Gilly
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Post by Gilly on Sept 26, 2016 10:19:43 GMT
Good solid win and felt we were better than a 1 goal win.
I mentioned this to my mate but how good is it to have 6 Dmen who are as mobile and can deliver a solid outlet pass as the ones we currently have. Spang, Sertich, Dimmen and Waugh are a delight to watch with their movement and ability to pick a pass. a pleasant change from the likes of Berube, Henley, Wiedergut and Hardy who couldnt pass wind.
Very impressed by Nikiforuk on Saturday, a man of his size (and mine!) throwing his weight around and blocking shots, and then a pure snipe for the goal, started slowly last couple of weeks but has really shown what he's capable of, and looks dynamite on that line with Schultz (who was immense) and Big Ern - quite like the sound of the MSN line!
good win, and another tough win in the skydump last night - very pleasant weekend!
keep it rolling on...
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deke
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Post by deke on Sept 26, 2016 14:20:48 GMT
Game could have been even better if the ref actually picked Sheffield up on some things. Several bits of high sticking and elbows. But then we get the elbow call when our man, think it was dimmen didn't use his elbow.... Bizarre
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2016 14:37:28 GMT
Game could have been even better if the ref actually picked Sheffield up on some things. Several bits of high sticking and elbows. But then we get the elbow call when our man, think it was dimmen didn't use his elbow.... Bizarre It was Waugh.
Ref had a mare in general. I counted two blatant interference calls that Sheffield didn't get in the 3rd.
He was equally poor for both sides imo.
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deke
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Post by deke on Sept 26, 2016 19:45:01 GMT
Fair enough felt he missed a lot more for us though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2016 20:17:31 GMT
Fair enough felt he missed a lot more for us though. Well you will, you're a Panthers fan against Sheffield.
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Post by shmyrohdear on Sept 26, 2016 22:24:25 GMT
Good atmosphere, great build up and good win overall. We seem to currently have a rejuvenated Farmer, an improving Lacho (he did gift away the pen that lead to their first goal), back at his best Schultz & mightily impressive Wiikman. Long may it continue. McGrattan obviously had a calming effect on Desbien & Fitzgerald (who took a late check from Farmer and still kept his mouth shut)! Obvious he was jet-lagged though. Him, Nikiforuk and Schultz looks a master-stroke (until Corey effin' splits them up)! As far as negatives, Carter isn't looking too dangerous as I thought he might be (linked well with Lawrence in the final 5 mins though), Moran is just a bit of a passenger & MacMillan started to look better but doesn't add much past the PK unit. Special mention - Dan Spang. Nothing too flashy but what an amazing talent to have! Silky smooth skating, laser beam passes and rock solid in our zone. Agree apart from two points, Mac//Moran both playing well as two way players. Points not there for Mac as he isn't there to do so, provides grit and he's done his job so far. And Spang had an okay night, He looks lost half the time in his own zone and is very slow to release the puck. BUT that being said he's settling in more each game and he's given us another threat on the PP, to me he is very much still the weak link at the back and does need to sharpen up.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Sept 27, 2016 10:43:32 GMT
Good atmosphere, great build up and good win overall. We seem to currently have a rejuvenated Farmer, an improving Lacho (he did gift away the pen that lead to their first goal), back at his best Schultz & mightily impressive Wiikman. Long may it continue. McGrattan obviously had a calming effect on Desbien & Fitzgerald (who took a late check from Farmer and still kept his mouth shut)! Obvious he was jet-lagged though. Him, Nikiforuk and Schultz looks a master-stroke (until Corey effin' splits them up)! As far as negatives, Carter isn't looking too dangerous as I thought he might be (linked well with Lawrence in the final 5 mins though), Moran is just a bit of a passenger & MacMillan started to look better but doesn't add much past the PK unit. Special mention - Dan Spang. Nothing too flashy but what an amazing talent to have! Silky smooth skating, laser beam passes and rock solid in our zone. Agree apart from two points, Mac//Moran both playing well as two way players. Points not there for Mac as he isn't there to do so, provides grit and he's done his job so far. And Spang had an okay night, He looks lost half the time in his own zone and is very slow to release the puck. BUT that being said he's settling in more each game and he's given us another threat on the PP, to me he is very much still the weak link at the back and does need to sharpen up. Interesting how different eyes view things. Spang has looked imperious to me at the back (same with Dimmen so far)... having noticed Sertich & Waugh get caught a few times plus Lee struggling on his puck movement and passing accuracy, I personally see other 'weak links'. As for Mac, I watched him shift after shift come out and not touch the puck (too often not even getting close). For the most part of the Steelers games he was chasing shadows. I will bestow on him credit for the PK though, which he is very good on. Early days though and plenty of games to get through!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2016 11:08:19 GMT
Agree apart from two points, Mac//Moran both playing well as two way players. Points not there for Mac as he isn't there to do so, provides grit and he's done his job so far. And Spang had an okay night, He looks lost half the time in his own zone and is very slow to release the puck. BUT that being said he's settling in more each game and he's given us another threat on the PP, to me he is very much still the weak link at the back and does need to sharpen up. Interesting how different eyes view things. Spang has looked imperious to me at the back (same with Dimmen so far)... having noticed Sertich & Waugh get caught a few times plus Lee struggling on his puck movement and passing accuracy, I personally see other 'weak links'. As for Mac, I watched him shift after shift come out and not touch the puck (too often not even getting close). For the most part of the Steelers games he was chasing shadows. I will bestow on him credit for the PK though, which he is very good on. Early days though and plenty of games to get through! Agree on Spang, I think he's absolute quality on the puck. A proper Offensive/puck playing Dman.
