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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Who crushed multiple Flyers last game? Engelland.
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We lost last game.
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Throw the possession metrics out for a second and look at the makeup of our defense. It is a little lacking in the physical, defensive defensemen.
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So is Chicago's.
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Yes Engelland was playing in over his head in the top 4. Doesn't mean he should suddenly be a scratch.
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Then he should be dropped down to 3rd pair and someone else tried on the 2nd pair. Whatever Hartley is doing right now is not working. We've won a single game (VAN) this season with Engelland in our top 4 and that was a game where Engelland was still a minus.
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Arguably we're shorter on that role then we should be. You can't scratch a guy when he's the only player filling that important role on the team.
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Sure you can. There are successful teams in the NHL who don't have a single Top 6 player playing that role.
I'm not saying that role is obsolete but you have to have your six best defensemen out on the ice, you can't let "roles" preside over "usefulness in scoring and preventing goals" that's exactly how you become the Leafs teams that Burke left behind in shambles. The ghost roster concept is not how you build teams in a cap world.
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Originally Posted by FanIn80
I'm just happy I don't have to hear "Wahtherspoon" 20 more times tonight.
It's "Wuhtherspoon," dammit.
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Pretty sure it's
pronounced Witherspoon.