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[OldDutchChip]

55 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

Correction: IMO nearly all Russians play a physical NA game.  Swedes not so much.  Maybe 50% play a NA game.

I got no business with Darius.  

🍻 russians have their lazies and weak players too, as do all. as it seems like all the countries are adapting to a more one dimensional NA style of play. old soviet teams offered a nice contrast to NA north-south play, as did others, so there was variance in the hockey was played. too bad now its basically dump and chase on repeat.

i think MJ is of the soviet mold - he is without a doubt our best puck carrier into the O zone. yes, issues arise once he is there, but that doesn't negate his skill to GET there haha

so maybe he can transfer his skill to some of the O players so that we use it some times? to throw a curve ball to other team - hey you expected us to dump and chase? nope we are hanging on to the puck!

 

[TheGoosesAreLooses]

On 3/11/2025 at 11:31 AM, OldDutchChip said:

Unfortunate faber is not a top 10 D player now and likely won’t be in the future - but Zeev might be - which makes Faber move much more digestible 

Faber is likely the only one that can get us out of this whole Billy dug for us

 

Faber is 22. No he's not a top 10 Dman now but he likely will be. Throwing him away because we have Zeev coming is dumb. Those two and Jiricek could give us one of the most solid D-cores for the next decade. To trade Faber away for Brady T, who has less points than Rossi + more to dislodge him from Ottawa is a net negative. 

[OldDutchChip]

3 hours ago, TheGoosesAreLooses said:

Faber is 22. No he's not a top 10 Dman now but he likely will be. Throwing him away because we have Zeev coming is dumb. Those two and Jiricek could give us one of the most solid D-cores for the next decade. To trade Faber away for Brady T, who has less points than Rossi + more to dislodge him from Ottawa is a net negative. 

i envy your gift of foresight goose, good for Faber if he becomes a top 10 D. maybe by TOI stats - then yes he is top 10. 

Maybe sometimes try to focus on the full content of the post and not pick out keywords and rush to defend the sacred cow (faber and rossi). 

If you are attempting to compare Tkachuk's impact to Rossi using stats only, then i'm done here. But I thought we already were? yet you keep coming with this nonsense!

later! 🍻

 

Edited Friday at 10:10 PM by OldDutchChip

[Mateo3xm]

On 3/12/2025 at 8:59 PM, OldDutchChip said:

oh fuck man. dude this is again very insulting. the best prospect in the world is russian (Demidov). the best player ON EARTH is russian (Kaprizov). You have a very diverse team - and you state this crap. fine have fun with team america - Brock Nelson, Brock Boeser and Brock Faber. 

Go smoke a dart and have another beer. You’re getting tender and misconstruing what I’m saying. I’m talking about Sweden and Finland mostly. I don’t include Russians because they, in my opinion, are some of the toughest people in the world. Go look up how many Canadian players are on each of the last Stanley Cup winning teams, it’s a lot. Mcdavid and maybe a couple others are in a tier above Kap and I’m a huge fan of Kaprizov. The vast majority of the hockey world would agree with that. You’re looking for something to criticize and I think it’s ridiculous.

[Mateo3xm]

On 3/13/2025 at 11:06 PM, Pewterschmidt said:

Because look at what Zuc, Rossi and Boldy become without 97.  Shells of the player they are with 97 on their line.  The same way Favre turned shancoe into an all star for one season until he left Favre for giants and beville was a coveted coach until he no longer had Favre, some guys are the straw that stirs the drink.  Where was Rossi again tonight?  Answer: nowhere.  bill is dying to give this kid away and with games like this it’ll happen

It’s his second year. Give the guy a break. He was actually was doing fantastic after Kap got hurt. Players production goes up and down and this just happens to be a low point for him. You can’t just zero in on the bad things and make no mention of the good he’s done while Kap has been gone or you expose yourself as being biased against the guy. He’s exceeded expectations overall for a 2nd year player. The whole team hasn’t been playing great lately.

[Pewterschmidt]

19 minutes ago, Mateo3xm said:

It’s his second year. Give the guy a break. He was actually was doing fantastic after Kap got hurt. Players production goes up and down and this just happens to be a low point for him. You can’t just zero in on the bad things and make no mention of the good he’s done while Kap has been gone or you expose yourself as being biased against the guy. He’s exceeded expectations overall for a 2nd year player. The whole team hasn’t been playing great lately.

I’m a Rossi fan

 the fact that he can go invisible for games at a time is a problem.  I’m not saying we put him on waivers.  I am saying it’s concerning.  And this isn’t even playoff hockey.  Rossi’s future with the team will get more clear based on how he performs during big boy hockey.  But P-crappie he’s done well this year.  While I agree with that, if you haven’t noticed bill is running out of patience AND runway to land this plane

Edited 11 hours ago by Pewterschmidt

[Pewterschmidt]

2 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

I’m a Rossi fan

 the fact that he can go invisible for games at a time is a problem.  I’m not saying we put him on waivers.  I am saying it’s concerning.  And this isn’t even playoff hockey.  Rossi’s future with the team will get more clear based on how he performs during big boy hockey.  But P-crappie he’s done well this year.  While I agree with that, if you haven’t noticed bill is running out of patience AND runway to land this plane

I’m not calling for a Rossi trade.  I’m just handicapping the probability.. and it’ll increase if Rossi no shows the rest of the way

[OldDutchChip]

2 hours ago, Mateo3xm said:

Go smoke a dart and have another beer. You’re getting tender and misconstruing what I’m saying. I’m talking about Sweden and Finland mostly. I don’t include Russians because they, in my opinion, are some of the toughest people in the world. Go look up how many Canadian players are on each of the last Stanley Cup winning teams, it’s a lot. Mcdavid and maybe a couple others are in a tier above Kap and I’m a huge fan of Kaprizov. The vast majority of the hockey world would agree with that. You’re looking for something to criticize and I think it’s ridiculous.

when you say Euros, i think that means entire Euro, no? and Russia falls under that category, so next time be more specific as to what region you want to offend.

why would i look up the % of Canadians and Americans (NHL does employ majority North American players which is logical as they play in North America)? does a country with highest % of players mean superior skill? 

You’re looking for something to criticize and I think it’s ridiculous. criticizing your racist comment? i think i was right to do that. 

Lastly - stop diminishing Kaprizov - he is in the top tier along with any other North American idol you want to throw in there.