Trebreh Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Person 1 has to prevent the team from conceding goals. The whole team is not defending. Person 2 has to hit. And must skate with "energy". Person 1 plays with person 2, who does not care about person 1's roles. Person 2 is not defensively strong. In fact, he is not strong in any category except to hit people. Person 1 is blamed because his line does not defend. CDC people compare this line to the 3rd line from 2011. The linemates from that 3rd line could hit but were also defensively reliable. Conclusion: CDC thinks the ability of an individual to carry out his role on a line has nothing to do with that of his linemates. CDC is silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 After that injury he's just not the same, I think he needs to play on a weaker team, but let's see how he does tonight.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 /topic/338668-did-you-notice-avs-subtle-move-with-manny-on-the-pk/">Did you notice AV's subtle move with Manny on the PK? #signsthelockoutisover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Lord of Brussels is right. Malhotra went 9/15 in the faceoff circle last night. He understands what a shut down role involves, his linemates last night didn't have a clue. Weise faced the weakest quality of competition of any Canuck last year, for good reason. Weise had several opportunities last night to find Volpatti, who was open for a scoring chance in the offensive zone, but was absolutely oblivious - and determined to carry the puck and shoot himself. That is not his role, and evidently he spent too much time being the go to guy in the Dutch league. Weise and Volpatti scarcely backchecked and were vacant in their defensive zone coverage - in other words, played some awful defensive hockey last night - made a few nice hits on the forecheck and one by Weise in retaliation, but overall, they were unimpressive. Evidently all it takes is a good hit or two to be considered a solid hockey player around here, but they'll have to play a hell of a lot better to keep their spots when the roster isn't so thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugli Fruit Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 You're either blind or just wont accept the truth. Malhotra is an anchor on any line he plays on. the guy cannot play 5 on 5, its pathetic watching him in the offensive zone fumble the puck and lose every single battle along the boards. He has hands of stone, absolutely no hockey vsion (something centers need) and handles the puck like a granade. You seem to think fans are getting on him for 1 game when in fact this has been going on all season last year. PLEASE find me a player that makes 2.5m on the 4th line on a contending team that is as one dimensional as Malhotra is. Face it, the only reason Malhotra still has a spot on the team is because of guilt. The team would look unclassy if they waive him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I thought for a first game he played well... let's wait a few games before the masses panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOL_dre Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I would just like to point out that Manny was 60% in face-offs last night, the best on both teams. He also got 2 hits and 1 take away while being -1 in a 7-3 loss. He also played 35 seconds on the pk the same as Lapierre and Ebbett combined. What more do you want from him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawkSniper Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 From what i saw, most of that described the majority last night. nobody could win a puck battle to save their life. made the ducks all look like supermen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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