Flowah
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Chris Kuc @ChrisKuc 31 s
Toews: "There’s a lot of clutching and grabbing, a lot of interference and if they’re going to let that go that’s something we need to know"
This isn't his first rodeo.
Does he not know by now that you play to the very edge? That you do what you can get away with? This is the freaking playoffs. Hossa is drawing calls. The guy is an absolute bull on skates but he seems to lose his feet easily sometimes, coincidentally when a Wings player has his stick near him.
That's because he's a smart vet.
Yeah, but last picks in the draft are quite often guys that don't even make the NHL. Even in the 2009 playoffs we saw his potential. That was yeaaaaars ago. He's gotten back up there and progressed even more. That is astounding. Maybe it was because we made him switch from forward? Takes longer to adjust when you haven't played the position your whole life. Either way, if the Wings development program could do that for even half their draftees it would be ridiculous. You raised a guy from last pick in the draft to an absolutely reliable top/middle pairing defenseman.He has not always been this good though, he has simply developed, DRW and himself have done a good job there.
And he seems like he could even be getting better. That pass today was unbelievable. I've also been noticing his confidence on the PK. He seems very aware when he can dish it to the middle of the ice to an open Wings player for a better clearing chance instead of trying to force it along the boards. Being able to play with Lidstrom for 3 years surely did him a world of good.
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