🚨 The Zayne Parekh show has arrived 🚨

[mogg]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Skates like a deer.

“Float like a hummingbird, skate like a deer.”

[VilleN]

What is with this mythology around Fujita? Any time a player or prospect has skating issues it's just hand waved away; "Don't worry, Fujita will change that."... This seems crazy to me. All teams have skating coaches... is she that much better?

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by VilleN

What is with this mythology around Fujita? Any time a player or prospect has skating issues it's just hand waved away; "Don't worry, Fujita will change that."... This seems crazy to me. All teams have skating coaches... is she that much better?

Yes.

[Rhett44]

If Parekh can play like he did last night and keep improving, he could really be an elite talent.

Exactly what this team needs.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

If Parekh can play like he did last night and keep improving, he could really be an elite talent.

Exactly what this team needs.

Don’t even think he scratched the surface. He’s going to get better and that’s scary …. For other teams.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Skates like a deer.

[chummer]

Skates like a deer but man that snap pass is good.

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE

This clinched it...a Parekh jersey must be bought next year to replace my Tkachuk.

If only we knew what number he’ll wear. I hope he gets 19.

[Jay Random]

I kind of hope he keeps 89. In Calgary, that number has swagger.

[FanSince'01]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

I kind of hope he keeps 89. In Calgary, that number has swagger.

I hope so as well, both because of the significance of that number and because I'm kind-of sick of the whole "high numbers are only given to rookies and minor-leaguers"

89 is dope, hope he keeps it

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by VilleN

What is with this mythology around Fujita? Any time a player or prospect has skating issues it's just hand waved away; "Don't worry, Fujita will change that."... This seems crazy to me. All teams have skating coaches... is she that much better?

Ya, it’s a little much. Development isn’t like Sim City where you just up the Fujita levels. Darryl belfry on the other hand.

[saillias]

Originally Posted by chummer

Didn't Brzustewicz not sign in Vancouver because he didn't want to be behind Hughes? Ironic that now we have our own Hughes, I could be totally wrong on that though.

That was speculative I think from Vancouver radio guys. they were skeptical about his ability to translate to the NHL due to his skating. Not really sure what happened there. The Vancouver environment is so odd. Seems like a nice place to play in theory, but fans, media, players, and management/ownership all have a contentious relationship

[Ba'alzamon]

I look forward to the day draft prospects are anointed "the next Zayne Parekh"

[Vox]

Originally Posted by VilleN

What is with this mythology around Fujita? Any time a player or prospect has skating issues it's just hand waved away; "Don't worry, Fujita will change that."... This seems crazy to me. All teams have skating coaches... is she that much better?

She is very good. My son has trained with her a dozen or so times, and the difference she made quickly is really impressive. Some of his friends have done likewise, and after a set of sessions one of them was a totally different skater. She has an ability to simplify fine details to be very easy to understand and adjust, and picks up those details in skaters in a really impressive way. Clearly my kid does not skate at a pro level, but listening to her point out mistakes in the way some of the pros skate, that have never been caught before, makes me think she is a genuine difference maker.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by EVERLAST

No he was part of what we got back shipping Elias or Nikita to van

I guess I need to post this on a monthly basis and not every 4 months.

To Calgary #Flames

Andrei Kuzmenko
Hunter Brzustewicz
Joni Jurmo
Matvei Gridin
Luke Misa
Eric Jamieson

To Vancouver #Canucks

11 goals 11 assists

hahahahahahahahaha

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by VilleN

What is with this mythology around Fujita? Any time a player or prospect has skating issues it's just hand waved away; "Don't worry, Fujita will change that."... This seems crazy to me. All teams have skating coaches... is she that much better?

I understand that she's very good. That said, it's up to the player. Brayden Point took his skating coach seriously and worked hard at it. It's not something a player can do with one or two sessions with a coach. Tkachuk didn't improve much, for example.

[FBI]

Look what she did with Coronato in one off season.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by Vox

She is very good. My son has trained with her a dozen or so times, and the difference she made quickly is really impressive. Some of his friends have done likewise, and after a set of sessions one of them was a totally different skater. She has an ability to simplify fine details to be very easy to understand and adjust, and picks up those details in skaters in a really impressive way. Clearly my kid does not skate at a pro level, but listening to her point out mistakes in the way some of the pros skate, that have never been caught before, makes me think she is a genuine difference maker.

I will second this. The way she breaks down the stride into easy to understand parts and the improvement in one session with any kid/adult is amazing. I applied 2 things she said and my skating stride improved overnight. As a coach I still pass it along to the kids I coach. It’s so simple and effective. We had her out for an hour this year in U11 tier 1 and the improvement was noticeable to every kid, parent and coach.

Flames are blessed to have her.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

I guess I need to post this on a monthly basis and not every 4 months.

To Calgary #Flames

Andrei Kuzmenko
Hunter Brzustewicz
Joni Jurmo
Matvei Gridin
Luke Misa
Eric Jamieson

To Vancouver #Canucks

11 goals 11 assists

hahahahahahahahaha

To expand the trade....

To Calgary

Morgan Frost
Joel Farabee
Joni Jurmo
Hunter Brzustewicz
Matvei Gridin
Luke Misa
Eric Jamison

To other teams

11 goals 11 assists from Lindholm
Jakob Pelletier
2nd round pick

Tidy bit of business by Conroy. 4 players that look like they'll be Flames for a while (Gridin and Brz)

[FireGilbert]

^The Flyers did get 2 goals, 3 assists, and a 3rd round pick out of Kuzy.