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Originally Posted by Jimdon
I see your reasoning, but I disagree that Tanev was a more speedy partner than Andresson, and last year Gio/Andersson seemed to be a stronger pair than Gio/Brodie. It's also hard to justify that Gio is more effective as a half court player when he runs the power play most if the time.
It's also hard to blame a system problem for bad play when Tanev/Hanifin were so incredibly dominant under Ward at the same time Gio struggled. I just think he had a bad first half of the year and a better second half and trying to justify that by blaming his partner or the system is reaching for straws.
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Isn’t the powerplay mostly half court? When I say half court, I’m stealing the basketball term that essentially means from the blue line in for hockey. So in other words, the powerplay, the penalty kill, along boards, the cycle. Less about run and gun, quick counter attacks and transitions.
In regards to Hanifin and Tanev, that was a very good pair, no doubt about that. But I also really liked Gio and Tanev together as well. I don’t know for certain who was better or what the stats suggest, but I know one thing. Gio is Darryl’s #1 guy. He said it himself, the minutes show it and the promotion of Gio coupled with the demotion of Hanifin essentially tells the story.
Darryl also said in one of the media pressers that Andersson was his #3, so under Darryl, Hanifin is probably the #4 guy. So despite what we all think, it’s Darryl’s show and he’s running it the way he wants to and I’m ultimately kind of fine with Gio at the top. I still think he has a lot of game left in him.