Player Discussion Sens sign free wallet defenseman Nikolas Matinpalo

[Joeyjoejoe]

Giant Tiger Zub

 

[Spinal tracker]

Yeah I thought he was a Zub like free wallet, now he is bringing the same type of defensive defenceman mentality to the NHL. Kleven looked his best playing with Jensen and Zub at times last night, but his game started to steady since Matinpalo became his partner. JBD and Hamonic weren’t sheltering or really mentoring the rookie, who is improving game by game. His K-Bomb resulted in Gaudette’s game winning goal and he is using his size more and more. Another legit 2020 draft prospect. We always lacked that 3rd pairing guy for Kleven, thus far Matinpalo looks to be a fit.

Kleven and Matinpalo have played extensively together with the B Sens and are comfortable with each other as D-partners. This is clearly evident in their recent play with Ottawa.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

there doesn't seem to be anything hamonic does better than matinpalo from what we've seen so far.

this is a young man's game and especially for players like hamonic who relied on physicals rather than hockey sense to be a good player.

it sucks trying to be a competitive team where you wanna win every night but you have a player who is a liability.

great teams don't have liabilities.

 

[KevinRedkey]

there doesn't seem to be anything hamonic does better than matinpalo from what we've seen so far.

this is a young man's game and especially for players like hamonic who relied on physicals rather than hockey sense to be a good player.

it sucks trying to be a competitive team where you wanna win every night but you have a player who is a liability.

great teams don't have liabilities.

Hamonic must be some sort of Locker Room gem, because the coach loves him and it cant be because of his on-ice play.

 

[coladin]

All of a sudden, thanks to guys like Matinpalo and Zebrango, and the maturation of Kleven playing top 4 minutes the last two games, this team's depth on defence is looking brighter

 

[Bileur]

All of a sudden, thanks to guys like Matinpalo and Zebrango, and the maturation of Kleven playing top 4 minutes the last two games, this team's depth on defence is looking brighter

That’s a lot of different ways of saying “not playing Hamonic”