Comments for January 26, 2012 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:07:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4326-january-26-2012#comment-19146 why couldn't they just split the two up onto two lines? why must nash and carter be on the same line or carter has to get traded? - David Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:38:00 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4326-january-26-2012#comment-19142 Kings should have targeted Carter to play with Kopitar and BJs should have got Richards for Nash. Not like LA is openly disappointed with Richards but I'm sure they expected to be better than the worst offense in the league. - hammer2003 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:58:10 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4326-january-26-2012#comment-19139 If they do end up trading Carter, then Howson should lose his job for sure. Like Marc said, everyone saw this coming and to actually admit it and trade him away in the same season is rediculous. A team like Columbus who has been struggling for so long cannot afford those mistakes. - Bender Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:23:44 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4326-january-26-2012#comment-19138 http://thehockeywriters.com/hold-em-or-fold-em-nash-callahan-subban-peverley-and-more/ - littleranger Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:28:47 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4326-january-26-2012#comment-19137 "mental health initiative spurned on by the late Rick Rypien" I'm sure Rypien wouldn't have spurned any mental health initiative...I think you meant spurred on (like spurring a horse). B - thinice Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:57:53 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4326-january-26-2012#comment-19136 Indeed, Subban may one-day be a great defenseman, but he currently lacks a solid defensive game and focus on the fundamentals of defensive play. He has great ice-vision... I'll give him that. Personally, I find that I critique Subban's overall game because other "fans" [u]build him up a lot higher than he should be placed[/u]. At the current NHL level, his overall value is simply average: He has a PLUS offensive game combined with a MINUS defensive game. (At least his +0 is improved from last year's -8. That 2nd year is a key step for NHL defenseman - as a side note, consider how impressive the two-way jump in Erik Karlsson's overall game... from -30 to +5. Wowzers!) PK's [i]focus[/i] appears to be his largest detractor. http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/01/25/canadiens-p-k-subban-has-a-lot-to-learn/ (He did show some solid maturity in his response to post-practice interviews) [Lack of "focus" is the same reason I despise Ilya Kovalchuk... a consistent MINUS player. Back-checking, Ilya, is just a mental focus that a forward needs to wrap their head around. Cherry-picking and not passing are a matter of decision-making... and I can't accept any hockey player who can't fix a mental portion of their game.] Coaches & teachers around the world are aware that you can get the best out of a student if you can first level their humility. Playing with "passion" is for NHL forwards... not NHL defensemen. Once PK gets that through his head - he'll develop into the player he can be. Unlike Ilya - I believe PK will get there. It would be great if the hockey media would stop throwing him accolades though... as he hasn't done anything, yet, to deserve them. - Pengwin7 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:52:59 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4326-january-26-2012#comment-19135 The all-star break is not a fantasy break. A list of things to do for your fantasy team over the break: http://thehockeywriters.com/ten-fantasy-thoughts-no-fantasy-break-for-the-all-star-break/ - littleranger Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:15:57 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4326-january-26-2012#comment-19132 In regards to the Leafs signing Liles, it asks questions about who the 6th dman is gonna be. I think it should be Holzer and maybe Schenn due to his value should be traded. Or Holzer traded, he deserves a shot, has been great with the Marlies. - Uzair Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:32:11 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4326-january-26-2012#comment-19130 Who could have possibly seen this coming? Wait, hold on a minute, who did NOT see this coming? Bringing in a scorer to complement Nash's scoring ability, doesn't take a genius to add that up. Is it possible the Columbus organization is trying to fail? What are they going to get for Carter, Scott Gomez? Come to think of it...maybe - Marc Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:37:18 +0100