Steazy Doo
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Nah I don't think so. Klinkhammer is Coopers Gum, he posts once in a while. I haven't seen Tampa Bay Trio in a while though, i think his name was Wyzerhood or something.
Player Discussion: Ryan McDonagh
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Steazy Doo
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He just matched his career high for minutes talking to a reporter in one question. When will he slow down?
LightningStrikes
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McDavid is still better at interviews.
Oh! Let me try: His interviews are longer because he doesn’t have as many stars in the Locke...wait, damn’t!
Stormbreaker
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While McDonagh has been an absolute defensive beast he's having himself quite the offensive season (36 points) just 8 shy of his career high. With barely any PP time to boot! His best years in NY he had double digit PP points.
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He has been a great addition to our team. He really bolstered our top 4. Both teams got pieces they needed for the future and present.
OurlordAndSaviorKuch
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When he first came to us I thought we had lost this trade but now that he has had a whole year and is healthy he has really impressed me.
BowDownToVasilevskiy
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Hopefully he is able to stay in form until his mid 30s
LightningStrikes
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Blueline MVP this season for us
Yeah, I think that's probably true. I think we'll see a different version of Hedman in the playoffs though. But McDonagh's ES production has, if I'm not mistaken, been better than Hedman's, and he's also been our main shutdown guy. So I think he gets the nod for performance this regular season, even if I think Hedman is going to turn it up to a different level (or so we all hope) in the playoffs.
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I'd lean towards resting McDonagh towards the end of the season, he's a work horse and the type of player who might just exhaust himself towards the end of the season for no reason.
We want him fully energized for the playoffs.
We want him fully energized for the playoffs.
LightningStrikes
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Way better actually:
GP | P | EVP | PPP | |
Hedman | 62 | 44 | 21 | 22 |
McDonagh | 70 | 36 | 31 | 3 |
LightningStrikes
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We're keeping his minutes down, so I'm not too worried about it, but I mean, yeah, I'm looking at that Ottawa game, and maybe even that Carolina game, and thinking, is it really 100% necessary that we play McDonagh here? Given that, assuming everyone is healthy by then, we're sitting a pair of D every single night.
The S5
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Is McDonagh the Bolts best d-man? I don't think it can be argued that he isn't the best defender, but is he overall?
Love Hedman, but he isn't the same kind of shut down defender. He jumps into the offense WAY more than McDonagh and get most of the PP time, thus, the point totals.
What do you guys think?
Love Hedman, but he isn't the same kind of shut down defender. He jumps into the offense WAY more than McDonagh and get most of the PP time, thus, the point totals.
What do you guys think?
The Macho King
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No. Hedman's better. Frankly Hedman is better on both ends of the ice, but McDonagh looks more like the traditional ideal of an old school defender, so it *looks* better (think Lidstrom's controlling the play and using position/stick to disrupt plays versus Pronger stapling people to the boards and clearing the crease - one looks more impressive, but the results on the former are way more significant just not as flashy).
McDonagh is really good though.
The S5
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Going to strongly disagree. Hedman isn't nearly as good in all facets of defending. Where I do think he is better is puck movement, although not significantly better. Clearly, he is better offensively. He does jump into the rush more than Mac, but he also has a better shot and feel for generating offense.
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It’s not like Mcdonagh has even been bad offensively. It’s just that someone like Giordano gets a billion powerplay points which makes the difference look bigger than it is.
Wouldn’t personally vote him for the Norris but he has for sure exceeded my expectations.
Wouldn’t personally vote him for the Norris but he has for sure exceeded my expectations.
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I agree, I don't think he is the Norris winner, but given a choice between him and someone like Josi or Reilly, give me McDonagh all day.
Hedman's play inside the neutral zone makes him the best defenseman in hockey, his speed and reach advantage blunt rushes from the opposing team and initiate zone entry for us.
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McDonagh is 1 point away from tying his career high (43). 9 points.in his last 9 game.
