Quote (Crispers @ Mar 26 2013 08:27pm)
Ballard is all over the place lol, he's a forward and defender regardless of his position.
He's playing defence when he's supposed to be breaking out lol ... wtf is going on
He did that today for some reason lol... that early shift when Tanev had to switch to being a winger to compensate was hilarious.
He was better at it in the two previous games he had. But what can you do when you're depleted by injuries, we have an entire second line on the shelf.
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IMO, we shouldn't be looking for a third-line center at the deadline but instead a second-line right winger to play with Schroeder and Raymond. These guys have shown great chemistry offensively and they are great defensively. When Kesler comes back he can play on the first powerplay unit but more of a shutdown role 5-on-5:
Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Raymond - Schroeder - ________
Higgins - Kesler - HansenWeise - Lapierre - Kassian
Hamhuis - Bieksa
Edler - Garrison
Ballard - Tanev
I wouldn't mind going for a rental player in that spot because next year Kassian and/or Jensen can contend for it even if we lose that guy to free agency.
That third line would be extremely tough to play against for other teams. They all work hard, they are all great defensively, plus they can obviously add offense.
This post was edited by LuLer on Mar 27 2013 02:35am