Comments for September 14, 2012 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:20:50 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4897-september-14-2012#comment-22550 Relative to his teammates, Turris was the shutdown center. He wasn't one by the definition of the word, of course. - angus Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:25:30 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4897-september-14-2012#comment-22548 Turris may have faced the toughest competition, but he was still used in an offensive role. The team didn't really have a shutdown centre. Just playing against top competition doesn't make you a shutdown centre. - Big Ev Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:53:22 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4897-september-14-2012#comment-22547 I watched Turris quite a bit in Phx cos I had him on my team and I can attest to the fact that he's very good defensively for a 2-way player and this has everything to do with him being developed in Phx. Even though he was skinny (not anymore judging by the recent pic), he made good safe decisions and good breakout passes and you could see that he came back defensively. Btw Ryan Murray (and Jenner) were re-assigned to jnr by Columbus. Does anyone know if this means that in case there's no lockout, that they'll be unable to be recalled and stay their whole season in the CHL unless there are injuries in Columbus? - Sportfreunde Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:45:26 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4897-september-14-2012#comment-22546 Turris faced the toughest competition of all Ottawa centers. (by a lot) Turris started 52 percent of his shifts in the o zone, compared to 57 for Spezza. Only Konopka and Smith were lower in that regard, and they both faced much easier minutes. Of the centers on Ottawa, Turris played against top competition the most last season. And it isn't really close. - angus Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:25:38 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4897-september-14-2012#comment-22542 FYI, at no point in his time with OTT was Turris ever used in a shutdown role. He centred L2 with Alfie & Foligno, rarely took defensive FOs, never played the PK, and got 2PP unit time. Just sayin'. :) - rooneypoo Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:01:08 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4897-september-14-2012#comment-22540 so much for NY "stealing" all the UFA comments posted earlier - donpaulo Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:15:26 +0100