Isles777

Isles777
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Forum: Armchair-GM13 hours ago
Forum: Armchair-GM13 hours ago
Thread: Burnside article
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ForsbergForVezina</b></div><div>With Pulock, Mayfield and Dobson on the right side, I can't see Shattenkirk or Barrie. Krug is way too rich for our blood and also somewhat superfluous, although I do like his game on the power play.

My hope is that Isles management is more concerned with keeping Barzal, Pulock and Toews before going out and getting new guys, especially guys we don't really need like Barrie or will be way too expensive like Krug. Besides, our biggest needs are at forward anyways. If we somehow do have the means to spend big in free agency, I'd rather get a guy like Evgeny Dadonov or Craig Smith rather than another defenseman</div></div>

People don’t realize that any defenseman that comes to the isles will see their numbers take a hit.

Krug would be an upgrade on the powerplay, but he wont have a Pasternak or a Marchand, so will he be as effective and put up as many points. Most likely not . Add to the fact that he’ll be 30 and on the decline, it’s not worth it.
Forum: Armchair-GM14 hours ago
Thread: 5 Hour Energy Drink
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MNBassman</b></div><div>He has poor hockey IQ, and that is by far the biggest separator at this level of hockey! The world is full of players who can skate and shoot and stick-handle at the NHL level but who can’t see or think the game the game fast enough to get the best out of the rest of their skillset. I see Bode Wilde as one of these players.</div></div>

He actually does not have a poor hockey IQ. He’s terrible defensively and his gap control needs work, but from an offensive standpoint he does think and read and react to plays at a high level. There are not many defenseman that can pull off the things he can and he’s a perfect makeup of elite skating ability/hands/size. This season was a lost year due to injuries but I do know for a fact that the isles organization was just as high on him as they were Dobson last summer.