Quote (dragoneth @ 30 Oct 2021 01:35)
so benning actully made a good trade :O
and honestly macewen has made some good defensive plays and while not great offensively hes made some pretty good 4th liners plays get in on the forecheck win the battle make a pass out front sorta deal
MacEwen's biggest problem was being bad defensively and his skating, it didn't really have to do with his offense. He struggles to win board battles, players smaller like Garland, Hoglander, PDG, Lockwood outmuscle him etc.
I guess he could be much better for your team, cuz there's a system while the Canucks are clueless af and trying to learn how to play hockey, but it still doesn't explain how these players did better than him while they played for the same team. Maybe he just needed a change of scenery.
His biggest asset is fighting, and he even managed to fuck that up by grabbing Schenn's visor and acted like he won the fight lol.
The trade is good for now, it's just risky as time goes by. The biggest piece was getting Garland, and locking him up to a cap friendly contract. OEL was the risk because of his long contract, but after watching him play, i think the next 5 yrs after this season won't be that bad. Maybe he will be Edler 2.0 when he's 36.
The problem right now is Green's questionable choices, like benching Garland to make an example out of the team..? Jason King trolling on the powerplay.. he finally mixed it up for next game, but Horvat and Miller are still on the same unit again. When they're the only reliable C's that can win draws on the dot.. etc.
At least the defense looks a lot better than last season, but the bar wasn't exactly that high last season lol.