Chuck in the Truck Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Should not change what makes you succesful if its yapping and getting in pllayers faces taking the other guy off his game then stick with it.Tired of players that all of sudden think there something other then a 3rd liner or 4th liner cause they score a goal or play with the sedins and get a few points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noheart Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Human growth hormone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xur Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 You know if Lappy put on a few pounds he could be alot more effective. He has the most hits on our team, but most of them are closer to hugs then hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Lapierre has already taken over 400 faceoffs in 32 games. Last year he took 482 in 82 games - significant increase with Malhotra out. Lapierre has taken only 27 penalty minutes this season - he's cutting his pm nearly in half. He's also hitting a little less - partly perhaps because he may have lost a step, but partly also due to the fact that his role has changed and his job is to carry weight elsewhere and take less risks both physically and in terms of taking penalties. He needs to stay as healthy ap and on the ice. Important imo to keep a player's situational play in context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 He should go back to chirping ... he was very effective at it. I'm sure he'll elevate his game in the playoffs though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 You know if Lappy put on a few pounds he could be alot more effective. He has the most hits on our team, but most of them are closer to hugs then hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xur Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 He put on 20 pounds this summer, so I'm not sure why you expect him to put on more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 ummmm its explained in the same line you quoted. Please read again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Lappy is our 4th line center..... He isn't supposed to produce. I think he is doing fine playing physical and on the PK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanYouNuck? Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Terrible post, what do you expect the guy to do? He battles hard defensively and does a good job on the pk. AV has given him responsibilities and I'm pretty sure scoring points is not on the top of the list. Great on the faceoff too, and for those who writeoff that stat should take a gander of the stats from the games we lost as of recent and our faceoff percentage. Sure he took a couple bad penalties but everyone does, but because he doesnt score points (which is not his main responsibility) you pick on the guy. Kills me when ppl expect every player on the roster to "produce" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_The_Schneid! Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 He doesn't do anything out there taking a lot of face offs isn't an attribute. He's terrible defensively with no goals and last I checked 4th line is it least supposed to hit. Dump and chase dump and chase, just wastes time off the clock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_The_Schneid! Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 I realise he has two goals but come on, far better people out there suited for his position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanYouNuck? Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Ofcourse taking faceoffs isnt an attribute, i never said it was. I said hes great on the faceoff which means he has a great FO percentage. Hitting players isnt the most effective way to play the 4th line, I'd rather him be more defensively responsible and im pretty sure AV feels the same. Hitting takes you out of the play and requires more energy. And no, hitting doesnt fill up the momentum bar like on video games so stop putting so much emphasis on hitting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyaddict123 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 He doesn't do anything out there taking a lot of face offs isn't an attribute. He's terrible defensively with no goals and last I checked 4th line is it least supposed to hit. Dump and chase dump and chase, just wastes time off the clock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter.S-Kerouac Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Your out of your depth here..... Or is lappy out of his? Anyway He's supposed to be a 4th liner he's being pay'd like one and at that he's a pretty good 4th liner. Hasn't been stellar when asked to play more minutes but he put on about a bajillion lbs of pure muscleish stuff in the offseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darnucks Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Am I living in the twilight zone or something? Didn't I see a thread almost identical to this one a few days ago? And yes I agree Lappy isn't playing his best right now, I hope he can step it back up once playoffs come around. He needs to play his best o/w this team isn't getting past the first round. 3rd and 4th liners can make or break a team come playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xur Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 You don't just put on 40 pounds of useful weight (i.e. muscle) in 2 years. 20 is hard enough to do. Any more and he'd likely limit his mobility and effectiveness in other areas. But sure, I guess another 20 pounds would keep him from 'hugging' people instead of hitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckin Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 He seems to be lost and floating a lot of the time lately and its gotten to the point where I dont think resigning him should be in the cards. For all the talk about him being awesome in the playoffs,I seem to recall his chirping costing us as well when everything went off the rails. Either way he needs to focus and hit,since most of the team lacks in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papayas Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 So the team is on a streak, garrison and Schroeder is playing well..... So the village idiots have no one to pick on now? Can't you guys stfu and just support the team instead of picking a random member of the team to crap on EVERY TWO ???? DAYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckin Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 So the team is on a streak, garrison and Schroeder is playing well..... So the village idiots have no one to pick on now? Can't you guys stfu and just support the team instead of picking a random member of the team to crap on EVERY TWO ???? DAYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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