Article: Can Zach Bogosian Fill the Void On Minnesota's Blue Line?

[Bekki Antonelli]

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[MNCountryLife]

I'm not sure you can ask that of Bogo.  He is a 3rd pairing Bull/Grinder that does his job well and has been great for the Wild.  Good for him to come in last week and put up a few points.   But what you see is what you get.  Asking for more isn't going to get you more... and may get you less.  Take what he gives and be happy.  He is keeping us in games and we should appreciate that.

[RedLake]

Incoming Hattie for McDavid.

[mnfaninnc]

To answer the title: NO. And this should not be our expectation. Bogo has never been a point producer. That's 16 years of history. Yet, he is out producing Addison this season! 

If it's points we need, this is going to have to be Jiricek's job. Get him off the 3rd pairing and into the top 4. Let him play his game with, maybe, Midsy by his side. Slide Chissy up with Bogo. 

This would be a great game for Lambos to take over for Merrill, Merrill is not capable of matching Edmonton's speed. He's going to look bad tonight. Neither of these guys, Merrill or Dermott are capable of eating minutes. Jiricek is, let him do it. 

Since we're talking about defense, I'm wondering if Jirzy can fight? I don't ask this hoping he'll goon it up, but, since he is very physical, can he defend himself if the gloves come off? I think he will need to answer the bell at some point, and I'd hope he doesn't get destroyed. 

But, should this happen, my hope isn't we target some 4th line schlub, but go after the opponent's difference makers. Really, it's not that hard of a concept. You subtract the best guys with the other team's jersey on. I'd be happy with blowing them up with heavy bodychecks that maybe have a little extra juice behind them.

[Willy the poor boy]

32 minutes ago, RedLake said:

Incoming Hattie for McDavid.

You misspelled Rossi...

[MrCheatachu]

A better example of what I want to see is the guy who finished out the blues game.  I cant find the highlight clip on youtube, but he described it to Russo as 'prison rules' hockey.

Bogosian is never going to be the skater that the elite swede JoBro is, have the hockey sense of Spurge or the stick that Fabes has.  Hell, on this site Tony Abbott can't seem to continually dunk on Bogo for being in the bottom 20% of all NHL defensemen his entire career based on an alphabet soup of metrics.

However, what Bogo can bring is some crazy eyes and the physicality.  Moose might fight you, but if you really piss off Bogo he seems like the kind of guy who might whittle down his hockey stick into a shank and try to stab you.

[Patrick]

Bogo was expected to play the bottom pair this year.  His 4 goals and 6 assists would be acceptable for an ENTIRE year.   He has already exceeded expectations.  Crazy to say otherwise.