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Originally Posted by glovesave_35
I couldn't disagree with you more. But because this is a feeling thing more than anything quantitative I suppose it's one of those agree to disagree things.
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I guess I see Ribeiro as someone who takes himself out of as many opportunities by overpassing while Richards is a lot more efficient. He sees the pass and he makes it while Ribeiro goes through a production that often results in a great pass but other times results in a useless turnover.
Now, some of that could be optical illusion I guess. Since I see Richards are more efficient, I could be more prone to not noticing his mistakes/offensive zone turnovers where I see Ribeiro's.
Beaver - IIRC, Richards almost never killed penalties while Ribeiro was a regular on the PK. And neither of them are anywhere near Selke contention. There's a reason they both need wingers with strong defensive habits (be it Lehtinen, Eriksson or Ott) to round out their lines well.
I am worried about replacing some of Richards' offense, but I think you're really overselling his two-way game.
