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Post by abc on Nov 5, 2008 16:24:53 GMT -4
Well, now that we've had time to see Matt Lahey at work, was it a good decision to bring him in as a 20 year-old FA, thereby replacing Biduke? Personally, I think it was. Biduke had perhaps better hands around the net, but Lahey is better suited to fit Danny Flynn's hard working expectations.
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Post by SteveUL on Nov 5, 2008 16:28:02 GMT -4
Lahey ... he gets better every game and is starting to show some grit. I was never a big Biduke fan ... didn't like his skating style ... work ethic ... and fake fights.  Although I think Biduke can play in the Q ... and help somebody. |
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Post by hockey1981 on Nov 5, 2008 16:29:45 GMT -4
I'll have to agree I think Lahey is a better fit right now then Biduke would be. Although i'm not sure if Lahey will be here after Xmas tho.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Nov 5, 2008 16:30:11 GMT -4
Biduke is the better player, but he had to go due to off ice/dressing room issues. The team is better with Leahy...maybe we upgrade him to a skill d-man at midseason.
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Post by bois on Nov 5, 2008 16:34:03 GMT -4
where did Biduke end up? is he playing anywhere right now?
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Post by hockey1981 on Nov 5, 2008 16:34:07 GMT -4
You gotta give Lahey credit tho. He's playing currently on 3rd/4th line, doesn't play as much as he wants. No PP time or PK time. He gives an effort every shift he gets and doesn't complain about his icetime. Unlike Biduke, after he returned from Injury, he was placed on the 4th line and he "sulked" all game and the next day he was gone.
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Post by hockey1981 on Nov 5, 2008 16:34:48 GMT -4
where did Biduke end up? is he playing anywhere right now? I don't think he's playing anywheres right now, I could be wrong tho. |
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Post by ontariohockeyfan on Nov 6, 2008 22:13:00 GMT -4
This player Matt Lahey you picked up as a OA from the OHL (Ottawa) this kid can play the game only problem he has a tendancy of getting injured.If he can stay sound he will help to get to the Memorial Cup (Rimouski).Looks like your coach Danny Flynn did his homework on this player.Great pick up.As for the OHL looks like a one team race Windsor Spitfires are for real.Groomed there team from the Mark Hunter Book of Sucess.London could give them a run but unfortunally it will not be the OHL final as they are in the same conference.Good luck for the rest of the year and hopefully your team nakes it to the big dance (Memorial Cup ).
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ronmac
Blue-Chip Prospect
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Post by ronmac on Nov 7, 2008 6:03:49 GMT -4
Biduke is the better player, but he had to go due to off ice/dressing room issues. The team is better with Leahy...maybe we upgrade him to a skill d-man at midseason. I think Lahey will be the better all around player, plays a much more physical game than Biduke, and I also think the kid can score if given the chance Flynn is starting to experiment more and more with Lahey  |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Nov 7, 2008 9:10:55 GMT -4
Biduke is the better player, but he had to go due to off ice/dressing room issues. The team is better with Leahy...maybe we upgrade him to a skill d-man at midseason. I think Lahey will be the better all around player, plays a much more physical game than Biduke, and I also think the kid can score if given the chance Flynn is starting to experiment more and more with Lahey Huh? More physical? I don't think we are talking about the same 2 players. Leahy is soft. Biduke was much more physical, even last year when he wasn't in great shape. |
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Post by SteveUL on Nov 7, 2008 9:11:46 GMT -4
This player Matt Lahey you picked up as a OA from the OHL (Ottawa) this kid can play the game only problem he has a tendancy of getting injured.If he can stay sound he will help to get to the Memorial Cup (Rimouski).Looks like your coach Danny Flynn did his homework on this player.Great pick up.As for the OHL looks like a one team race Windsor Spitfires are for real.Groomed there team from the Mark Hunter Book of Sucess.London could give them a run but unfortunally it will not be the OHL final as they are in the same conference.Good luck for the rest of the year and hopefully your team nakes it to the big dance (Memorial Cup ). Lahey left the bench early in our last game after being taken down behind the Halifax net. He got up slowly and headed right to the dressing room ... with about 2:30 left on the clock in the 3rd. He was obviously hurt ... but I have no idea if it will result in him missing games. |
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Post by SteveUL on Nov 7, 2008 9:19:13 GMT -4
