JEM28
Registered User
Stars were targeting Bergy and he got banged up that game. Frederic or someone needs to step in and be like Shawn Thornton, send a message physically. There is no fear without Chara and Miller on the ice and teams will do what they want. Foligno can do it but he is a vet that knows what it takes but he is near the end of his career, it will age him faster. I expect Frederic to be like a Backes/Foligno type of player - support the play and bang and crash hard. They really need a Clutterbuck/Martin type of guy.
Frederic was not bad in that game but he looks like he is killing a penalty 5 on 5. I hope they are not trying to turn him into Kuraly because it kinda looks like that and he does not have that speed. He is not a big open ice hitter, he has value fighting but if no one wants to go with him then its not helping. They have Kuhlman, Lazar and Nosek all energy checkers but not physical. Frederic has the size but needs to take it to another level if he wants to stay. Lets hope he puts it together and grows on the last game.
Learn to hit like Clutterbuck and there will be plenty of opportunities to drop mitts.