Hairy Kneel Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Hardest hitter on the team, I think come playoff time he doesn't have to go out of his way to make the hits they'll just keep on coming..other teams will be embellishing to get him penalized and/or suspended so he should hit whats there and not go out of his way to make the 'fantastic/perfect' hit...then he will be available to punish EVERY playoff game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckFan1981 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Really? did you mean skate it out and dump or actually make a play? I didn't see too many occasions where he led the rush or w/e if that's what you mean; good to see him use his size though, plus I think he and Ballard should be together in the playoffs, not only for his shutdown play with Ballard's puck moving but since both guys have bite and don't back down. People keep talking about this but is it online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Alberts is exactly what this team needs in the playoffs. We have no other giant on our roster apart from Kassian, who's getting 10 minutes a game right now. Alberts >>>> Tanev and Ballard in the playoffs. Those two guys will get crushed (and did against Boston and L.A) whereas Alberts deals with guys better physically. Just look at how he pretty much single-handedly dominated Toews and Kane - played them hard into the boards and grinded them down. They were invisible, and that's mostly thanks to how Garrison and Alberts rode them hard all night long. This is a playoff-ready defence that can deal with the heavy, physical forwards of St. Louis, L.A or San Jose (we will get one of them for the first round): Hamhuis - Bieksa (great pairing, don't split them up, they need to get their chemistry back - Bieksa's playing very physically) Edler - Corrado (this kid was amazing physically, throwing big hits and looked like a tougher Tanev. Really calmed Edler down) Garrison - Alberts Every guy in that 6-man squad can hit hard and do on a regular basis (not so much Hamhuis any more). Looking back to the defences of Cup winners, L.A had 6 guys who could hit (Voynov not so much), as did Boston (not so much Kaberle either), but the majority of their defencemen were stay-at-home guys who can hit hard and punish forwards. That is Andrew Alberts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlerberry Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 ugh he's such a space cadet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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