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PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: KollieOlizig on Wednesday March 04, 2020, 07:14:38 PM Eastern --- Lol you aren't going to let that go.
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Carlson is 6’3”, 215-220! His potential physical presence, RELATIVE to his actual LEVEL of physicality, has always been abysmal! He SHOULD dominate defensively, the overwhelming majority of the time around our goal, with his size alone, but you will rarely, if ever see him COMMAND any territory in that area!
He is a slow skater, has super slow reaction time, and unusually low physical coordination, for ANY professional athlete.
He is horrible down along the boards, in any given puck battle with an opponent, as well! A furry little kitten guards the crease better than his soft ass!
He has but ONE real defensive move, in his repertoire, that he employs....the poke check.... and he tries to incorporate that move in place of other defensive tactics, such as blocking shots, guarding an opponent after crossing the blue line, etc.
I’ll give him his due on the blocked shots, but he is so easily burned, once the poke check fails, after he’s challenged a skater coming into our zone! He’s very consistent at that!
Ok, Kollie, NOW, I’ve let go!!😂🤣😂🤣👍👍
(temporarily, at least)!
Rush
KollieOlizig:
--- Quote from: PUCKNRUSH on Wednesday March 04, 2020, 09:53:03 PM Eastern ---
Carlson is 6’3”, 215-220! His potential physical presence, RELATIVE to his actual LEVEL of physicality, has always been abysmal! He SHOULD dominate defensively, the overwhelming majority of the time around our goal, with his size alone, but you will rarely, if ever see him COMMAND any territory in that area!
He is a slow skater, has super slow reaction time, and unusually low physical coordination, for ANY professional athlete.
He is horrible down along the boards, in any given puck battle with an opponent, as well! A furry little kitten guards the crease better than his soft ass!
He has but ONE real defensive move, in his repertoire, that he employs....the poke check.... and he tries to incorporate that move in place of other defensive tactics, such as blocking shots, guarding an opponent after crossing the blue line, etc.
I’ll give him his due on the blocked shots, but he is so easily burned, once the poke check fails, after he’s challenged a skater coming into our zone! He’s very consistent at that!
Ok, Kollie, NOW, I’ve let go!!😂🤣😂🤣👍👍
(temporarily, at least)!
Rush
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I'm just curious how a comment about Eller turned into bashing another player. Funny thing is that no one was defending Carlson.
It is pretty clear to see how bad Carlson has played recently. He had such a good first half. Great offensively and was holding his own defensively. The 2nd half of the season has been a disaster for him.
PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: KollieOlizig on Thursday March 05, 2020, 07:59:02 AM Eastern --- I'm just curious how a comment about Eller turned into bashing another player. Funny thing is that no one was defending Carlson.
It is pretty clear to see how bad Carlson has played recently. He had such a good first half. Great offensively and was holding his own defensively. The 2nd half of the season has been a disaster for him.
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Well, you’re right, Kollie.
I had posted several times early on in the season, that I had noticed an IMPROVEMENT in Carlson’s defensive play.
I had surmised that since the CAPS coaches had worked with him in practice, to improve his offensive skills, that it made him better overall, at both ends of the ice! And we certainly saw that in the first half of the season as he went on an offensive point tear, and DID play a better defensive game!
My dislike for Carlson would have just been a “normal”, dislike for a player, if I separate out “the media”, from just what I see with my own eyes, from Carlson on the ice!
The media’s consistent, and chronically overdone, positive commentary on Carlson, has admittedly, fanned the flames of my disdain for Carly, to nearly “pathological”, in nature!😂🤣
I realize it’s not John Carlson‘s fault, that the media, in my opinion, has selected him as the “chosen one”, for promoting a home grown, (USA born), favorite, to coincide with Ovi, so that Monumental can promote the “BEST of both worlds“ idea of both international, AND hometown favorites, for the fan base! And to me, it’s almost beyond laughable, at how far Joe and Locker, especially Locker’s nose is up Carlson’s ass!![size=78%] [/size]
So, yes, you didn’t do anything, except innocently comment about Eller!
I am the one with the issue, LOL! Where I can eventually turn a conversation, hell, even about how to make garlic mashed potatoes, into a rant on Carlson!😂🤣😂🤣
Sorry about that, buddy!
Rush
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