The offensive/defensive Dman debate to me makes a bit more sense when you look at it in the context of other sports. Soccer is an interesting place to start, where the defense is on the field when you have the ball, but generally aren't expected to contribute much outside of set pieces. A good fullback will take away time and space, but also knows how to control the ball and start the team the other way. A mediocre fullback looks to just clear the ball, either upfield with a 50/50 ball or out of bounds (aka just exit the zone or ice the puck). An offensive Dman is more like a mid-fielder. They are expected to do similar defensive plays minus covering the breakout plays (similar to pinching in the offensive zone putting yourself out of position for a breakaway). The expectation for offense out of the midfielder is so much greater that for some the offensive contribution is more important than the defensive. Could probably look at forwards the same way, with the ability for maybe 1 to be a goal scoring princess, but the rest need to contribute at least marginally both ways with Centers being the offensively focused midfielders. I hope GMs play a game asking themselves if they could build a 4-4-2 or if they have a 5-1-4 they need to round out.
*Football defense is only similar to the goalie, in so much that their stats don't even track offensive numbers. Similarly pitchers in baseball.
Wanted to read something insightful about Stars prospects and ended up going down the Norwegian timezone-less rabbit hole...
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The offensive/defensive Dman debate to me makes a bit more sense when you look at it in the context of other sports. Soccer is an interesting place to start, where the defense is on the field when you have the ball, but generally aren't expected to contribute much outside of set pieces. A good fullback will take away time and space, but also knows how to control the ball and start the team the other way. A mediocre fullback looks to just clear the ball, either upfield with a 50/50 ball or out of bounds (aka just exit the zone or ice the puck). An offensive Dman is more like a mid-fielder. They are expected to do similar defensive plays minus covering the breakout plays (similar to pinching in the offensive zone putting yourself out of position for a breakaway). The expectation for offense out of the midfielder is so much greater that for some the offensive contribution is more important than the defensive. Could probably look at forwards the same way, with the ability for maybe 1 to be a goal scoring princess, but the rest need to contribute at least marginally both ways with Centers being the offensively focused midfielders. I hope GMs play a game asking themselves if they could build a 4-4-2 or if they have a 5-1-4 they need to round out.
*Football defense is only similar to the goalie, in so much that their stats don't even track offensive numbers. Similarly pitchers in baseball.
That's a great analogy.
As a Damiani meme enjoyer, why do you say hes not coming back? Looking average in AHL?
Yep. The offensive touch is nowhere to be found. He plays with pace; just not much confidence when he has on the puck on his stick.
Watched Freshman George Fegaras RHD Cornell vs. UMDuluth Fri. & Sat. on ESPN Plus ...... Looked very good IMO
Ayrton Martino LW at Clarkson also showing some promise
I hope so. Dallas could use good prospects not named Hunter.