Ah I see, i guess i agree with that. I really don't want to return to the Marincin days though, if we can get Dermott at $1.5m for a few years I think we can make it fit. Probably need to move on from Kerfoot and replace him cheap but I think we have that ability.
Lehtonen is actually a guy I could see Seattle wanting more than Dermott, so a sign and trade might work on that front. I still think there's some "what if" factor left in him that he could end up really good.
The thing i find sometimes is he waits to long to move the puck. Looks a play off,then everything is gone. Thats when he forces the game. When he stops looking for the perfect play and takes the forward pass right away he will be good as gold. Just some hesitation in his game is normal. Other than that he’s played really good.
Yeah, his decision making process just isn't quite there. He's prone to hesitations when he shouldn't, or moving it too quick when he shouldn't. I often think he's playing like he's got ants in his pants, just a bit too jittery with the puck on his stick and afraid to commit to a risk. I still like him a lot as a player; as much as I just said about his mistakes, he doesn't actually make a lot of them. He makes more than enough good plays to be an NHL roster regular and when he trusts his tools he's capable of shining.
Lehtonen hasn’t done anything to warrant that for me. Sandin,Liljigren and Dermy are homegrown so they get the juice. Just haven’t seen anything from Lehtonen. Barabanov has come on with his comfort level and better play with more icetime there for a bit. It’s possible you are on the money. I give the chance to our homegrown prospects first everything being equal. Lehtonen hasn’t been equal to Dermott yet. I’d agree with giving Bogo a family day to rest and put Lehtonen in for him. Third pair minutes and a full green light for Lehtonen. We haven’t seen him unwind yet.
You may be right ... but always remember Carlyle was a smaller fiesty good skating defense who was not getting points and making a lot of bad reads here too ... then we traded him and guess what he won da Norris and became a team captain ... defenders take many years of development to groom into line#1 players ... maybe 1 of 2 becomes a solid defender maybe 0 of 2 and maybe if we are lucky 2 of 2 .. not even hockey people know ... but what we know is you need to train them shift by shift with a good vet to even have a chance ... we only started doing it this season
last night aside, wouldn't you say that one of his strengths is that he doesn't make a lot of mistakes?
To me Holl has been really really badly exposed now that Muzzy is not covering up for him due to his face shield problem ... he just does not have a complete game on his own ... but it is a tough issue to manage for Dubie ... I am sure a deal will be done with Seattle so they don't take Dermy but we will see over time
Right now Bogo and Brodie are 2 guys I feel most comfortable with puck on their stick making a clean play and getting it out every single time with no mistakes ... Muzzy normally too but he can't find puck on his stick too many times with that shield on ... Holl has been solid except period when Muzzy has had his issues ... Dermy is still learning ... Rielly takes on too much risk at times
The breakout plan when there is an option with the Bogo-Dermott pairing on the ice is through Dermott not Bogosian, and he's definitely a better puck handler & passer
I remember putting on half shield for 1st time cause i took a puck in da eye and holy sh*t I had to ask trainer to take it off after a couple shifts ... I could not eat pucks cause I could not see them ... imagine that full thing he has got on ... i can see as a big man defender myself he is trying to figure out how to use it in games .. i feel for him ... funny my son says holy sh*t dad is father time kickin in with Muzzy and he plays todays game ... and i LOL
agree, I got some stitches very close to my eye and lost a tooth so I put it back on and it's a huge disadvantage, you can see Muzzin losing it in his feet
I assume there is some loyalty there but also Dermott has played for Keefe for a long time now, so at least he knows the system. I find that he keeps wanting to speed up the game instead of slowing it down and it sometimes leads to bad plays; and like Reilly if he's not using his feet which are great things don't go so well
I disagree with pretty much all of this assessment tbh. He's our #6 defenseman and has great stats for the role. A single high profile bad mistake in the last week doesn't actually change the fact that he's relatively solid. The "why doesn't he play more" is pretty easily answered by looking at who the top4 guys are. They're all better than Dermott, so they get more minutes.
I never had to the chance to watch Brodie out west much, but he is the definition of solid, everyone makes mistakes once and awhile but he's just more consistently solid but not spectacular. If any prospect reminds me of him it's Lilly, and if he can become as good as Brodie I would be over the moon with this cause it would mean having a solid D for like 5 plus years maybe more and the Leafs have to start getting these kind of wins cause (Hopefully fingers crossed) we're not going to be a lottery team for a very long time so we need longevity from these guys.
