LongtimeLeafsufferer
Joined: Jul. 2015
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Gee, I don't think you have been Leaf games if you don't think Mikheyev doesn't play tough. He's a good forechecker, and takes the body.
Nylander, I know the Don Cherry mentality that it's better to throw the puck in the corner and then try to regain possession of the puck, and that is suppose to show "sandpiper". Nylander tries to control the puck and make play. I admit at times his play is maddening, but geez....not all players can be true grinders, and a team of grinders doesn't win either.