SLAVA SCORES!!! Thrashers Knock Off Edmonton 3-2
by aaron b on Nov 15, 2009 9:52 PM EST
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Just some quick hit thoughts after this afternoons' game:
- A perfect 5 for five on the penalty kill jumps the Thrashers to fifth in the NHL (from eigth) with an 84.5% sucess rate. Truly amazing for a team that finished 29th last year with 76%. Sound fundamentals make all the difference.
Jump for more!
- Now why exactly the Thrashers had five minors is another subject entirely. I'm gonna go on record as saying the officiating was uneven, at best. We're trying to keep it on the classy tip here at BWA. I'm not taking anything away from the fact that the Thrashers weren't at their sharpest (i.e. Dustin Penner's second period goal),
- Johan Hedberg logged another solid 60 minutes in net, turning away 34 of 36 shots. I had a Swedish Fish Italian ice to celebrate. Johan Hedberg is NOT a fan of the trapezoid. Write this down. The 70/30 split with the Ondrej Pavelec/Hedberg tandem seems to be working very well. Ondrej doesn't feel the entire burden of being a number one, while Moose gets enough time to stay sharp.
- Slava "Not Viktor" Kozlov scored, and you can see it here:
Very pretty.
- Maxim Afinogenov also scored a very pretty goal. Now, where do I remember reading some far-sighted hockey blogger mentioning a possible career revival for Max in Atlanta?
Bah, I don't know. It's not important...
/imapunk
- Last thing for tonight:
HC Johnny Anderson is growin a Fu.
Yes, I too was disbelieving at first, but I have found visual confirmation.
Let’s go to the telestrator:
This is a screen grab from John Anderson post-game presser this afternoon. The outline of a classic Fu Manchu mustache can clearly be seen around the upper lip and side-of-mouth areas, like so:
Once this Fu Manchu is complete, his power shall be unstoppable.
Or it's just a goatee, and we're all doomed.
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How Is Zach Bogosian Defensively?
It seems like if he were decent, his offense prowess would make him more of a phenom at 19. Is there a lot of hype that I’m missing or am I missing his flaws?
He still makes the young guy type of mistakes. I’ve seen him be out of position, allowing a goal; he took a high stick yesterday and just kind of laid on the ice waiting for the call, which could be a dangerous thing. Once he gets those things out from under him, it’ll be really hard to have any complaints about him at all. “Bogosian = star” is absolutely true.
Being a Thrashers fan - it's kind of like being punk rock in a hick town.
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Bogosian plays for the Thrashers, thus the lack of hype. When ATL comes up , Bogo gets plenty o’ props.
Bogosian
If Bogosian continues on his current curve, and stays healthy, he’ll be among the most talked about defensemen in the league by 2015. Think of guys like Pronger, Blake, Neidermeyer, Gonchar, Lidstrom. He’s 19. NHL defensemen can’t play defense until they’re 23 or so. It just takes so long to get it. So, give him four or five years to develop his d game.
We’ve always talked about getting a true #1 defenseman, and that you can’t trade for them, etc. Well, his name is Zach, and he needs to get locked in to a contract that ends when he’s 108 years old.
what about TOBY?
tobe enstrom, who just turned 25, has more points than bogosian and has been excellent defensively since making the team. I think Toby gets much less publicity than he deserves.
funny you mention Toby
…we’ll be speaking of our favorite Swedish defenseman shortly
Being a Thrashers fan - it's kind of like being punk rock in a hick town.
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Enstrom gets so little attention for the same reason that he deserves so much attention: When a guy plays solid defense, he disappears. A defenseman is like punctuation. When it’s right, no one notices. When it’s wrong, it really stands, out. We’ve come to expect the performance that Enstrom gives each game, so what’s really left to discuss? Call me when he pots 30 goals or lets his man get away from him and score a goal. That would be news.
i call you when he gets 60 points
its not just solid defense though. he also has 12 pts in 17 games which currently puts him at pace for between 55-60 points (same as mike green 2 yrs ago e.g.). as he continues to play point with kovy on the pp, reaching that number is highly probable. the reason why he’s flying under the radar in that department is for several reasons some of which include the thrashers dont get any publicity by the nhl (no nationally televised games and sportscasters that never talk about them) and toby was a very late pick who quietly entered the nhl when the likes of zhitnik and klee were flailing around getting beat on every play. if it was just the defense, then i would agree with you. guys like greg zanon or mike mottau (+24 last year, but youve prolly barely heard of him) dont get any publicity. but i think its time people start looking at the points toby is silently amassing and give him some swedish props.
by dennylambert!! on Nov 17, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
i dunno about toby reaching 55-60, but swedish props are on the way.
and there shall be no besmirching of the fleet-footed ken klee herein!
…he did the best he could.
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In other news
Good play as of late has us at 9th in the league in the most recent TSN power rankings.
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