Article: Where Does Zeev Buium Stand In the Calder Race?

[Benjamin Marois]

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[Citizen Strife]

Hutson got with 66 points and a -2.  I get why Buium's defense is scary, but taking him off primary PP minutes really shortchanges his biggest strengths.  

Sure, expecting him to end up at 70-80 points is a bit much, but this team needs to outscore its defensive problems.

Note: the whole defense is at fault for this situation, not just Buium.

[Dean]

Nanne was on K fan talking about wild d not being physical. They said Billy made a comment you can’t expect a guy who’s not a hitter to start hitting. Like Nanne said. Checking is a part of hockey!  It’s the easiest thing to teach. You don’t need to kill guys but make contact.  . It takes  opponents out of the play or delays opponents. Which in turn kills plays our causes chaos in what the other team is trying to do. So why is it a part of hockey and is one of the easiest things to teach yet the wild don’t do it?  It’s what wins in the playoffs  yet we don’t do it or value it.  
    Zeev seems to have offensive upside but defensively he’s calen addison . Looking at jiricek being a 5 year pro and so bad defensively, it makes you wonder can or will Zeev ever get it defensively. Neither one is physical and neither one can play d at this point . Is  defense really something that can be taught at this age of these prospects?  Or is Zeev one dimensional? I haven’t seen enough to form an opinion but sure sounds a lot like the Addison stuff already as far as hyping before he delivers 

[Enforceror]

8 minutes ago, Dean said:

Nanne was on K fan talking about wild d not being physical. They said Billy made a comment you can’t expect a guy who’s not a hitter to start hitting. Like Nanne said. Checking is a part of hockey!  It’s the easiest thing to teach. You don’t need to kill guys but make contact.  . It takes  opponents out of the play or delays opponents. Which in turn kills plays our causes chaos in what the other team is trying to do. So why is it a part of hockey and is one of the easiest things to teach yet the wild don’t do it?  It’s what wins in the playoffs  yet we don’t do it or value it.  
    Zeev seems to have offensive upside but defensively he’s calen addison . Looking at jiricek being a 5 year pro and so bad defensively, it makes you wonder can or will Zeev ever get it defensively. Neither one is physical and neither one can play d at this point . Is  defense really something that can be taught at this age of these prospects?  Or is Zeev one dimensional? I haven’t seen enough to form an opinion but sure sounds a lot like the Addison stuff already as far as hyping before he delivers 

I think the difference with Zeev is he's a very smart player....and he's still very young. 

I really do think we'll be seeing improvements throughout the year. Time will tell.