@Mad Dog, well it was prolly written some time ago and if you look at how it's phrased, it's saying relative to the rest of his talents. This gets repeatedby enough people, throw in a bout of Mono and presto: "he's a terrible skater" comes out the other end. Compared to his puck smarts, vision and positioning, his skating is average. And that's a good thing!
Against the Rangers the other night the Jets had all five guys in the crease, along with the five Rangers. Never seen anything like it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zton8Uu4sW4
@aziz, yeah, well from ClarkeMustGo.com, which we have discussed before. I found the material I was looking for, but I still want to talk to those guys. Maybe I'll put out another call out, see if any of them are lurking here....
It's true, he slows down with the puck. But most players not named Giroux do a little bit. He makes up for it with the rest of his game. I don't think it's a huge liability and you know that they've got him working on his foot speed and pwoer skating...
I actually don't think Couturier lacks speed, at least not once he gets going. He's just not a very pretty skater like Kessel. As one scout said of Cooter, it doesn't really matter as long he gets there
"hey, look, a fish..." I just noticed this. Interesting, given all the hullabaloo about halibut. Thanks to Digity. And, as much as this pains me, to ruxpin for spearheading what became a mass exodus...
Yeah, that's the only way to do it NMX. Most boards are like this. The old Philly board was unique in that and many other ways. Glad to see you here btw. I won't be going back to the other board. Made that decision. I won't give those a-holes the satisfaction.