to return.
Hopefully not to return.
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Exactly. Both are veterans with expiring contracts. Criticizing their defensive play, however accurate it may be, doesn't accomplish anything. Pointing out where Morrow could improve might actually accomplish the necessary changes
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Appropriately adjusting their ice time would though. Although Ghost already gets too much time so they are kind of stuck on the left for this year unless / until Boom comes over
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To me, it's more that comment didn't need to be made public. With Blake and Jarvis, we only heard "they'll make some mistakes" not there are parts of his game we don't like. The coaching them up part has obviously worked.
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Season 2 of the amazon show should just be nothing but Seth Jarvis.
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robbieberns
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The quote about Morrow is fine. It’s not anything Rod wouldn’t have said respectfully to the kid before ever mentioning it in public. He’s probably already clarified it with him that’s it’s just a quote about working on the kid’s big league game and it’s no serious slander. Say what you want about a lot of how or org operates but we’re a brilliant development team and they know how to handle these kids.
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If we assume that he's not just blind to all of Burns's faults then he's stuck in a no win situation. He can move him down and play a bad defensive d-man with another bad/questionable defensive d-man in Orlov or Ghost, or he can leave him with the best damn defensive d-man on the planet in Slavin and hope he limits the mistakes.
Are we better off with Slavin covering for Burns or having Slavin/Walker and Orlov/Chatfield playing about 30 mins a night each?
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It's not impossible that Slavin prefers Burns as his partner out of the available options because of familiarity. That could factor in.
Sounds like Stockholm syndrome lol
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No problem with Rod's comments, how Morrow's defensive game develops at the NHL level is an important question heading into the offseason. This last stretch of regular season games will be great experience if he sticks in the lineup, and given how locked into the 2nd spot we are at the moment, I'd have no problem rotating out whoever is most banged up on D to keep him playing. If he shows he can hang I'd be more comfortable using the trade assets up front or in goal, but otherwise a new Slavin partner has to be the priority.
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I suspect we'll find out in the playoffs.
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To be fair to the "kid" isn't that what he will learn by playing at this level? I'm hard pressed to remember a young defenseman that came into the league and immediately made few mistakes (maybe Ken Morrow in 1980). Even in a less fast/less skilled era, old-time Hall of Famers like Chelios and Potvin in the 70's/80's needed games to smooth out their play.
Thus, via video, feedback and yes playing, Morrow will get a better feel on what he can or cannot do at this level.
Now, if he makes the same mistakes over and over, staff can be more harsh but I'd still prefer that he keeps his "criticism" of the player private (yes, I know that every person requires a different method to motivate but......RBA, you hammered Necas publicly for years and how did that work out?)
Morrow didn't play much last game but he stuck out positively to me a couple of times. On one shift, he made two Slavin-esque stick breakups of dangerous Tampa zone entries. It was back to back about 20 seconds apart. He has decent skating speed but more importantly he moved the puck decisively in the offensive zone. I also hope he gets more time playing against NHL teams.
Regardless, this year has been an excellent year for his development. To go from a college offensive wunderkind to professional hockey games, I think we all expected a lot of oopses offensively. He seems to be really working on his defensive game in the AHL, and his offensive game has translated. The fact he has done so well pretty quickly this year moved the needle for me to make me go from "this guy could be a top 4 D" to "I think he will be a top 4 D eventually".
Regardless, this year has been an excellent year for his development. To go from a college offensive wunderkind to professional hockey games, I think we all expected a lot of oopses offensively. He seems to be really working on his defensive game in the AHL, and his offensive game has translated. The fact he has done so well pretty quickly this year moved the needle for me to make me go from "this guy could be a top 4 D" to "I think he will be a top 4 D eventually".
Yep, saw that and thought a) “uh oh” and b) “if he’s just a half step away from being able to pull that type of thing off at the NHL level we’re in for a treat”
RE: his speed....he had one play where he circled around the net and just took off with Bolts players unable to keep up with his speed. I think he has the "jets" but is still working through how to use it.
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