Alot of B's fans already hate hime because of the incident with the woman 7-8 years back. I have also heard things like he is a D-bag and a locker room cancer. Can you shed any light on these perceptions?
There have been ZERO indications of Corvo being a D-bag and locker room cancer. If you remember, the Canes traded him to Washington at the deadline 2 years ago, but re-signed him at the end of the season. No way that would have happened if he was a cancer.
Thats good to know. I should correct myself I "heard" on the Bruins board that he was a D-bag and a clubhouse cancer. Other than being reminded by the trade of his off field issue a few years back I have no preconcieved notions on his character.
Thats good to know. I should correct myself I "heard" on the Bruins board that he was a D-bag and a clubhouse cancer. Other than being reminded by the trade of his off field issue a few years back I have no preconcieved notions on his character.
Locker room cancer no and he's not a D-bag. He is a quiet guy though. Having a conversation with him is like pulling teeth.
I wouldn't question his character at all. That will be the least of your concerns. He should do well in Boston since they won't need him to be their top pairing guy like he was here. We had Corvo ES, PP, and PK, it was just way too much for him.
I think both teams got what they wanted. Both guys have their issues on the ice, but each team filled a need, IMHO.
You'll get a variety of responses on Corvo...but some of it is overblown, some of it is right on.
He is a very good skater, in excellent shape and has a great shot (although could hit the net more often). His skating ability makes up for mistakes he might make. He isn't physical at all and when playing excessive minutes is prone to mental mistakes. There were times last year when he was very solid, and times when he looked like he didn't care (maybe it was fatigue).
I think he will do well in Boston. In Carolina, he had to play a lot of minutes (including PK), but in Boston he should be playing more like #4 minutes and only PP. This should mitigate his mental errors.
I agree. I think the Boston situation could make him appear a lot better than he is. He will likely get 19-21 mins per night with a lot of PP time built in. We have Chara and Seids to eat up 25 mins + per night.
If he can repeat his offensive numbers in the fewer minutes this deal is a good one for us. Its one year...fairly reasonable money so little downside.
If you guys can get Corvo between 19-21 a night and keep him off the PK you'll be fine. IIRC he did pretty well with Seidenberg for a brief period.
Biggest scouting report I can give you is that he's a good skater, especially breaking out of the zone, and has the shot to be a good trigger man on the point. Only issue is that he hesitates a lot so a lot of the shots either end up going wide or into a PKers shinpads. Those that don't usually end up in the back of the net.
The biggest point about Joe Corvo is his mental fragility. He's tougher on his own game than anybody else could ever be and even if he's getting something of a free pass by the media and coaches, he'll put himself in some kind of shame spiral and allow a few bad games to become a bad month. Once he has another good game though it works the same way. He'll have a good one and then follow it up with ten more. It's a pretty vicious cycle with Corvo because you want the good version to show up more and you want to be able to back him up, but he's INCREDIBLY introverted. In fact he's so shy and quiet that if he were European then people would constantly bag on him for being weak and intimidated by the game. Since he's American he escapes that branding for the most part and people just see him for being the shy person that he is without getting insane about it.
He's very crafty in the defensive zone with his skating and at times he does hold on to the puck too long when trying to make decisions. He HATES carrying the puck up the ice and making the first pass despite being pretty good at it. That is one thing that Bruins fans should watch for is that he will almost always make his partner make the entry pass except when it's deadly obvious he has to make the play. He isn't a big fan of pressure to perform and he likes to operate quietly and play a quiet game despite being an explosive skater with a howitzer for a shot. He doesn't like physical contact and will bail on plays that require him to take hits unless the situation is drastic. He would rather use his skating to circle back than give up the body to make a strong outlet play or clear the zone on the kill.
