🚨 The Zayne Parekh show has arrived 🚨

[calumniate]

Remember Johnny Hockey? He couldn't muster 2 sentences together early on in his interviews haha

[dino7c]

Zayne was a +4 in the tournament despite many of his points coming on the PP

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by dino7c

McKenna tops out as a 4th liner I guess by this logic

Only if Calgary drafts him

[Royle9]

Zayne is the type of d-man that's going to excel with a steady stay at home partner with some size who can cover his pinches and play the hard nosed style Zayne is not built to do.

We've yet to see that outside of 1 game where he had a few shifts with Bahl.
I'm not too worried, the team just needs to do that.

[Jiri Hrdina]

To me it's not about if he's cocky or not, it's about if he's coachable. He's got things to work on his game, and if he's willing to be coached on those items, then he has potential to be an elite #1 dman.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by shutout

Not trying to get a rise.
When I watch Parekh I see incredible skill and offensive potential.
At the same time I see a player that is going to pinch and does not have the wheels to be able to recover. He is going to lose more puck races and create more odd man rushes.
I think in the defensive zone he gets caught watching the puck and not playing his assigned area and trusting his teammates to do their jobs.

Can he fix these areas?
Yes maybe he can, I am just in the minority when it comes to seeing his ability and desire to do so. I think that means he tops out as a bottom pairing need for offense style of defenseman.

If he doesn’t have top end speed, he has world class agility. He can change direction effortlessly, which will give him extra defensive range.

[Lewis_D]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Cameron Reid?

Agreed .. he was shaky.

Yeah thanks for correcting. I'm clearly bad with remembering names, need more than 6 games lol.

[Tbull8]

Originally Posted by Royle9

Zayne is the type of d-man that's going to excel with a steady stay at home partner with some size who can cover his pinches and play the hard nosed style Zayne is not built to do.

We've yet to see that outside of 1 game where he had a few shifts with Bahl.
I'm not too worried, the team just needs to do that.

Bahl kuznetsov and bichsel (in a trade) would be a great LD lineup to mix with parekh brz and weegar

[FlamesAddiction]

He did great especially when you consider how little action he had this season. Missing 20+ games in a row and then coming back to play in a highly competitive tournament can't be easy.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

To me it's not about if he's cocky or not, it's about if he's coachable. He's got things to work on his game, and if he's willing to be coached on those items, then he has potential to be an elite #1 dman.

I really get a kick out of the detractors. If a team can live with Evan Bouchard (which is the posterchild for low defensive bar and high offensive upside), Zayne Parekh is going to be just fine in the NHL.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

I really get a kick out of the detractors. If a team can live with Evan Bouchard (which is the posterchild for low defensive bar and high offensive upside), Zayne Parekh is going to be just fine in the NHL.

What's interesting is having to pay #1 dman money for a guy who has significant gaps in his game such that he's not a true #1.

I think this applies to guys like Evan Bouchard, Lane Hutson, Erik Karlsson, maybe Jacob Chychrun. These guys get paid because of their points, but they aren't a true #1 because they don't have the complete game and ability to defend against the other teams' top talent. But you have a big chunk of your cap tied up with those players.

For me I think Zayne is going to be a tremendous offensive dman in the NHL. He has very special traits in that regard. But if he can be that AND an adequate defender - now you have a franchise altering player to build around.

He'll be fine. But he has potential to be amongst the very best.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

What's interesting is having to pay #1 dman money for a guy who has significant gaps in his game such that he's not a true #1.

I think this applies to guys like Evan Bouchard, Lane Hutson, Erik Karlsson, maybe Jacob Chychrun. These guys get paid because of their points, but they aren't a true #1 because they don't have the complete game and ability to defend against the other teams' top talent. But you have a big chunk of your cap tied up with those players.

For me I think Zayne is going to be a tremendous offensive dman in the NHL. He has very special traits in that regard. But if he can be that AND an adequate defender - now you have a franchise altering player to build around.

He'll be fine. But he has potential to be amongst the very best.

Including Erik Karlsson in that that group seems a bit wild. Karlsson is a 3 time Norris trophy winner and was the leading scorer on a team that went to the conference championship. Not sure how that isn't a #1 defenseman.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

Including Erik Karlsson in that that group seems a bit wild. Karlsson is a 3 time Norris trophy winner and was the leading scorer on a team that went to the conference championship. Not sure how that isn't a #1 defenseman.

I was speaking more about the EK of today v. peak EK.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

Including Erik Karlsson in that that group seems a bit wild. Karlsson is a 3 time Norris trophy winner and was the leading scorer on a team that went to the conference championship. Not sure how that isn't a #1 defenseman.

Yeah but Karlsson's defensive liabilities always seemed to outweigh his scoring to me, even on successful teams. His biggest points year he was -26.

The fact he was the leading scorer on Ottawa in 2017 (with 71 points) was more an indictment of Ottawa's forwards.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Yeah but Karlsson's defensive liabilities always seemed to outweigh his scoring to me, even on successful teams. His biggest points year he was -26.

The fact he was the leading scorer on Ottawa in 2017 (with 71 points) was more an indictment of Ottawa's forwards.

I don't disagree with what you are saying as I have always felt the same way, but plus/minus is a pretty useless stat.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Yeah but Karlsson's defensive liabilities always seemed to outweigh his scoring to me, even on successful teams. His biggest points year he was -26.

The fact he was the leading scorer on Ottawa in 2017 (with 71 points) was more an indictment of Ottawa's forwards.

Agree - they had garbage forwards, but they still made the conference finals that year with him carrying them (and lost in game 7 overtime)

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

I don't disagree with what you are saying as I have always felt the same way, but plus/minus is a pretty useless stat.

It was what I had readily at hand. I'm sure his fancy stats Point in the same direction. He seems similar to McDavid - living off the power play and an even strength liability. The difference is that defensive ability is more important in a defender.

I'm not worried about Parekh though. Concerns about defensive play have accompanied a lot of elite defencemen and most have overcome them - Makar, Hughes, for example, had similar caveats.

[dino7c]

Sets the record for dman scoring

[JurassicTunga12]

Dude puts up record breaking numbers all over the place.

[GreenLantern2814]

Run 11F/7D and only play Zayne PP1 if they're scared of his defending/getting him hurt.

OR

Stick him with Bahl/Weegar and play the crap out of him and let him make all the gaffes he's gonna make now, when it doesn't matter, and helps the cause if anything.