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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 8, 2019 at 1:51 p.m.
Thread: Overrated Underrated and Best from Each Team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BeastMode5515</b></div><div>Bam. Right here. Pasta is an absolute great player, and is an absolute machine offensively, but man is he not very good at defense. Marchand, on the other hand, is extremely defensively sound and doesn’t usually make many screwups.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MelonVK</b></div><div>Pasta isn't looking that poor defensively though. I'd say Marchand is very much a net positive in his own end, Pasta doesn't do much right or wrong in his own zone defending, but pretty solid NZ stick check and both are monsters on the breakaway</div></div>

If anything I'd say Marchand is underrated defensively.

And I agree that while Pasta isn't the strongest defensively, he isn't awful either.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 8, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.
Thread: Overrated Underrated and Best from Each Team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pasha123</b></div><div>It could be but also Marchands point totals started to take off more when he played more with Pastrnak. His defensive zone coverage is poor out of the three he leaves the earliest, loses his man more often, makes the most mistakes in defensive zone exits either blunders with a poor choice first pass exit or as mentioned exits too soon. Luckily PB is a wiz and Pastrnak is no slouch, they cover up for his Blunders and are more aware of what is happening. In the o zone he doesn't attack as well as before, doesn't retrieve as many pucks as Pastrnak it also seems that Pastrnak and Bergeron do more of the work they seem to us him less.</div></div>

I would argue that Marchand is actually very solid defensively, and much more so than Pastrnak. Marchand has many more years of experience and has played on the PK his entire career while Pasta has yet to record a shorthanded point. If playing the PK is not an indication of defensive prowess, I'm not sure what is, unless the Bruins' management has been overvaluing Marchand for the last 7 years.

What constitutes "attacking well," and what do you mean by "retrieving pucks?" And what do you mean by "before?"

I'm not trying to claim that Marchand is head and shoulders above Pastrnak, nor that Pasta is way better than Marchand. Rather, I'm questioning your analysis that Pasta is a driving force behind Marchand's success, as I think exactly the opposite is true.
Forum: NHLJan. 3, 2019 at 7:59 p.m.
Thread: Best TV Commentators in the NHL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Brian2016</b></div><div>I don't think he's overly biased actually, maybe a little over the top though. I just don't like his voice that much. On big plays I feel like he's yelling/barking at me. He needs to work on his timing and sense of drama. A 1st period goal surely isn't as dramatic as an OT GWG! He just needs to chill out a bit. John Forslund is the best at adding drama and tension w/o forcing it. The best announcers don't create the drama, they let the game do it for them and simply facilitate. I love Forslund's trademark catchphrases like, "And Cariolina is off and running" or "That's hockey baby!"</div></div>

Sure he's not perfect, but does that mean he's "terrible?"

And he's got plenty of catchphrases of his own :)
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 27, 2018 at 7:21 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 23, 2018 at 2:03 p.m.
Thread: Lines when healthy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>Boston is doing Donato a disservice putting him on a 3rd line. He's just not that kind of player. They should put him on the 1st line RW with Brad or DeBrusk and Bergy. Bergy will win the face offs and keep them in possession of the puck and hopefully in the offensive zone and help hide any defensive issues. The kids a goal scorer, sticking him down on lines that lack the high end talent isn't gonna help him. And for what, to play Bjork there who has 1 goal in like 20 some games. It's a total waste. They are gonna end up trading him if they don't use him and they won't get the return people would think for him when they do at this rate.</div></div>

All valid points. My reasoning was that I've liked the look of the "kid line" he past few games. Obviously scratching JFK vs Nashville didn't help very much, but I'd like to keep that line together for the time being. As for Bjork, he played with Bergy and Marchy at the beginning of last year before his injury to some success, and I think he deserves another shot in that spot. If he doesn't pan out, however, Donato is the next man up in my opinion.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 22, 2018 at 10:38 a.m.
Thread: If the Team is all in come TDL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Breakaway</b></div><div>I like Grzelcyk too, but I think management will want to keep Krug. I also think Chara has a chance to come back next season. I don't trade Moore because the UFA ramifications; What player would want to sign with your team if you bid on them if you're just going to turn around and trade them before even a full season has passed? It'd just look really bad to move Moore even though I like Grzelcyk better.

I hope the pairings end up:
Chara/ McAvoy
Grzelcyk / Carlo or Moore
Krug / Carlo or Moore

I just have a felling management loves Kevan Miller and the dependable no thrills game he brings.</div></div>

You're totally right. It would be a pretty unpleasant trade if Moore is moved. But with all the injuries this year, we have seen that the young D who weren't expected to be NHL ready (Vaak, Lauzon, Clifton) can definitely hold their own and I just don't think Moore is needed anymore. It won't happen, but I think it makes a lot of sense disregarding the morality of it all.

And even then we still have an extra D man in Miller... I suppose this is a good problem to have.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 11, 2018 at 4:17 p.m.