Offensively, frustrating would be the word that I would most commonly use for him. He has the tools to be a consistent 15 goal scorer from the back end but his decision making is suspect and he has trouble knowing what time to just get the puck on net and what time to wind up a full slapper. He falls in love with his shot quite a bit too. Instead of making the safe play and punching a shot through a lane or wristing it on net, he'll hold the puck and want for lanes to materialize where he can get a slapper through. The 5 on 3 is too much pressure for him to handle usually and he gets paralyzed out there by too many choices. Not an ideal point man for the powerplay other than his measurables like his shot and his foot speed, but mentally he has weaknesses that cause a delay from his brain to his stick.
I can't count the number of times this year that Corvo missed the net high with a slap shot and cleared out our own PP. With as much troubled as we had getting the zone last year, that was a BFD for our chances to score there.
Corvo's biggest off-ice flaw is the lack of filter between his brain and his mouth. He wear's his heart on his sleeve, and is quick to say the first thing that pops into his mind.....good or bad.
If there's one thing I've learned from Bruin fans, it's that because Corvo played 25 minutes a night here, he must be good defensively.
I suppose they're ignoring the fact Kaberle was doing the same thing for the Leafs when they acquired them.
Um, no. That tells us that he was forced to play big minutes because he was on a team that didn't have a very good season and had a thin blue line. That won't be a problem for him in Boston.
JR quoted as saying Corvo made the request very softly, on the basis of evaluating his career direction.
I think Joe saw how the Canes dealt with Cole, realized he wasn't going to cash in on his own UFA status next summer, and asked to go somewhere that he may have more of a chance to strike gold. I doubt it had anything to do with wanting to win a Cup. He said it himself ... his *career* direction. He knows the Canes aren't going to negotiate an extension during the season, and he knows they're not going to give him a long-term deal just because he asks for it. He saw the Canes offering under market-value deals (and having players sign them) and didn't want the same thing happening to him next summer.
I'm surprised Corvo was the guy to go for a lot of reasons. He was one of the few who took JR's mid-season lecture to value your days in the league to heart and his play improved because of it. He's on a reasonable, expiring contract, and he seemed to be well-liked in the room.
But having said all that, I won't miss him. He was misused here (then again, who isn't) and maybe I'd miss him more if he played 19-21 minutes and wasn't always paired with Pitkanen. Regardless, our hockey IQ on defense just went up 50 points.
Um, no. That tells us that he was forced to play big minutes because he was on a team that didn't have a very good season and had a thin blue line. That won't be a problem for him in Boston.
We agree. I think you better tell one of your fellow Bruin's fan who wrote this on the main board trade thread:
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i think the point is Corvo is doing more right if he's getting more ice time than Kaberle
that's where Anton Bomb's tongue in cheek comment came from.
Well, that and the page and a half argument I read on their board's Corvo thread stating essentially the same thing. Bringing up the fact Corvo was "6th in icetime" without context is useless.
And speaking of Seidenberg, they were teammates for a year and a half so he'll know at least someone on the Bruins.
Went to the cup finals with Chris Kelly as teammate in 2007 as well. Chiarelli was technically still working for the Senators when they signed Joe, as well. But seeing as Chia had already, perhaps illegally, recruited Chara & Savard to Boston, I doubt Chia had any say in who they brought in to take Chara's spot on the blueline.
For all of the disappointment that came with Kaberle in Boston (losing 2 valuable assets plus a 2nd round pick) and the PP still languishing, I liked Tomas in his brief time. Despite the PP getting worse, he has a knack for keeping the puck in the offensive zone, making fast passes to his d-partner that other players would get intercepted, and in general being a good teammate who seemed very happy to be a part of a magical run. Don't think they win the cup without him, but you can say that about just about every Bruin. It was the ultimate team victory in the ultimate team sport.
It will be nice to see him put up his usual numbers on the Canes. I've always thought Corvo and his contract would be a nice fit on the Bruins, but so many posters have told me it would never happen because of the incident. Proves that this is a business and posters here consistently make ridiculous definitive statements that are often proven false (which brings me joy to no end)
that he was a D-bag and a clubhouse cancer. Other than being reminded by the trade of his off field issue a few years back I have no preconcieved notions on his character.
