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		|  09-23-2020, 08:00 PM | #7621 |  
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					Originally Posted by TheScorpion  Most Russians. |  
Not most.  Obie and Kowalchuk are the only ones I can think of and they again are exceptions because of their shot.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:06 PM | #7622 |  
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					Originally Posted by GioforPM  Not most.  Obie and Kowalchuk are the only ones I can think of and they again are exceptions because of their shot. |  
Nah it really is most of them.
 
Ovechkin 
Kovalchuk 
Pavel Bure 
Mogilny 
Kovalev 
Gusev 
Panarin 
Svechnikov (both of them) 
Frolov 
Kucherov 
Radulov 
Dadonov 
Namestnikov 
Buchnevich 
Nichushkin 
Gurianov
 
All play their off-side.
		 
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:06 PM | #7623 |  
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					Originally Posted by GioforPM  Brodie is not better on his backhand, he’s just really good on it And better than most players.  His forehand passes are better than his backhand passes.  It’s just that he’s not as much better than other players when doing it so it’s not as noticeable.  That and people just tend to remember the really good backhand passes because they are more unusual. |  
Sorry, I didn’t mean he’s better at it.  But much better then most of his peers.  And it doesn’t appear to handicap him all that much.  He is a better D man playing on his off side.  I’m not arguing this as a rule. Some players can pull it off in all 3 zones. Most can’t.  And some are so good offensively on their offhand the coach lives with the blunders.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:13 PM | #7624 |  
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					Originally Posted by flamesgod  Sorry, I didn’t mean he’s better at it.  But much better then most of his peers.  And it doesn’t appear to handicap him all that much.  He is a better D man playing on his off side.  I’m not arguing this as a rule. Some players can pull it off in all 3 zones. Most can’t.  And some are so good offensively on their offhand the coach lives with the blunders. |  
Yes, with Brodie it’s a real benefit.  Almost every team has to put a LHS on RD but with Brodie it’s not a disadvantage, and at this point he’s so used to it, he struggles when put on the “correct” side.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:24 PM | #7625 |  
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			Our very own Austin Czarnik is a right shot that sometimes plays the left wing.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:31 PM | #7626 |  
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					Originally Posted by GioforPM  There’s a video on you tube showing how Crosby does it from both sides.  
 When you protect the puck backhand, your options are severely limited.  Name me a RHS who plays LW.
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How about the greatest goal scorer in NHL history, Alex Ovechkin
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:34 PM | #7627 |  
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					Originally Posted by TheScorpion  Nah it really is most of them.
 Ovechkin
 Kovalchuk
 Pavel Bure
 Mogilny
 Kovalev
 Gusev
 Panarin
 Svechnikov (both of them)
 Frolov
 Kucherov
 Radulov
 Dadonov
 Namestnikov
 Buchnevich
 Nichushkin
 Gurianov
 
 All play their off-side.
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I was specifically referring to RHS playing LW.  The opposite is very common Russian or not, because of numbers.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:34 PM | #7628 |  
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					Originally Posted by Monahammer  How about the greatest goal scorer in NHL history, Alex Ovechkin |  
I mentioned him.  But Oates famously moved him to LW.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:35 PM | #7629 |  
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					Originally Posted by David Struch  Our very own Austin Czarnik is a right shot that sometimes plays the left wing. |  
Not very well, tho.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:41 PM | #7630 |  
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			Russians like to play their off-side because of the shooting angle, combined with the fact that Russian hockey isn't played on the boards like NA hockey is.  It is entirely a possession game.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:45 PM | #7631 |  
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					Originally Posted by Enoch Root  Russians like to play their off-side because of the shooting angle, combined with the fact that Russian hockey isn't played on the boards like NA hockey is.  It is entirely a possession game. |  
True.  The ice is too wide to play on the boards.  The passes across are too far.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:47 PM | #7632 |  
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					Originally Posted by GioforPM  There’s a video on you tube showing how Crosby does it from both sides.  
 When you protect the puck backhand, your options are severely limited.  Name me a RHS who plays LW.
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I can’t because I don’t care. That wasn’t my point.
 
I’m only arguing the geometry and physics of it. You’re worse off over all playing your off wing. It messes up transitions, breakouts, limits passing options, etc... so the fact that most don’t play their off wing has nothing to do with my point. Of course they don’t. 
 
But it’s easier to protect the puck on your backhand, especially with speed.
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		|  09-23-2020, 08:52 PM | #7633 |  
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			Peter Forsberg, who played center, was better protecting the puck on his backhand.
 Best puck protector I have seen.
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		|  09-23-2020, 09:01 PM | #7634 |  
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			Renaud Lavoie reporting that Pietrangelo wants to go home, and home is toronto. If we can't get Pietrangelo I hope we can at least try to take advantage of Toronto in a trade. Marner or Nylander?
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		|  09-23-2020, 09:16 PM | #7635 |  
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					Originally Posted by Monahammer  Renaud Lavoie reporting that Pietrangelo wants to go home, and home is toronto. If we can't get Pietrangelo I hope we can at least try to take advantage of Toronto in a trade. Marner or Nylander? |  
Lavoie doesn’t really know anything He always just speculates. I remember when he was on the FAN. Terrible insider.
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		|  09-23-2020, 09:25 PM | #7636 |  
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					Originally Posted by Vinny01  Lavoie doesn’t really know anything He always just speculates. I remember when he was on the FAN. Terrible insider. |  
I remember his passion for Hartley...
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		|  09-23-2020, 09:30 PM | #7637 |  
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			I love Calgary, it's where I grew up, where I met my wife, where I finished school, but I'm not in a rush to move back. I don't understand the weird narrative that every player wants to go back to where he grew up; especially when, in a lot of cases, these guys left when they were 15-16 to go play junior somewhere else and never really developed an adult life there.
		 
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		|  09-23-2020, 09:38 PM | #7638 |  
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					Originally Posted by Mass_nerder  I love Calgary, it's where I grew up, where I met my wife, where I finished school, but I'm not in a rush to move back. I don't understand the weird narrative that every player wants to go back to where he grew up; especially when, in a lot of cases, these guys left when they were 15-16 to go play junior somewhere else and never really developed an adult life there. |  
Family is important to some more than others, also, many grow up cheering for their hometown team, dreaming of playing for them when they're older.
 
But to each their own.
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		|  09-23-2020, 09:41 PM | #7639 |  
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			I wonder if there are any pictures of a young Pietro all decked out in his TO Maple Leaf PJs...
 He'll probably end up being Pajama Boy V2.0
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		|  09-23-2020, 09:41 PM | #7640 |  
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					Originally Posted by Monahammer  Like if you would buy a Pietrangelo jersey if he signs here! 
 This is our opportunity to pull a reverse McInnis on the blues. They owe us for Al and for the Golden Brett (though, I suppose you could count Gilmour as payment made for this one.)
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The blues basically gifted us our cup(through trade) in 80's!
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