zeke
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It's a nice play.
he makes it look easy, when literally none of the other bottom pair options could do it while accelerating out of it like he does there.
It's a nice play.
A much bigger Stralman would be a hell of a defenceman.
Of course, that play is against a career minor leaguer.
definitely the big question mark with him. Tools were never the question. His brain is and always was.gonna come down to smarts there. jury's out on lilly in that regard.
gonna come down to smarts there. jury's out on lilly in that regard.
I never get what people see in Liljegren. I'm not saying he's bad or anything like that. He just looks kinda ordinary without any notable standout strengths.
Yeah, I've read lots of the reports on him and watched some Marlies. Again, I'm not saying he's not gonna make it or be bad or anything like that. Where I've always differed with ME and zeke on this is the ceiling. I see him topping out at good two way second pair. Great value for a 17th pick.He was great with the Marlies last year to those that paid close attention. And I am not just referring to Jeffler but a few others who follow the Marlies quite extensively
Where I've always differed with ME and zeke on this is the ceiling. I see him topping out at good two way second pair.
A good 2nd pair to my mind is ...
Can reliably log 18+ mins a game against good to really good comp. Should be able to step in capably on the pk and/or pp. There's probably not a full complement of guys that fit this bill to fill NHL rosters' second pairs, maybe not even half of them.
Good question.What's the difference between that and a #2 defender though?
Good question.
I'd say probably ... 1) 3+ mins a game, 2) top pp/pk unit vs. seconds, 3) consistently playing top comp
"/" doesn't mean both
Not sure how only a couple of #2s could be all that plays top comp when there's ~31 top pairs in the league.