Nak was the best player on the ice last night so its OK to like him again.
TK what a pass and Couts buries it!!!!
I agree 100%
At least the Devils and Rangers lost last night. We need to beat the last place Pens.
I agree he is a dumb player but i just dont think he is good enough of a hockey player to be an absolute stud. When i think of players that are absolute studs i think of players like Mcdavid McKinnon Crosby. I think his heart grit and energy he plays with gives him that little extra to be as good as he is. He is a really bad skater, his shot is good not great , he's not that big or that fast. He makes the best of the skills he has to work with and hustles his ass off which is why i really like him and like him as a Flyers. You are correct though that he is a dumb player.
Could he fix his skating with a good coach and a desire to improve. I don’t know much about actually playing hockey - but I was fascinated listening to some conditioning freaks over the summer on nhl radio about how they actually change physiology (more than just adding muscle mass).
Excellent questions. Yes players can certainly improve their skating and get stronger which improves their shot during their time in the NHL. I would love for him to jump to super star status because i love his game.
Eichel has 4 years left on his contract and he is missing this whole season unless they pull a TB and LTIR him and bring him back for the playoffs. Time will tell on this trade
His 10 million dollar salary may have factored into a lot of teams not being able to afford his services and the unknown of a player coming off of a major surgery scared other teams away so I'm assuming Buffalo didn't have much of a choice in going the trade route. Buffalo might have been one of the teams that didn't want to risk the 10 million per for a player coming off of major surgery which is maybe why they traded him.
