uber_pwnzor Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Yes. Hodgson is the better player. The Sabres won the trade. We would be better off right now with Hodgson in the lineup. But what do you expect MG to do when a guy wants out? Just keep him here against his will? Let him become a distraction and a cancer in the dressing room? He had to be moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hodgson is a difference maker. He was against Boston. He was against Detroit. He would have been against the Kings where our top 2 lines are struggling. We lose a top-6 forward in Daniel and have no one to replace him with now. Meanwhile Kassian is getting 10 minutes a game, not really hitting or injuring anyone and isn't getting a scent of special teams time. Our PP is now the worst in the league since the Boston game. Hodgson would have had a huge impact in all these areas. Plus, I prefer Sulzer over Gragnani in the playoffs due to his experience, size and defensive play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 "You just noticed the powerplay outage a month ago? The powerplay went 7-for-55 (12.7%) from January 8th, 2012 until February 27th, 2012, a 21-game span during which time your hero CoHo was still here! The powerplay after CoHo left went 5-for-22 (22.7%) in the nines games following the trade deadline until Daniel Sedin was injured. The powerplay finished the season 4-for-42 (9.5%) in the last ten games after Daniel went down. Combine the two and you get 9-for-64 (14.1%) which is slightly better than the 21-games following the Boston game when we still had Hodgson, believe it or not." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Lol As soon as I finished reading this post my first thought was: "this will be completely ignored." Looks like I was correct. There simply no place for stats that support the contrary view to CDC usual BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raph Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 kassian barely plays any minutes. he needs time and experience. hes still very very raw with tons of upside. last nights game he only played 6 minutes. u cant comment against anything about that. if he played 10-12 mins then its different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Might as well as the first unit PP has nothing to do with Hodgson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 ???? People keep referring to how out PP would be better if hodgson was here when clearly it would not have made a difference. It not the first time I've seen those stats showing the nucks poor performance while Hodgson was here either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hodgson played second unit PP. I have seen no second unit PP time stats-it is all bunched in as PP stats. I beg to differ with your analysis,the Hodgson trade was the turning point of this season. Let's hope the coaching staff do not have to take the fall for what was MG's decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwantGDiduc! Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Wow blaming the entire lack of performance upon the Hodgson deal.... and I was thinking hockey was a team sport .... my bad .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Wow blaming the entire lack of performance upon the Hodgson deal.... and I was thinking hockey was a team sport .... my bad .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 It is and it's bad enough to hang a loss on one player. Edler for example was a big goat in both games but he was far from alone. It's worse to blame the loss on a trade and even more so with someone who as the stats show was not a difference maker in a positive way. Some people want to believe that when the Sedins or Kesler are not playing well or Daniel being injured (hindsight) that Hodgson would step in and fill their boots and only have a positive impact and not a negative one. Which again goes against the stats as you can see by his increased minutes and this exposure in buffalo. 20 games he scored 8 points and was a -7 for 82 game totals of ~32 points and ~ - 28. Never mind in Kassians limited ice time in the playoffs (~5:30/game) he's leveled Greene with a massive hit plus a fee other hits and was responsible for Pahlssons goal which was one of only 4 goals scored so far by the nucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Ya but I want to ignore the stats and facts and keep starting "I want Cody back" threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Ya but I want to ignore the stats and facts and keep starting "I want Cody back" threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Screw that... they only guy who could have saved us in the last two games is Michael Grabner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo Chili Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Gillis screwed up Kassian maybe good in the future but right now he is not making an impact and he is being rushed and ruining his development. He should be sent down but management egos dont want to be hurt and accept they made a mistake in rushing to trade hodgson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Why couldn't Hodgson have been used as a 2nd line center? I personally believe that Kesler's game is better fit at wing. You typically want a playmaker at center, not a goal scorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristalinastar Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 No one is going to that much of an extreme outcome... It's clear that this team lacks secondary scoring and powerplay offense. No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Gillis screwed up Kassian maybe good in the future but right now he is not making an impact and he is being rushed and ruining his development. He should be sent down but management egos dont want to be hurt and accept they made a mistake in rushing to trade hodgson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Strangely enough he the only plus player on the team after 2 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 How DARE you bring your "objective facts" to this forum... are you trying to get yourself banned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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