I think Lahey will be the better all around player, plays a much more physical game than Biduke, and I also think the kid can score if given the chance Flynn is starting to experiment more and more with Lahey Huh? More physical? I don't think we are talking about the same 2 players. Leahy is soft. Biduke was much more physical, even last year when he wasn't in great shape. Do we watch the same games ? Biduke was soft and lazy ... but Flynn did get him to step up his work ethic and physical play ... but it took awhile. Lahey shows more grit ... and showing better and better work ethic every game ... and is already more physical. If Lahey was given more icetime I think he'd put up better numbers than Biduke did last year. One thing I note about Lahey ... he knows how to bury his chances. If Biduke didn't have a scoring touch I'd have much rather had Eastman back ... in the preseason. Now that I see how well our D plays I find Eastman was not needed ... but guys like Jodoin and Demitruk were unknowns at the time. Jodoin wasn't even part of the conversation since we drafted him as a forward. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Nov 7, 2008 9:44:34 GMT -4
Huh? More physical? I don't think we are talking about the same 2 players. Leahy is soft. Biduke was much more physical, even last year when he wasn't in great shape. Do we watch the same games ? Biduke was soft and lazy ... but Flynn did get him to step up his work ethic and physical play ... but it took awhile. Lahey shows more grit ... and showing better and better work ethic every game ... and is already more physical. If Lahey was given more icetime I think he'd put up better numbers than Biduke did last year. One thing I note about Lahey ... he knows how to bury his chances. If Biduke didn't have a scoring touch I'd have much rather had Eastman back ... in the preseason. Now that I see how well our D plays I find Eastman was not needed ... but guys like Jodoin and Demitruk were unknowns at the time. Jodoin wasn't even part of the conversation since we drafted him as a forward. Leahy has good size and skills but I wouldn't associate him with the word grit in any way, shape or form. Biduke's problem last year was he was out of shape because he played Jr.B for like 3 months before he got here. This year he showed up in shape and he was skating much better and kept up the physical game, he was a bit snakebitten in terms of goals, but I'm sure that would have come. The issues that led him out of town are not related to his on ice play, you don't know what you are talking about and trying to make up the story. |
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Post by SteveUL on Nov 7, 2008 9:52:41 GMT -4
Do we watch the same games ? Biduke was soft and lazy ... but Flynn did get him to step up his work ethic and physical play ... but it took awhile. Lahey shows more grit ... and showing better and better work ethic every game ... and is already more physical. If Lahey was given more icetime I think he'd put up better numbers than Biduke did last year. One thing I note about Lahey ... he knows how to bury his chances. If Biduke didn't have a scoring touch I'd have much rather had Eastman back ... in the preseason. Now that I see how well our D plays I find Eastman was not needed ... but guys like Jodoin and Demitruk were unknowns at the time. Jodoin wasn't even part of the conversation since we drafted him as a forward. Leahy has good size and skills but I wouldn't associate him with the word grit in any way, shape or form. Biduke's problem last year was he was out of shape because he played Jr.B for like 3 months before he got here. This year he showed up in shape and he was skating much better and kept up the physical game, he was a bit snakebitten in terms of goals, but I'm sure that would have come. The issues that led him out of town are not related to his on ice play, you don't know what you are talking about and trying to make up the story. I'm not trying to make up any story ... just stating my opinion. You aren't watching Lahey if you don't find him grittier than Biduke. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Nov 7, 2008 9:57:56 GMT -4
Leahy has good size and skills but I wouldn't associate him with the word grit in any way, shape or form. Biduke's problem last year was he was out of shape because he played Jr.B for like 3 months before he got here. This year he showed up in shape and he was skating much better and kept up the physical game, he was a bit snakebitten in terms of goals, but I'm sure that would have come. The issues that led him out of town are not related to his on ice play, you don't know what you are talking about and trying to make up the story. I'm not trying to make up any story ... just stating my opinion. You aren't watching Lahey if you don't find him grittier than Biduke. I have and so has the coaching staff. Why do you think Leahy is a 20 year old on the 3rd or 4th line? It's not for lack of skill. Biduke was 1st line last year and played 1st or 2nd before they let him go. Why do you think that is? |
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Although I think Biduke can play in the Q ... and help somebody.
