I don't understand the preference to Schenn over Bogosian. I'd even argue Bogosian is a more physical threat since he's mobile enough to stay on top of forwards and deliver checks.
I love this signing. He might be a guy who plays better here than anywhere else.
Honestly, did he ever live in Tampa the first time? He was acquired, like, around the end of February, and the season was paused in the middle of March. Then they played in the bubble, then he signed with Toronto.
Someone who I remember that found that out the hard way was Sean Bergenheim. He went to Florida and disappeared after they spent way too much on him based on his performance playing with the Bolts. I hope the Panthers were happy about that.I love this signing. He might be a guy who plays better here than anywhere else.
Enjoy the praise now Zach, if you're a fixture in our top 6 then these folks are gonna be quite disappointed.
Bogo is a perfectly serviceable 7th D. Fine as a fill-in. Arguably better than Schenn, not as good as Rutta.
I actually don’t think this signing is getting enough praise. Bogo is the best defensive partner Hedman has had since Stralman, I don’t think he wins the Smythe without him.
You can throw out ZB’s career stats on this team, he’s really the perfect system defender
God I couldn't remember Kevin Shattenkirk was our #6 that season for like five minutes. I kept thinking "Rutta was with Hedman, Cernak with McD.... who was with Sergachev?" and I just couldn't get there.This perfect system defender was a healthy scratch in four of our six games in the finals, because Rutta came back from injury. To say Hedman needed Bogosian to win the Smythe is nuts.
But I mean sure, throw all that praise at him now, it's the preseason -- the time for dreaming what might be. But the reality is that if he's a fixture in our defensive six, he's not likely to hear much more praise than a Schenn-esque "well, he didn't suck that game".
This perfect system defender was a healthy scratch in four of our six games in the finals, because Rutta came back from injury. To say Hedman needed Bogosian to win the Smythe is nuts.
But I mean sure, throw all that praise at him now, it's the preseason -- the time for dreaming what might be. But the reality is that if he's a fixture in our defensive six, he's not likely to hear much more praise than a Schenn-esque "well, he didn't suck that game".
Only negative to BOGO is: Injury ProneI don't understand the preference to Schenn over Bogosian. I'd even argue Bogosian is a more physical threat since he's mobile enough to stay on top of forwards and deliver checks.
I remember Bogo playing like a moron in game 1, then immediately getting scratched for the next game. I agree that thinking Hedman needed Bogo to become that good is a joke. He was that good before his injury this year too.Rutta went several weeks as a healthy scratch because Bogosian was playing so well that he forced himself into the lineup. The only reason Rutta seen the ice again was because Bogosian probably was injured, we don’t know for sure because Cooper was very cryptic about it. “One of our d were injured”
Oh and yes, Hedman not having to babysit Rutta opened the floodgates for him, no doubt in my mind. He turned into Hedmonster when he was taken off the leash.
The only issue may be his health
I remember Bogo playing like a moron in game 1, then immediately getting scratched for the next game. I agree that thinking Hedman needed Bogo to become that good is a joke. He was that good before his injury this year too.