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Your coaching staff is dumb.Why? What if 2 best defensemen in the league play on the same pairing?
Your coaching staff is dumb.Why? What if 2 best defensemen in the league play on the same pairing?
If you watched the Oilers play last season I'm not sure what part of what I said is unrealisticAnd then you wake up
Your coaching staff is dumb.
Wings had the #1 and #2 Norris D in '02. But we're smart enough to split them on separate pairings apart from the PK.Maybe. But this situation might happen theoretically... BTW, weren't Suter and Weber reagularly paired together in Nashville??? Both had a claim to top10 spot in their prime.
Wings had the #1 and #2 Norris D in '02. But we're smart enough to split them on separate pairings apart from the PK.
If you're that good. Carry your own pairing.
No. They amusingly were pretty bad together. Mostly because both are defensively minded so they both wanted to do the same thing. They only did the PK together.But there are/were examples of two best defenseman on the team playing together... Plus weren't even Lidstrom and Chelios playing together occasionally?
Like Bouchard did for assists in the playoffs?I don't. Dahlin on Edmonton would be insane. Just like Hughes/Makar/Heiskanen on Edmonton would also be insane. Those guys would be breaking records.
Guy was 5th in Norris voting last year. It’s not at all a stretch to have him as a guy that could win it next year.And then you wake up
Evan Bouchard is better defensively than Victor Hedman at this point. Which is to say, not very good, but not abysmal. When Hedman isn't moving well he gets walked left and right.
He still has not learned how to play like an NHLer in his own zone. He's absolute real trash and realistically needs to go back to the AHL to in learn how to play his position.If you watched the Oilers play last season I'm not sure what part of what I said is unrealistic
He finished top 5 in Norris voting last year and outperformed Hughes and Heiskanen to get to the finals in the playoffs.
He's a terrific player who is going to get better and he has a solid and consistent partner in Ekholm
Well, this is actually a fair argument.Its his first and only year so far where he's been this good so I think its fine to think Bouchard isn't a sure thing compared to a lot of other defenseman who've shown their stuff for years.
I mean I'm sure Makar has always been at the top of these lists every year but even he has up and down years.
Lmao Bouchard is absolutely not a tire fire. Neither is Hedman.No he isn't. Hedman isn't what he was once was, but Bouchard is a tire fire defensively.
seeing your post history and opinion in every Bouchard conversation, im convinced he stole your girl on a night out in Vancouver or somethingHe still has not learned how to play like an NHLer in his own zone. He's absolute real trash and realistically needs to go back to the AHL to in learn how to play his position.
He still has not learned how to play like an NHLer in his own zone. He's absolute real trash and realistically needs to go back to the AHL to in learn how to play his position.
Someone wants a participation medal.1. Fox
2. Makar
3. Josi
4. Dahlin
5. Hughes
6. Heiskanen
7. McAvoy
8. Bouchard
9. Toews
10. Morrissey
About damn time the 2023 Norris winner made a list! HM? Not good enough.Honestly this is my top 10 with a little bit of swaps.
1. Makar
2 - Hughes
3 - Josi
4 - Fox
5 - Dahlin
6 - Heiskanen
7 - McAvoy
8 - Slavin
9 - Morrissey
10 - Bouchard
HM - Karlsson, Hedman, Sergachev, Dobson, and Seider
Dude fix your grammar please. I think you are trying to ask why obly care about shooting with hughes?Ah, Mr laugher, shooting is your metric? Or it doesn’t matter, just include Hughes? (Who should be, just weird your response to my question)
You're the one who thinks bouchard is an echler right? So glad to have your input hereHe still has not learned how to play like an NHLer in his own zone. He's absolute real trash and realistically needs to go back to the AHL to in learn how to play his position.
Always funny when someone on a forum offers grammatical or spelling advice, especially when they don’t edit their own post.Dude fix your grammar please. I think you are trying to ask why obly care about shooting with hughes?
Because last year at 5on5 Canucks shot over 12% with hughes on the ice . 4th highest in league and that's not happening again. Hope my reasonable response doesn't upset you too much
Who has the time to watch all of these players enough to rank them? Do you not follow any teams in particular and watch a little bit of every club?
I watch and read as much hockey as possible doesn’t matter what team or league, it’s easy to stream any game from around the world plus I don’t sleep much so I spent night watching games overseas or replays from earlier games, hockey is basically the only thing I watch.Almost no one lol. Most people just read a lot of hockey articles and regurgitate the takes they like. That mixed in with a healthy dose of homerism.