ya that's it...I'm talking about when he plays a bad game to every now and then take a bit of blame for the loss.So you want to trade for Bryzgalov (however you spell it) He openly abmitted he is playing like crap a while back. I believe his words were something to the effect of I can't stop anything and I have no confidence. Captain does that make you feel better with your high priced, long term goalie contract?
We have two to three studs on defense. Edler, Bieksa, and Hamhuis.
He is overrated.He's in the top 20 for DMan scoring, is a Plus hockey player and 23:37 average minutes per game. For a Cap hit of 4.6 M per year he is the deal of the century.
Is he a bit Cavalier with the puck at times? Yes, but so was Jovanovski when he was with us- remember the nickname "Special Ed?" Pronger and Doughty display this casualness on a regular basis. I'm not comparing Bieksa to Norris candidates, but he is a stud. Yes. Imho. But that requires a definition of Stud.
I'd say:
1) Norris Candidate
2) All Star
3) Stud
4) Depth guys
5) Pressbox Plugs
6) AHL'ers.
He is reasonably responsible with the puck in his own zone, makes a pretty good to excellent first breakout pass, scores above his weight goals/assists wise and is very physical in front of the net/nasty without taking himself off the ice for 5 minute fighting majors all the time.
If I were ranking the Nucks D depth chart...
1) Edler (Allstar)
2) Hamhuis (Stud)
3) Bieksa (Stud)
4) Salo (Depth Guy/Special Teams Specialist)
5) Ballard (Depth guy that could be stud with more minutes/confidence)
6) Tanev (Future Stud)
7) Sulzer (Depth)
8) Rome (Pressbox Plug)
9) Connaughton (Future Stud)
10) Alberts (AHLer every day of the week)
Bieksa is no stud, he is right back to his old ways, probably even worse now if you ask me... he is a liability on the backend, am I the only one to see this night in and night out?[/COLOR]
He is overrated.
What was his +/- to start the season?
He is overrated.
What was his +/- to start the season?