bob_sauve28 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Posted May 24, 2018 I thought Larsson was finding his game during the 2016-17 season prior to the arm injury. I think that affected him quite a bit this past year. I like to think with a proper off-season to train and not deal with an injury he could come back in October rejuvenated and ready to go. Larsson does some things real well. Good along the boards, back checks well, but if he can't score then he is just of not much use. When he started he was bad along the boards but scored some goals. I hope he can get that scoring touch back. Quote
inkman Posted May 24, 2018 Report Posted May 24, 2018 Larsson does some things real well. Good along the boards, back checks well, but if he can't score then he is just of not much use. When he started he was bad along the boards but scored some goals. I hope he can get that scoring touch back. Wasn't he getting 2nd line minutes and playing with top 6 personnel at that time? Quote
pi2000 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Posted May 24, 2018 Can't believe there are Larsson apologists. The guy is not an NHL player.... "he's good along the wall and back checks well"... yeah, so are several thousand players who aren't in the NHL. Quote
Randall Flagg Posted May 24, 2018 Report Posted May 24, 2018 Can't believe there are Larsson apologists. The guy is not an NHL player.... "he's good along the wall and back checks well"... yeah, so are several thousand players who aren't in the NHL. I don't see apologists. I see takes ranging from "He's bad, but is 2 skills away from being a good 4th liner" to "he was finding his game two years ago". Nobody's calling him an All Star, and nobody has even called him a decent hockey player. Quote
Doohicksie Posted May 24, 2018 Report Posted May 24, 2018 Eh. He's just bitter because we don't realize his obvious hockey brilliance. After all, he played college hockey. Quote
WildCard Posted May 24, 2018 Report Posted May 24, 2018 (edited) Eh. He's just bitter because we don't realize his obvious hockey brilliance. After all, he played college hockey. Larsson is objectively ass Edited May 24, 2018 by WildCard Quote
DarthEbriate Posted May 25, 2018 Report Posted May 25, 2018 (edited) Can't believe there are Larsson apologists. The guy is not an NHL player.... "he's good along the wall and back checks well"... yeah, so are several thousand players who aren't in the NHL. I'm a Larry Apologist! I like his leisure suits and that catchy theme song. For a couple seasons, Larsson was solid with Foligno and Gionta as a dependable 3rd line (definitely our most consistent line). He got under people's skin and tied Eichel for team lead in 2015-16 with 5 GWG. So… graded out as a B for what was expected of him. Since then, he's had a really awful arm injury (I'm not sure he fully recovered from that, he was not the same player last season) and a new system that emphasizes speed. He's definitely on his way out from our roster (Mittelstadt and Asplund will push him out this year... and of course Tavares), but he'll be fine as a 4C somewhere in the league for a few more seasons (depending on the arm). Not every team is overhauling just for speed. Let's go, Asplund! More like Larsson Or is it Larrson? Lars' son? No. We're stepbrothers. Edited May 25, 2018 by DarthEbriate Quote
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