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I haven't seen any euphoria for Pearson that is over the top. He has come in and played very well. That is an obvious statement of fact.
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When you watch Pearson play you can see that he is a very structured and confident NHL player - 2 cups will do that to you. Our top 6 got stronger with him - zero doubt about that. He seems very happy to be here as well. We added Leivo and Pearson this year for negligible pieces - that is amazing.
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the quality in the players at the NHL level is night and day. pearson has strong board play and his NHL experience shows big time.
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2019 NHL Draft Lottery | April 9th, 5:00pm PT
samurai replied to Roberts's topic in General Hockey Discussion
I have never won lotto 649 and now starting to think the fix is in. For me Jim and his crew have shown that they know what they are doing. It is not all about where you pick. Arguably the best player in the NHL this year Kucherov went 58th in the 11 draft - amazing. And of course how you trade in the NHL - Pearson and Leivo I think were massive gets this year. Not the mention the flip for Schenn. AND staying patient with Marky. Jim has always said goalies take a long time to develop and he backed up that belief with his wait on Mark - I don't know many people last year including me who were saying give marky more time or actually thought he was a legit goalie. The nucks deserve a lot of credit for being patient with him. -
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no he does not process at a fast pace at all. He is slow with reads and getting pucks. He lacks speed or physicality. His main positive attribute is showing patience with the puck and waiting for spots - this skill is almost the opposite of what you suggest. Goldy has been one of the players i have spent a lot of time watching this year and I just don't see him as a NHL player. it is unfortunate. For people who think he was mishandled, as other posters have noted he was given top 6 minutes with the best players on this team - if that is not gifting a chance I don't know what is. Goldobin is not a NHL level player.
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Watching Schenn he makes you remember that we have sorely missed a D who would move guys out of the way with some serious lumber and physicality. Nobody on this team even comes close to being that aggressive and impactful in front of our net. Schenn has to date been a massive upgrade on Gud in that Schenn was brought in to replace what Gud was supposed to be. This is a great story for the nucks. Pearson also looks like a nice add as well. And of course Leivo was a steal.
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if Guddy is a better skater than why does Schenn seem to find a way to paste guys. I was a fan of Guddy when he came here, but I was very disappointed at his lack of impactful hitting and general physicality around the net. Schenn is the only D we have that seems to use lumber on guys in front of the net - he is almost a throw back D in that he doesn't let guys hang around - that is how you play D.
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Schenn has been a good pick up for Van. In handful of game he has had more meaningful hits than Gud had his whole time here - I am not kidding. Brings a toughness on the back end that this team has been missing for a long time.
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The A is a pro league - players are paid.
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83% of the player pool for the NHL this season came from the A. The NHL is hands down the best league in the world and it is overwhelming fed by the A. You are underselling the A.
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My main point is that one cannot just look at those stats and say the K is better - they are missing other pieces. The leagues serve different purposes and I think comparing them is somewhat pointless. In the case of Nikita his choice was to play in the K over the NHL. He chose a lesser league to further his development. Cannot say he went for more time, because the past two years show that if he had played well he would have had the chance to be a top D on this team. Of course he had other reasons for going home.
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okay but 23 of 31 NHL coaches started in the A. And of this year 86.9 of all NHL players are A alumni. If the NHL is the best league in the world hands down and close to 87 precent of those players started in the A then a strong case could be made that these numbers reflect the strength of the A relative to other leagues.
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49 dead in terror attack at New Zealand mosques
samurai replied to CBH1926's topic in Off-Topic General
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yes, it has to start with his side
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NHL and KHL have an agreement that the NHL will respect KHL contracts.
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‘They’ cannot convince him because his contract is with another team, it is called tampering
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Leivo has been great for all the things you say. He also probably understands from being in toronto how a good player can fall through the cracks and not be used. He will for certain want to stay with Van and the feeling is mutual. Body of work still small but he is looking like a great pick up for us. My guess is some kind of show me more contact for him (in the interests of both sides) and something just under 1.5 million. But of course there is still a lot of meaningful hockey left. Regardless he is one of my favorite players for the reasons you mentioned - puts in his work in the dirty areas and is good at it.
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Jim said it today, some younger guys don't understand that the A is a hard league (it is a tough league) and they are less willing to put in time - they want a shot now. Dahlen in my book was always overhyped - has never played at an elite level. For these guys like Lind, Palmu and Gad, it takes a little while to get used to not being able to do what you used to be able to do in lesser leagues. Some guys get over that quickly and change their game others don't. J.D Burke changes with the wind. I won't go into details but if you track his 'insights' he does a lot of flipping. I like listening to him but he is not someone who I go for to get good information from. Cull back in the fall said he was committed to winning and developing and there is a tricky balance. That mandate obviously comes from Jim and crew. As for Cull, I have listened to him many times and I think he knows what he is doing.
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Yes, there is no timeline. I didn't suggest that so you have misread/misunderstood. Tell me exactly where I gave a specific timeline? What I did say and I doubt few doctors would disagree, is that substantial time is often needed for people who have received multiple concussions in a relatively short period of time. In Sven's case he had a significant one last year and then had another one this year and in a relatively short time (2 months) he came back and played a number games before getting the symptoms again. Now, considering his history 2 months seems kind of short and again I don't think many doctors would disagree. He is not the first case of someone having this problem. There may be no timeline, but there is substantial evidence of players coming back too quickly or getting trapped in a circle of not getting over their concussions. No timeline but a definite pattern!
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Sven will be back next season. I am not a doctor but have had close to 6 concussions. Not all were caused by blows to the head. In Sven's case I was a little suspicious that after having a major one last year he comes back and then gets another this year and then after a short break comes back. At the time, last month, I didn't think he was ready, I wonder why doctors did. In my case I got a bad one playing rugby, and then came back too soon and then got a couple in a row that were almost caused by little knocks. After that I took a year off from playing and came back and played another 6 years with no problems except one very minor one. Who knows but I find the timeline that the NHL uses is still quite quick than what I experienced. As I said I didn't understand how Sven could comeback that quick and I ended up being correct. I would wonder if even starting next season in october if that might not be too quick.
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good point made here.