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Nova Stutzlia said:
Paul's getting lambasted over on HF Tampa Bay.
Typical comment from most (but not all) posters:

"He is softest big man in the league. Skating speed is diminishing.
Not much too like about him."
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That's always been the thing with Paul, he wows you for like 20 games then disappears completely for the next 20. He seems to be unable to maintain a high level of compete for entire seasons/playoffs. Tampa is only realizing this now lol.
 
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Nova Stutzlia said:
Paul's getting lambasted over on HF Tampa Bay.
Typical comment from most (but not all) posters:

"He is softest big man in the league. Skating speed is diminishing.
Not much too like about him."
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I never really understood why people described him as physical. He always left me wanting in that department given his strength. He’s a lot more in the mold of gentle giant than big physical player in my opinion.
 
The notion that Nick Paul is soft is absurd. He was routinely among the top for hits and blocks when with us, as he was with Tampa this year. Dude isn't afraid to go into dirty corners and plays on the PK. Like its valid to prefer a different' player's style, but if hitting players and blocking shots is considered soft, I don't know what hard is. This isn't Colin Greening, who was a tank but never hit, Paul is a puck hound and has good hockey IQ. Like what metric are people even using to define hard at this point lol
 
bicboi64 said:
The notion that Nick Paul is soft is absurd. He was routinely among the top for hits and blocks when with us, as he was with Tampa this year. Dude isn't afraid to go into dirty corners and plays on the PK.
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Yeah, I am not much of Nick Paul fan at all and could never understand the hand wringing over his loss, but to say the guy is soft is just disingenuous. If there was one good thing I could say about the guy it would be that he always played hard and tough - even if the results didn't show up on the scorecard.
 
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Winnipeg is my Dark Horse out West. I think they will end up besting Vegas. They've really got everything clicking right now, and if Hellyabuck can stay consistent I can see them in the WCF.
 
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Maybe it speaks to how good Toronto's offense is but even going back to last year Vasilevsky doesn't seem like his typical dominant self when he plays against the Leafs.
 
OD99 said:
He isn't soft but he isn't a bruiser that intimidates anyone. When you are that big, it is a plus if you are mean and Paul doesn't have that nasty streak.
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Players who "intimidate" are few and far between in today's NHL. That's not really a quality that matters anymore. Nastiness isn't all that important. There are more annoying players than intimidating players.

Paul is big, he back checks hard, and he leans on you. If you're a skilled player, you hate playing against guys like that. He's like Barclaw Goodrow - a very valuable player to have in the playoffs.
 
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bert said:
No one said that. He clearly didn't. Just trying to stir it up again.
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by posting

“Him in the line up pushes Pinto down as well, gives us more depth throughout the line up.”

the poster implied that if his wish to reacquire Paul, pushes Pinto down the depth chart, to the fourth line.

It would be idiotic to play Paul ahead of Pinto to begin with, and to have Pinto on the fourth is just doubling down on the idiocy….

so I asked the poster, basically, might as well trade Pinto, for Paul…. Which no GM Would ever do.
 
bicboi64 said:
Not sure how you drew that conclusion. Pinto has more upside than Paul in terms of scoring. I'd like to have both of them since Paul can play wing as well.
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But your suggestion that acquiring Paul would be good, as Pinto would be “pushed down”presumably to the fourth line….. which would be a waste of what Pinto brings to the Senators… in favour of what Paul would.

Ottawa will not trade for Paul, even though I think he should have been kept.
 
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Tnuoc Alucard said:
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“Him in the line up pushes Pinto down as well, gives us more depth throughout the line up.”

the poster implied that if his wish to reacquire Paul, pushes Pinto down the depth chart, to the fourth line.

It would be idiotic to play Paul ahead of Pinto to begin with, and to have Pinto on the fourth is just doubling down on the idiocy….

so I asked the poster, basically, might as well trade Pinto, for Paul…. Which no GM Would ever do.
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Wow, that stretch was impressively absurd.

Norris was injured at the start of the season, having Paul on the roster puts him in 2C since he's played that for us before, and keeps Pinto on the 3rd line. It spreads out depth throughout our top 9. If Norris comes back, Paul can play on wing at any line due to his versatility. Its a critique of moving Paul for Joseph given how Paul is simply a better and more versatile player.

How you got "So you think Pinto should be moved for Paul" is impressively off the mark.

Tnuoc Alucard said:
But your suggestion that acquiring Paul would be good, as Pinto would be “pushed down”presumably to the fourth line….. which would be a waste of what Pinto brings to the Senators… in favour of what Paul would.

Ottawa will not trade for Paul, even though I think he should have been kept.
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Also, Tampa would never trade Paul to us for what they gave. Joseph isn't worth it to them since he doesn't bring to the table anything they already don't have.

At no point did I ever mention trading for Paul right now either lol
 
Micklebot said:
They have not met former Sen Buddy Robinson... Or for that matter, current sen Gauthier
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pretty sure Gauthier outhit Joseph per 60 in both Ottawa and New York. .. not 100 on it

I don't think Joseph likes contact much. He misses the opponent and slams the boards himself more often than not.
 
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Sens of Anarchy said:
pretty sure Gauthier outhit Joseph per 60 in both Ottawa and New York. .. not 100 on it

I don't think Joseph likes contact much. He misses the opponent and slams the boards himself more often than not.
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Is Joseph a big man? Not sure why he's getting brought up in this context, I was responding to the reported claim by Tbay fans that Paul is the softest big man in the game.
 
Yeah, I don’t think he’s soft, he’s just also not physical. He’s more of a leaner and uses strength in puck battles and things.
DaveMatthew said:
Players who "intimidate" are few and far between in today's NHL. That's not really a quality that matters anymore. Nastiness isn't all that important. There are more annoying players than intimidating players.

Paul is big, he back checks hard, and he leans on you. If you're a skilled player, you hate playing against guys like that. He's like Barclaw Goodrow - a very valuable player to have in the playoffs.
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He can be valuable, and he can be a non factor, which is why he makes 3 mill. The 7 year deal is the killer. Great for him Though.
 
Identity Line .. Cizikas Isles 1-0

real close to making it 2-0 seconds later Jarvis pulled one off the goal line .. play continued it was very close on the replay



Fast on the PK ties it 1-1
 
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Nova Stutzlia said:
Paul's getting lambasted over on HF Tampa Bay.
Typical comment from most (but not all) posters:

"He is softest big man in the league. Skating speed is diminishing.
Not much too like about him."
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Well we watched him play for a long time. Definitely not a soft player

Micklebot said:
They have not met former Sen Buddy Robinson... Or for that matter, current sen Gauthier
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Cmon man let’s leave Gauthier alone
 
The west is so wide open. It wouldn’t surprise me if any of the 8 make the SCF.
 
bicboi64 said:
Norris was injured at the start of the season, having Paul on the roster puts him in 2C since he's played that for us before, and keeps Pinto on the 3rd line.
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So, in your mind, Paul would play 2C, ahead of Giroux, or Stutzle?

yeah, that makes sense.
 
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