Robongo Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Imagine Karlsson with the Sedins in their prime. It would have been incredible..And we could of drafted him :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 All that says is literally what everyone already knows. He's a fantastic puck mover. None of those stats address the fact he is a poor checker and/or that he is questionable positionally in the defensive zone. Those are the reasons people say he is not great defensively. Prove me wrong with facts against those points. Yup, two way involves skating in more than one direction on the ice. If the argument for is that he's great when skating towards the other team's net, then it has nothing to do with two way. Having said that, he does have great speed and skating, and can recover from his or other's mistakes to beat players back on the rush, but once the other team is set up in Ottawa's zone he has trouble defending when he can't control the puck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheXFactor Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I'm of the firm belief that teams need shutdown pairings to be cup winners. There is nothing "shutdown" about Karlsson and I seriously doubt he will ever carry the way players like Chara and Doughty can. Regardless hes a great offensive D... but that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Bang Boogie Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Karlsson is nowhere near as bad defensively as many of you are saying. Please read: http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/581116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Karlsson is nowhere near as bad defensively as many of you are saying. Please read: http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/581116Most of that indicates how good offensively he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I think we'd all agree here, we're lookin' at a refill of Coffey. (Darn waitress, shure is purdy, huh?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLahey Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 VAN Karlsson OTT Matthias Hansen Horvat 1st '15 Please enlighten me as to why Ottawa would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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