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pcm wrote:Bennett needs to shoot more. Kid has only 8 shots so far.
Also, when did he switch to LW? He played RW at Denver. He shoots right... Seems like the Pens switched him to the off-wing position? Not sure why.
And didn't we switch Neal to his off-wing? We've got a lefty on the right and a righty on the left. Does Blysma have his head on backwards? (And yes I realize Neal worked just fine on RW last year, but that was more to accomodate Kunitz's boardwork on the left side, which is no longer applicable.)
brwi wrote:pcm wrote:Bennett needs to shoot more. Kid has only 8 shots so far.
Also, when did he switch to LW? He played RW at Denver. He shoots right... Seems like the Pens switched him to the off-wing position? Not sure why.
And didn't we switch Neal to his off-wing? We've got a lefty on the right and a righty on the left. Does Blysma have his head on backwards? (And yes I realize Neal worked just fine on RW last year, but that was more to accomodate Kunitz's boardwork on the left side, which is no longer applicable.)
Do you really need a list of guys who shoot left but play RW or vice-versa? Ever heard of players called Jagr, Bure, Vanek, Kovalchuk?
A few years ago, the Habs had the #1 PP in the NHL with all left-handed players on their #1 PP. Can we get past the ignorance on this issue?
The L-R thing has been disproved many years ago at all levels of hockey.
Malkamaniac wrote:Because James Neal.
columbia wrote:Malkamaniac wrote:Because James Neal.
Please go on.
pcm wrote:Yall have masterful eyes for subtlety. Wow.
James Neal played great in Dallas on the LW. He plays great here on the RW. Switching sides is not going to make an offensive force of a player be less of a player. But guess what? Ask yourself why he switched sides in first place, if it doesn't matter at all?
(Hint, the answer is in my original post, which you probably didn't read as soon as you recognized the topic.)
But anyways, since LGP's message board posters have debunked the theory that playing wings on their natural side instead of their "off-wing" has any advantage, despite GM's talking about this, like Boston's Chiarelli for example, I guess this must be a moot point.
Gaucho wrote:tfrizz wrote:Is Bylsma finally getting it? Now just stop bouncing Despres & Bortuzzo in and out of the lineup and give them a chance to grow.
No, DB doesn't get it. Some blogger will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that either Mario or Shero or canaan's Mom was behind DB's one and only reasonable decision this season.
NeddieVedder wrote:Shero and Bylsma made the decision to switch Neal to RW over that offseason based on something they saw in his initial stretch here.
Idoit40fans wrote:NeddieVedder wrote:Shero and Bylsma made the decision to switch Neal to RW over that offseason based on something they saw in his initial stretch here.
That Kunitz was better and deserved to play on his comfortable side? Didn't Neal always play both sides?
FC wrote:I notice Bennett is not playing against Albany this evening...Perhaps recalled because of the Neal injury?
saints11 wrote:As per twitter, BB been recalled.
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