It was something like "No one touched me. I could have had a coup of coffee in front of the goal. In the NHL I would have expected a cross check in the back of my head"
Duchene would've gotten two secondary assists today if it wasn't for Timrå defencemen fanning on the puck, failing to clear it, with Brunnström being Johnny on the spot getting the puck to Stålberg twice. Both plays leading up to Stålberg's goals were orchestrated by Duchene.
Great game by Duchene and Stålberg today. I haven't seen Matt play much before. Does he have the same style in the NHL? Very talented and with nice moves but a bit lazy on the back check? He disappears in some games as well but he is also still adjusting to new players and big ice.
Yeah. Refs are horrible. FHC dominated pretty much the entire game and still end up with fewer PP opportunities. It's like they want to prove that they don't judge in favor of the big cities and then do the opposite or something. At least the BP seems to be working again.
Great atmosphere when Henrik came on the ice.
I hope Frölunda has the guts to keep playing the NHL guys when Olimb and Axelsson is back. That could make it a very talented team for the first three lines.
Was at the game. Duchene's line was the best offensive line of the game (No ****, all three goals), while Lundqvist's line was the most even. All the talk about the "nhl-line" doing all the work is nonsense!
Mr Duchene is still a bit off positionally given the larger ice and took a lot of beating including one major hit. He still needs a few games to get used to the new ice surface and tactics used on it.
He did say though that he and Stålberg spoke before the game and decided to "play their game" instead of trying to adapting to the Swedish style and it obviously worked, specially at the last goal which was a typical Nhl-style goal.
Awesome game for the Frölunda fans, happy to have him here!
Avs_19 - while it may seem that some of us have an overly negative point of view of his play recently, I think with Duchene its not so much the fact that he's struggled of late as young player, but moreso the way in which he's struggled. What troubles me is seeing a player of his caliber look lost out on the ice, out of position on the backcheck and predictable/easily contained on the attack due to a poor sense of how to use his teammates. Similarly its troubling to see a young player fail to improve on his particular weaknesses over the course of 3 seasons.
I still have high hopes for the kid and really want him to put it all together, but I do think there's some cause for concern until proven otherwise.
Avs_19 - while it may seem that some of us have an overly negative point of view of his play recently, I think with Duchene its not so much the fact that he's struggled of late as young player, but moreso the way in which he's struggled. What troubles me is seeing a player of his caliber look lost out on the ice, out of position on the backcheck and predictable/easily contained on the attack due to a poor sense of how to use his teammates. Similarly its troubling to see a young player fail to improve on his particular weaknesses over the course of 3 seasons.
I still have high hopes for the kid and really want him to put it all together, but I do think there's some cause for concern until proven otherwise.
And he has been defended time and time enough. Maybe people should stop complaining about him being criticized, most Avalanche fans seem glad enough to be on his side. When the NHL resumes, I hope he starts showing progress on his flaws.
Frolunda being shorthanded for almost a whole period seems a bit of a clue to me.
__________________ “It’s embarrassing. I’m embarrassed to be here right now. It’s not even funny. And it’s just embarrassing, the way we, you know, the energy we have in the room and the way we approach practices and the way we approach this game. It’s not how you’re going to win any games in this league." - Jean-Sebastien Giguere, April 8 2013
