Comments on: Did Corey Potter win himself a job?

By: chucker

chucker — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:39:23 +0000

Agreed Dawgtoy. Pecks is getting the wrath of many right now. For anyone who has played D at a high level, you will agree that lots of new bodies on the blue line are more challenging for a defenseman than the average forward. The defensemen also have to learn which new forward combos they can count on in certain situations. This takes a while. I say Pecks is re-learning the tendencies of his old and new teammates. He will be fine.

As for Potter, I am not surprised that a guy who has been around on other teams in their minors is also a really good NHL level defender. I would feel comfortable in saying there are lots of them out there, but the lose out due to contracts and roster size and contract number limits. Most go to Europe but this Potter kid has done it all. Remember Allen Rourke? Super solid stay at home guy who could play on most clubs if all the wanted was capable and sound defensive defenseman, but just got to an age where he was better off to go to Europe. I think this happens a lot because teams do not wantnto let D-men go as they are so valuable, so some lose out due to new guys coming in and established players staying put. Seems to be the case here.

By: oilinblood

oilinblood — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:54:29 +0000

i thought petry looked pretty good for his experience level. now he can go get big minutes again in the A and be ready for a call up. things like the simple and utter embarassment of a whole team collapsing out of fear of a crap offense team… show that we need to get some confidence and that might come with eliminating some rookies like petry. mind you he was far removed from the farce last night.

ive never seen a team so afraid of such a pathetic offense. collapse collapse collapse? its calgary. stand them up. worst team offense in the league imo.

i thought the performance was gutless. we still have the “we are losers ‘ mindset. there is no way that offense beats an nhl team unless they run around worried and scared.
hopefully a lesson learned. we are a better team than them. plain and simple.

hopefully we renney kicked their asses a bit about the show of lack of confidence and self respect and that we move on a stronger team.
i would have rather been beaten 10-1 than collapse to a calgary bantam level offense.

By: dawgtoy

dawgtoy — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:34:46 +0000

With the strong play of Potter ,and the return of Whitney, things hopefully are looking up defensively. Hopefully Teddy can rediscover his game soon as well. I just pray for the team to remain healthy, that is the single factor that can make or break this team.

By: Racki

Racki — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:19:46 +0000

Jeff Petry has indeed been re-assigned to the Barons now.