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alta:
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that was a good one!
PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Wednesday February 19, 2020, 08:35:05 AM Eastern ---Oh and we also gained a littke enforcement., “As the video clearly shows”, he’s an upper tier middleweight like Hathaway:
This was a a HELLACIOUS old-school, real man scrap!!
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Good vid, buddy!👍
Rush
Beaglefan2:
No way they trade Orlov. Management is committed to him. I also don't see them benching Ziggy. He has been our best all around defenseman and they have to see that. I also think they are committed to Kempney because he made them look smart for getting him and helping get the Cup. That leaves Jenson who I think will be the odd man out.
I actually hope they give Fehrvy more time down the stretch. I would start him over Kempney right now, but that's not the Caps style.
Rush - good analysis on Carlson-Kempney!
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Wednesday February 19, 2020, 03:27:39 PM Eastern ---No way they trade Orlov. Management is committed to him. I also don't see them benching Ziggy. He has been our best all around defenseman and they have to see that. I also think they are committed to Kempney because he made them look smart for getting him and helping get the Cup. That leaves Jenson who I think will be the odd man out.
I actually hope they give Fehrvy more time down the stretch. I would start him over Kempney right now, but that's not the Caps style.
Rush - good analysis on Carlson-Kempney!
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The issue is Jensen is a RHD. And none of the other LHDs can/will play the right side.
The best case would be move for cap space, get the picks back, and resign Dillon. That is if we could get for Orlov.
Knowing the Caps, IF someone is moved it will be SiggyChrist, then they wont/can’t resign Dillon and Fehry will take over the 3rd LHD and we’ll be worse off next year
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: PUCKNRUSH on Wednesday February 19, 2020, 12:12:27 AM Eastern ---Best I can tell, Dillen is a stay at home, tougher, DEFENSIVE defenseman.
He’s actually pretty BIG, at least relative to our D men.
Depending on where you get your stats, He is between 6’ 3”, 215 OR 6’ 4”, 225!
He would then be our biggest D man overall.
GMBM has been routinely looking for these stay at home D guys, ever since the Shattenkirk trade BUST!!
An article in the Caps app suggests that Kempny may be moved down to 2nd pairing, giving Dillen a serious look, paired with Carlson.
This looks to me like management prioritizing the defensive demise, especially as it pertains to the Carlson/Kempny #1 pairing!
Let’s remember that when Kempny first arrived, the big news was how he ELEVATED the defensive play on the Carlson, #1 D line, retrieving, and handling, at least 75-80% of pucks entering our zone, to be collected, and sent back up the other way!
This was by design, from management, which took away much of the potential for a Carlson “mistake”, improving our ability to bring the puck up from our zone, AND allowing Carlson to become more involved with improving his offensive skills, which was also SANCTIONED, by management!
The Carlson/Kempny experiment, proved to be a GREAT decision, by GMBM, and he received huge accolades for making the trade, for a number of good reasons, to include winning the CUP!!
THEN....Kempny suffered a MAJOR, debilitating injury!
All the while, Carlson had been receiving “specialized”, offensive training, all through the 2018-2019 season, and we started to see Carlson’s training start to pay off, and even get better, during the 1st half of this 2019-2020 season!
Hell... Carlson led the entire league in points, for defenseman, until getting passed sometime in January 2020!
One problem though....Upon Kempnys return this season, we are seeing that he is not the same Mikal Kempny, that we had seen PRIOR to his injury!
He is noticeably slower, and different! He is surely, a worse player, than he was, and in most all the phases of his game! I can only guess, as I have no proof in reading anything recently, about his physical condition, but it is the most logical of reasons, to assume that it is injury related.
Why the emphasis about Kempnys issues? Well, IMO, it directly relates to John Carlson’s performance on BOTH sides of the ice!
Bare with me here, in that if Kempny is LESS effective, NOW, in his defensive responsibilities, and was shouldering quite a bit more of the defensive load, then, logically, Carlson is exposed to NOW, having to shoulder MORE of the D load, which, by nature, allows Carly LESS time to affect his offensive play!
We have certainly seen Carly’s production numbers tank since early January! Additionally we see Carlson’s poor defensive skills, being highly EXPOSED again, relative to Kempnys shortcomings, and they are many from Kempny, also!! ( just talking about our #1 D pairing, specifically. I’m fully aware our entire D has bad issues right now, so there’s plenty of blame to go around)!!
THIS, I believe, may be what GMBM had in mind with obtaining Brenden Dillen! AND why we just might see how our new recruit fits with Mr. John Carlson!
I sure hope the new guy has some speed. He’s going to need it back there with Johnny Norris as his sidekick!😁
Rush
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I considered this when I made my Nostradamus prediction, but I figured Kempny was still a more reliable D-man than our current bottom four. If Dillon is good enough to be on the top line then your reasoning makes a lot of sense. Maybe giving Kempny some rest and using him sparingly would help him get back to where he was or at least closer to that point.
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