Hurricanes @ Leafs - Jan. 19th, 7:30pm - TSN, TSN 1050

[L K]

The first useful thing Clarkson has done in 20 games.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

He's just a bad defensive hockey player.

I'm legitimately not sure he'd be an NHL player right now if Wilson or whoever didn't put him with Kessel that first time.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

He's just a bad defensive hockey player.

I'm legitimately not sure he'd be an NHL player right now if Wilson or whoever it was first put him with Kessel.

He's not good enough offensively to be not great defensively and be on that line.

 

[mc]

saved by the ref! no goal!

 

[ZBBM]

He's just a bad defensive hockey player.

I'm legitimately not sure he'd be an NHL player right now if Wilson or whoever didn't put him with Kessel that first time.

Oh come now.  That's a bit much.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Oh come now.  That's a bit much.

His entire career has been built around the fact that he always plays with Kessel. I'm not necessarily saying that isn't an NHL player (but he certainly isn't a good one), but there are plenty of player who didn't get a break like he did and weren't able to build themselves a NHL career because of it.

 

[brothert]

i cant believe theres ten minutes left in the first. it feels like ive been watching for hours

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Oh come now.  That's a bit much.

His entire career has been built around the fact that he always plays with Kessel. I'm not necessarily saying that isn't an NHL player (but he certainly isn't a good one), but there are plenty of player who didn't get a break like he did and weren't able to build themselves a NHL career because of it.

His numbers aren't great with a PPG winger so if he came up somewhere else and was a 3rd loner or something he could easily have just been lost in the shuffle somewhere.

 

[L K]

Oh Phillipe Paradis.  I remember that awesome Burke trade.

 

[brothert]

whatever horachecks system. it appears the players have abandoned it already

 

[ZBBM]

Oh come now.  That's a bit much.

His entire career has been built around the fact that he always plays with Kessel. I'm not necessarily saying that isn't an NHL player (but he certainly isn't a good one), but there are plenty of player who didn't get a break like he did and weren't able to build themselves a NHL career because of it.

His numbers aren't great with a PPG winger so if he came up somewhere else and was a 3rd loner or something he could easily have just been lost in the shuffle somewhere.

That's pretty speculative, but of course it's hard to say unless and until he spends considerable extended time away from Kessel.  Who knows, maybe if he did his defense would improve haha.

 

[mc]

Leafs have one shot.

 

[ZBBM]

Oh Phillipe Paradis.  I remember that awesome Burke trade.

Another reason that Burke turned out to be a gigantic fraud. 

 

[Deebo]

Leafs have one shot.

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[L K]

Oh come now.  That's a bit much.

His entire career has been built around the fact that he always plays with Kessel. I'm not necessarily saying that isn't an NHL player (but he certainly isn't a good one), but there are plenty of player who didn't get a break like he did and weren't able to build themselves a NHL career because of it.

His numbers aren't great with a PPG winger so if he came up somewhere else and was a 3rd loner or something he could easily have just been lost in the shuffle somewhere.

Chad Larose...a perfect example.  He went undrafted, worked his butt off for Carolina but never really got handed a 1st line role.  He kept losing his job of rookies and having to outplay him.  That eventually got to him and he quit hockey.  He's in the middle of a comeback right now playing in the AHL. 

 

[ZBBM]

i cant believe theres ten minutes left in the first. it feels like ive been watching for hours

So true.  The energy in the building is ... well, most of the crowd have had their toes tagged.

 

[pmrules]

I'm not the biggest Bozak fan, but come on.

He is not even the worst defender on his line.

 

[Redleaf]

i cant believe theres ten minutes left in the first. it feels like ive been watching for hours

So true.  The energy in the building is ... well, most of the crowd have had their toes tagged.

Lol.

 

[L K]

Phaneuf 

 

[mc]

Leafs have one shot.

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My bad. I hadn't refreshed the stats page.