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Originally Posted by teggy604
A few games ago EP40 had two partial breakaways. One in the first and one in the third. Both times he was slow and decided to pass the puck back to Kane, and Garland. I was like wtf. The guy has no quickness. All top guys a few quick strikes and you would have a clear breakaway with a chance of scoring or a juicy rebound in which Kane might have gotten since he was full speed behind.
I remembered Boeser had a horrible plus minus last year as well. He was scoring but also being scored on when he was on the ice. With Sherwood he is scoring and that what Canucks need. Without him I think Canucks are below .500. The game against the Blues where he got a hatty. He was the only one scoring and it was not EP40 setting him up because he had zero points that game.
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I'm not trying to outright defend EP40, but it's not as simple as it looks on the surface at times. Of course he's not assisting on Sherwood's goals, he doesn't play with Sherwood.
As for quickness his footspeed is alright, it's not anywhere near McDavid... if you're seeing anyone struggle to break loose on a partial you need to consider what part of his shift a player is on? I mean... I've played my fair share of hockey, I ain't slowing down on purpose for anything resembling a breakaway... but if I'm out of gas, I'm out of gas.