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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
PK Subban is a really interesting player. Love his skill, love his character, would kill to have him on this team. He picked his team up and carried them back into the game. But, he also killed Montreal's attempt to come back, and not just because of the crosschecking penalty. The lat 10 minutes of that game, Subban's ego took over and he simply forgot he had teammates. He was trying to do it all by himself and be the hero, and ended up the goat.
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Originally Posted by The Fonz
I do believe he's the type of player that can do it himself though. I was terrified everytime he was involved in an offensive zone play.
If the guy could control his emotions better he could be incredible. More incredible I guess.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Truthfully, I wasn't. Watching a guy blaze the length of the ice looks scary, but this isn't the 1980s. Modern defencemen usually have no trouble keeping that kind of play to the outside and out of danger. Most of Subban's rushes in that time frame ended with wide angle shots that went nowhere.
But Jesus, that was some goal he scored in the second.
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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Subban is a simply dynamic talent. He has the ability to take a game over by himself, and we saw that tonight. Unfortunately he still has those moments where he loses his focus, and plays selfishly. If he can completely eliminate that from his game he will be damn near impossible to stop.
Great player, but somewhat lousy teammate at times.
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Originally Posted by the2bears
He played well, but he didn't really take the game over.
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Originally Posted by Beatle17
What comeback? Didn't Montreal lose the game? Subban took two stupid penalties that basically killed any comeback attempt. He played OK, still ended up -2 on the night. He is a great physical talent but does make a lot of boneheaded plays.
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Sounds a lot like another guy we saw play a few seasons in Calgary while in the Norris conversation. Whether Subban can set his ego aside and be coached will decide his future, like so many physical specimens before him.
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Originally Posted by corporatejay
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I LOVE this image.
If you can't tell why Street is up on the big club and playing big minutes, you need to pay more attention. He takes hits to make plays, to get pucks out, to get pucks in. He makes safe plays up the boards, scrambles draws he doesn't win, wins a surprising amount of draws, and generally is a coaches dream out there.
Watched a game with my father today for the first time in a long while. He's a grizzled old habs fan who grew up on the Richard brothers, Beliveau etc, but became a flames fan when Calgary got a team in 1980. He can still spot the gems, too. Thought Sven looked especially good for a 'smaller' player and liked his compete against Subban. For that matter, so did I. It's one reason I don't mind having McGrattan in the lineup, Baertschi, as a skilled player, can play a chippier, defensive style against a punk like Subban. I liked seeing the physical compete from Baertschi and not just competitiveness with offense. He was asserting himself on the ice and I think that's important for a player of smaller stature.
Monahan. What can you say? Having a top prospect is amazing. All I want to do is caution myself against the optimism, but he's playing like a 30 year old vet. That's the best part, not the skill but the
poise, the headiness,
the instinct It's remarkable how soft his passes are. Easily received by his teammates. His miscues are more experiential than anything. Body positioning, faceoff black magic, the speed of the games top players and goalies, habits of elite level butterfly goalies. Those are all things he can't learn in Junior, that league is done for him. He's an NHL player, right now, on a good team. He should get big minutes in multiple situations as the season progresses for Calgary. I like him being teamed with Baertschi, but would like to see a larger, more physical winger to be paired with them to help force turnovers for the two skilled players to pounce on. Galiardi, if he's disciplined enough, could be that guy.
Hope Jones isn't gone too long, but this is an opportunity to see some different looks.