Comments on: Johnson, on his injury

By: What's the frequency, Kenneth?

What's the frequency, Kenneth? — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:11:28 +0000

…and where did all these sock-puppets no one’s ever seen come from all of a sudden?

By: What's the frequency, Kenneth?

What's the frequency, Kenneth? — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:09:38 +0000

“JJ will be an elite defenseman, but it won’t come as easily as it does for DD.”

JJ might be a good defenseman, if he continues learning how to play defense.

By: What's the frequency, Kenneth?

What's the frequency, Kenneth? — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:08:27 +0000

Please don’t compare JJ to DD, because it’s not favorable. DD was better, all the way around, his first day on the ice, than JJ is now.

By: GreyPaws

GreyPaws — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:34:32 +0000

JJ is a good D-man, crisp breakout passes, mostly stick to stick, i remember being at games (his first season) where it seemed like he was the only one who could make a pass out of our own zone

sides wasn’t he the one who said “they cant score if they are on their *** ” solid old school attitude.

By: Dominick

Dominick — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:23:41 +0000

JJ is already a great D-man.Prone to a few mistakes probably,but well worth our investment in him.It’s a little unfair to compare him to someone else like DD unless you hold everyone else to the same standard.Their two totally different players,on two totally different paths.If some young player outshines DD do you say DD isn’t developing properly.JJ is ahead of scedule.What DD does has no baring on JJ,and the same the other way.

By: SafariChecker

SafariChecker — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:59:18 +0000

Met JJ at Tip a King. Wanted to take a picture with him in the penalty box, and asked him to pout with me. He did, only my friend took a really blurry picture. About $15 later, he was still pouting with me and very nice. I do like Jack more than RJ at this point–we need him in shoot outs and I love his shot too.

By: Nitrohockey

Nitrohockey — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:41:50 +0000

Keenan nailed it. This is comparing apples to oranges. DD is those once in a blue moon type guys. JJ will be an elite defenseman, but it won’t come as easily as it does for DD. Add to that I think DD has had far more grooming as a true defenseman than JJ has. Directly comparing the two is sort of like asking why every center from Brantford isn’t Wayne Gretzky.

By: Mickey Keenan

Mickey Keenan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:12:03 +0000

One thing to note that someone mentioned.. over the last few years DD has played a lot more games than JJ at the elite level. Due to injuries, and the college schedule being shorter, I did a quick comparison. DD has played in 352 games (not including world Jrs.) and JJ has been in 246.

I know JJ is older, but 100 games is a lot of development that is missing. I think JJ is going to a damn good Dman, and some games he shows it… but I think we probably won’t see consistency until next year

By: Dan H.

Dan H. — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:03:24 +0000

I had Craig Johnson/Adam Deadmarsh flashbacks only it’s nowhere near as serious.

By: variable

variable — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:49:38 +0000

it’s unbelievably ironic on soooo many levels…

- calling out one of the most respected posters
- it’s not like the advice or opinion B is giving is off-base or couldn’t be a logical scenario…
- he takes a stab of someone’s opinion about having an opinon…with an opinion of his own…which is far greater in value than B’s opinion…because ABIRDE’s opinion is that…:

“It’s the low arm on the stick, which is the hyper extended arm when he shoots – that’s why he’s not shooting. Goodness! Easy peasy. He won’t miss a game – but if TM keeps him out, it will only be for ONE.”

well…so glad a first-time poster (i’m guessing) corrected B…which is pretty much what was already stated…?

you spin me right round, baby, right round…

it’s all about spin…i guess…