Goose of Reason
El Zilcho
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"Sennecke on defense" is sort of funny in hindsight
Prospect Info: Stian Solberg
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"Sennecke on defense" is sort of funny in hindsight
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He delivered what we hoped for in his AHL debut. And media folks also liked what they saw from him. The analysis from The Hockey News...
"Solberg didn’t miss a beat in his first professional game of North American hockey. He displayed his typical brand of physicality and made an impact on every shift he played while tallying two shots on goal and taking a minor penalty for high-sticking.
Defensively, he did well to close gaps as pucks moved up ice, and he kept those gaps as pucks came back his way. He consistently won battles in the corners and in front of the Gulls’ net, punishing attackers attempting to gain position. He was relentless when his assignment had the puck in defensive zone coverage and unwavering when his check was off-puck.
He was poised on retrievals, baiting forecheckers toward him before sending slip passes or stretch outlets to awaiting, open teammates. He confidently swung pucks high to low in the offensive zone and walked the blueline astutely in search of shooting angles. He instantly became one of the Gulls' best defensemen in his first game".
thehockeynews.com
"Solberg didn’t miss a beat in his first professional game of North American hockey. He displayed his typical brand of physicality and made an impact on every shift he played while tallying two shots on goal and taking a minor penalty for high-sticking.
Defensively, he did well to close gaps as pucks moved up ice, and he kept those gaps as pucks came back his way. He consistently won battles in the corners and in front of the Gulls’ net, punishing attackers attempting to gain position. He was relentless when his assignment had the puck in defensive zone coverage and unwavering when his check was off-puck.
He was poised on retrievals, baiting forecheckers toward him before sending slip passes or stretch outlets to awaiting, open teammates. He confidently swung pucks high to low in the offensive zone and walked the blueline astutely in search of shooting angles. He instantly became one of the Gulls' best defensemen in his first game".
Anaheim Ducks Prospect Spotlight: Pair of Defensemen Make AHL Debuts
On March 16, Farjestad BK of the SHL and the Anaheim Ducks <a href="https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/ducks-assign-solberg-to-ahl-san-diego">announced that the Ducks recalled prospect defenseman Stian Solberg</a> to their organization with the intention of assigning him to the AHL with the San...
It would be so huge for this team if everything came together right for this team. I'm fantasizing more than anything but if he could become a guy who is reliable presence in the defensive zone through a blend of punishing physicality and strong gap control, while having good offensive/puck moving instincts he'd be such a good counterbalance on a pair with a guy like Mintyukov, Zellweger or Luneau.
Zegs2sendhelp
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If he pans out he’s prob doing a year in AHL, then potential Nhl the following year… potentially allowing us to replace trouba/gudas. He should also be able to get a lot of playtime next to Luneau in the AHL… could def see them being partners at the nhl lvl too…. Games kinda compliment each other.
Crazy, we’re not far from having to make some hard decisions on the back end.
In NHL
Lacombe
Mintyukov Helleson
Zellweger
W/ vets gudas and trouba
In AHL
Solberg Luneau
Hinds Moore
Warren
Still to come
T smith, k smith (prob forgetting some)
+ you got to imagine we grab another dmen or 2 in this draft
- Nov 7, 2017
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Language barriers will not be a problem, he speaks English pretty good.
Solberg's first comments...
Solberg's first comments...
Dr Johnny Fever
RIP Grizzly 399
So, according to the coach this kid (as well as Moore) is an unbelievable puck mover with excellent offensive upside.
I wonder how much of that is just pumping the new kids' tires vs reality? Especially in the case of Solberg who was definitely not drafted for any offensive skill sets? That would be quite a huge, positive, surprise if he could contribute offensively as well.
I wonder how much of that is just pumping the new kids' tires vs reality? Especially in the case of Solberg who was definitely not drafted for any offensive skill sets? That would be quite a huge, positive, surprise if he could contribute offensively as well.
Deuce22
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The Solberg experience is exactly why Verbeek brought Leo over here and didn't let him marinate in Sweden. Teams that invest high draft picks on prospects want to control their development, not leave it up to someone else.