Mac is your classic grinder, his work often goes unnoticed.
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iginla
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Post by iginla on Sept 27, 2016 11:33:47 GMT
Interesting how different eyes view things. Spang has looked imperious to me at the back (same with Dimmen so far)... having noticed Sertich & Waugh get caught a few times plus Lee struggling on his puck movement and passing accuracy, I personally see other 'weak links'. As for Mac, I watched him shift after shift come out and not touch the puck (too often not even getting close). For the most part of the Steelers games he was chasing shadows. I will bestow on him credit for the PK though, which he is very good on. Early days though and plenty of games to get through! Agree on Spang, I think he's absolute quality on the puck. A proper Offensive/puck playing Dman.
Mac is your classic grinder, his work often goes unnoticed.
I agree on Mac,he's dividing opinion a little bit,but basically he does exactly what Benedict did and everybody loved Benny. Spang is excellent,the one i think is real class though is Sertich,he's so calm on the puck and a very very good skater.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2016 13:04:40 GMT
Agree on Spang, I think he's absolute quality on the puck. A proper Offensive/puck playing Dman.
Mac is your classic grinder, his work often goes unnoticed.
I agree on Mac,he's dividing opinion a little bit,but basically he does exactly what Benedict did and everybody loved Benny. Spang is excellent,the one i think is real class though is Sertich,he's so calm on the puck and a very very good skater. I see Sertich as a two way dman (As are Waugh & Dimmen) & Spang as the Offensensive dman.
Lindhagen defends like a winger....
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Post by shmyrohdear on Sept 27, 2016 19:01:40 GMT
I agree on Mac,he's dividing opinion a little bit,but basically he does exactly what Benedict did and everybody loved Benny. Spang is excellent,the one i think is real class though is Sertich,he's so calm on the puck and a very very good skater. I see Sertich as a two way dman (As are Waugh & Dimmen) & Spang as the Offensensive dman.
Lindhagen defends like a winger....
The benefit Lindhagen has when defending is his skating ability, at least lets him limit space for players but he is so much more effective at the other end.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Sept 27, 2016 19:25:23 GMT
I see Sertich as a two way dman (As are Waugh & Dimmen) & Spang as the Offensensive dman.
Lindhagen defends like a winger....
The benefit Lindhagen has when defending is his skating ability, at least lets him limit space for players but he is so much more effective at the other end. Remarkably similar to Mosey IMO... I don't think we could have got any closer.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2016 19:42:47 GMT
I see Sertich as a two way dman (As are Waugh & Dimmen) & Spang as the Offensensive dman.
Lindhagen defends like a winger....
The benefit Lindhagen has when defending is his skating ability, at least lets him limit space for players but he is so much more effective at the other end. It wasn't a criticism as such.... Just that he is a very 'busy' defender. I do wonder if he'll lose his man on occasions. I also appear to have invented a new player type for Spang. An Offensensive dman. It's an offensive dman who can see dead people.
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iginla
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Post by iginla on Sept 27, 2016 21:12:44 GMT
The benefit Lindhagen has when defending is his skating ability, at least lets him limit space for players but he is so much more effective at the other end. It wasn't a criticism as such.... Just that he is a very 'busy' defender. I do wonder if he'll lose his man on occasions. I also appear to have invented a new player type for Spang. An Offensensive dman. It's an offensive dman who can see dead people. "Dead people" .....blimey
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Post by shmyrohdear on Sept 27, 2016 21:21:50 GMT
The benefit Lindhagen has when defending is his skating ability, at least lets him limit space for players but he is so much more effective at the other end. Remarkably similar to Mosey IMO... I don't think we could have got any closer. He plays with an edge too, been surprised at how chippy he gets on the forecheck.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2016 21:26:05 GMT
It wasn't a criticism as such.... Just that he is a very 'busy' defender. I do wonder if he'll lose his man on occasions. I also appear to have invented a new player type for Spang. An Offensensive dman. It's an offensive dman who can see dead people. "Dead people" .....blimey ??
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iginla
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Post by iginla on Sept 27, 2016 21:30:21 GMT
"Dead people" .....blimey ?? It's in your post Jordan,read what you put my boy ?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2016 21:54:45 GMT
It's in your post Jordan,read what you put my boy ? You haven't seen the movie then I take it. Others got it no problem.
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iginla
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Post by iginla on Sept 27, 2016 22:18:01 GMT
It's in your post Jordan,read what you put my boy ? You haven't seen the movie then I take it. Others got it no problem. Nope,I don't do movies. I have no idea what you're on about.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2016 22:20:49 GMT
You haven't seen the movie then I take it. Others got it no problem. Nope,I don't do movies. I have no idea what you're on about. Trust me then, it doesn't refer to anything 'bad'.
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