Have it on this morning, and a few thoughts after the 1st:
I'm really liking Dube's chances this year. Besides what we can see quite a bit so far offensively, there was a play midway through the 1st I quite liked as well:
He got rocked at his blueline, and got back right up with full focus on returning the favour. Like a pro, he waited until his target gained possession and took his shot. It was clean, assertive and restrained; certainly not something you expect to see in a rookie game. But he has that smart edge to his game that is going to be massively valuable to whatever line he ends up on.
Edit: I can't find the post, but someone planted the Dube-Lombardi seed in my head and it has sprouted and this period really helped that along. I'm a 2x Lombardi jersey owner... so I'm trying my best to keep from bursting.
Parsons has been great. His positioning has looked very good, and he's made a bunch of smart plays controlling the traffic in front of his net. He looks so calm back there, but still likes to be assertive when he needs to. It's fun to watch. The goal was a mistake I think he'd want back. It was a nice goal and a bit of an odd puck to track but his game is reflexes and that was the kind of goal he should be stopping.
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Originally Posted by Brodieyouevenlift
did he just compare Esposito to Crosby?
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He sure did. I came in here just to read about what people thought about that. Malkin as well! I would feel pretty gross listing to a Flames announcer talking about Little Z with such lavish praise at this point.
Also just caught the end of the interview with this Oilers guy, and she's asking him about playing with Conner: '...I've answered this quite a bit, but uh...'
When you play for the Blue & Copper, this is part of the gig kiddo. Tell them how good Conner is. They need to hear it.