-SN- Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Joseph Labate Born: April 16, 1993 Birthplace: Burnsville, MN, USA Shoots: Left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 PUT HIM IN THE FREAKING LINEUP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 27 minutes ago, Chip Kelly said: PUT HIM IN THE FREAKING LINEUP!!! Simmer down there's no room, especially with Hansen coming back next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Dickie said: Simmer down there's no room, especially with Hansen coming back next game. Should have put him in over Guance that albatross taking up a spot for no reason when they had the chance. Pedan too deserved a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernzie71 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 gaunce has "earned his spot just because "Labate is 6'5 200lbs+ doesn't mean sqaut the same goes with Pedan 6'5 200lbs + hell if your only going by size bring up Grenier 6'5 200lbs + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Need more of this from Bater's this coming season. If we are truly allowing youth to start taking over, gotta let some antagonistic players come up to to help protect one another. Love Labate and how he is so physical. Suprised not much talk about him. Despite his short stints with us, he was noticable in all games being physically active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucypass Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 1 hour ago, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: Need more of this from Bater's this coming season. If we are truly allowing youth to start taking over, gotta let some antagonistic players come up to to help protect one another. Love Labate and how he is so physical. Suprised not much talk about him. Despite his short stints with us, he was noticable in all games being physically active. It definitely didn't go unnoticed by me. Love Labate's game. I really see a future for Labate and Crammarossa as elite 4th liners who can come up huge in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Would certainly hope so. Still needs development, but showing good promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combover Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Hope they qualify, with a coach that allows players to hit labate will be a very serviceable in the bottom 6. He's Better than some of the garbage brought in to fill the bottom six who don't hit score or defend yet still got gifted ice time regardless of their ineffectiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuck1991 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 1 hour ago, combover said: Hope they qualify, with a coach that allows players to hit labate will be a very serviceable in the bottom 6. He's Better than some of the garbage brought in to fill the bottom six who don't hit score or defend yet still got gifted ice time regardless of their ineffectiveness. u mean megna the great? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Juice Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Labate did good when he was up in the NHL. Considering Green is now the coach and spent most of his career in Utica with Green, would be a good safety net on the 4th line whenever Labate is in the lineup in the NHL. Looking forward to seeing him play more as he was pretty effective with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I like him when he hits. He should be building up his shoulders for the long haul of a season. If he can bodycheck more we could use him on the 4th line. Like Biega did last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Labate would show better at the camps of the old days. All the scrappers would go, whether they were defending their turf as established guys, or young guns proving themselves. It was part of camp. And it was looked forward to by the young guys even if with considerable well-founded respect. Anybody else remember Harry's first fight? Big smile. Almost disbelief. Yep, he wants to go... The Pens just gave up a bunch for Reeves. We should respect prospects like Labate and Pedan more, imo. The old camp, we would have seen them all go against each other (although in a pecking order, of course). If "tough guy" was on your resume, you got a chance to prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 He is a big body who can skate well, protects the puck well and has a mean streak. He lacks lots of polish/creativity but every team needs guys like this. He has NHL ability for bottom six for sure and could play a key role for a playoff team in jamming up the middle of the ice later in games, penalty killing and similar. He has made strong advances so far in his minor pro career and could be a sleeper to make the Canucks out of camp by displacing the likes of Megna and similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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