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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
I honestly think this is starting to look like a championship team.
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This is a sweet stroke of luck, and is a great pick with lots of potential and excitement for the fans (myself included) - but let's not go full coiler here and start talking about cups a year after we circled the bowl hard. We still have no clear #1 in goal and our 1/2 D pairing is still congealing ... Beyond that we are pretty thin. Which, btw is why I really like the strong two way element that most of our active and prospective forwards possess. Seems like Hartley coaches a game that is consistent with what the management views as a successful blueprint because they're feeding players that fit right into the system.
I hope that what everyone is talking about Sam intentionally throwing the pull up test at the combine being his own idea to shake the oiler's interest is true... That shows UNBELIEVABLE cunning and balls for anyone let alone an 18 year old kid. SUPER impressive if true, love that kind of mind.
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Stephen Whyno @SWhyno
Treliving: "We've been around the rink a long time and we've yet to run into a pull-up bar on the ice rink."
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I've thought about this a bit, and I would argue that the body mechanics in a slap shot, wrist shot, lateral stick handling, face offs, and an "arms forward" body check all heavily recruit the lats, traps, biceps, forearms and transverse abdominal - the major groups which are involved in a pull up. The movement is a very important indicator of functional strength in my opinion (better than strict bench press), as it takes a lot of work and mental dedication to develop the skill. I still wishfully hope that this entire episode was concocted as a ruse to throw other teams off the trail.
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Originally Posted by Ashasx
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This is cool, and DeLaet is a beauty, but shouldn't golf pros be tweeting coiler prospects?
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Originally Posted by The Fonz
God damn I'm excited about our forward depth. Incredible.
We've come a long way from Chucko and Nemisz.
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Ugh! Ack! Puuuuuukkkkkkeeeeeee. No one liked the taste of those words coming out of the mouth when it happened. Unfortunately it all came true and they added nothing to our nhl team. Why would we spend 1st round picks improving our AHL team? That, I'll never understand.