Hands are nice, but what impresses me is vision and timing. The first one (in close soft touch move) was a perfect example. Most NHL players can roof it in close, but to avoid the pokecheck and cause the goalie to go down was the key to success. If he can shield the puck that well, and have some decent linemates, he should be in the NHL.
Kid drives the net and plays physically with the puck more than I thought he would. Still excited to eventually see him get a crack at the second or third line in a few years.
You guys just signed Galiev today. I don't have a link or anything as proof but it came from Stanislav himself so I think the source is pretty good, don't know the deats yet but I'm sure it'll be posted in a bit
No he is not the real deal. Soft hands yes, good vision yes. But he is still developing physically. I saw him in camp last year. He was always dead last in his group during BB's bag skates. We'll see how he does this year. Needs to get stronger.
No he is not the real deal. Soft hands yes, good vision yes. But he is still developing physically. I saw him in camp last year. He was always dead last in his group during BB's bag skates. We'll see how he does this year. Needs to get stronger.
Yeah I don't know but I personally am not putting a lot of hope into Galiev becoming a regular for the Caps in the future. I love his story and he definitely has decent hands but I was not very impressed by his play in the Memorial Cup at all. For a guy who's hands are supposed to be his strongest feature he fumbled the puck and took a lot longer to control pucks than he should have a lot. He's got talent, a decent frame to grow into, and a great story so I hope I am wrong though.
No he is not the real deal. Soft hands yes, good vision yes. But he is still developing physically. I saw him in camp last year. He was always dead last in his group during BB's bag skates. We'll see how he does this year. Needs to get stronger.
He showed up to D.C. 3 weeks early to work with some players and the strength and conditioning coach to work on those things. He's 100% committed and with the skills he has I don't see how he won't make it.
No he is not the real deal. Soft hands yes, good vision yes. But he is still developing physically. I saw him in camp last year. He was always dead last in his group during BB's bag skates. We'll see how he does this year. Needs to get stronger.
You're right, we should write him off because he was last in a bag skate....
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George McPhee....The Teflon GM. 15 years of failure and counting....
6 - Number of playoff series the Capitals have won since George McPhee took over as General Manager in 1997 (which makes him the third-longest-tenured GM in the League), three of which came in McPhee's first season on the job.
Somewhere in the back corner of my mind the idea that we should give him 9 games on the Capitals this season before sending him back to junior is floating around. The Q season has already started, after all.
