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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I decided to re-watch some of the playoff Canuck games to watch Tanev in particular. I started with game one vs. STL today. Tanev looked good, yet both of the STL goals ended up because of his mistakes. First of all Tanev looked much better than any of the Flames defenseman in board battles, and in clearing the front of the net. He is also a much better skater than Hamonic. I would actually compare him to Hanifin in terms of skating.
He does have weird positioning. I don't know if it is by design, or because he likes to block shots. His positioning resulted in the first STL goal, where he screened Markstrom on the PK. Also, he definitely seemed like he was trying to cover for Hughes on a lot of the entries, into the Vancouver zone. It's almost as though he expects Hughes to get walked when he stands the blue line.
All in all game 1 vs STL was a very good game for Tanev. His biggest mistake was trying to keep the puck in the offensive zone, which resulted in a break away and a goal against. Aside from that, and his positioning he was very solid, despite the Canucks not playing a great team defense.
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I’m happy to hear is skating is excellent. That suggests he could age like a Brodie rather than a Hamonic. Encouraging, for sure.