E.L. wrote:
Emelin gets a lot of flack, but the truth is if he's the biggest problem on this team, then it means we have a pretty good team. He pushed around Crosby tonight and iced the game with his first goal of the season. Gilbert is also a misunderstood player; he was sensational tonight.
I was one of the first to start the Emelin tirade, but I agree with this statement. Plenty of very good teams compete with an Emelin on their roster.
A year ago the Habs had this as their D:
Gorges - Subban
Markov - Emelin
Bouillon - Diaz
Murray
Gorges was a 4/5 D playing on the top pair, Emelin a depth D playing on the second pair, Diaz is a 7D this year, Bouillon and Murray are out of the NHL. When they put Markov-Subban together last year they had a second pair of Gorges-Diaz.
It was a really, really bad D. There were problems everywhere.
This is a very good roster, but you also have to realize that this year it's been an extraordinarily healthy roster. A couple of minor injuries allowed the team to be better (Eller out made Galchenyuk into the top line C, Allen/Weaver injuries put Beaulieu into a regular, potential top 4 option). The minor injuries gave opporutnities to guys who were waiting behind vets and the team doesn't seem to be looking back now that they have all their players again.
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