Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Oh My Bob episode, on ahead depth market, gamers who can play a heavy sport, and the demand there will likely be.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “And the opposite factor too, Jeff, I’m additionally listening to is that it’s additionally going to be an excellent marketplace for depth forwards who can play a number of locations in your lineup and play that form of heavy hockey playoff sport.
Dakota Joshua I feel is the poster baby for that. But in addition the likes of Jordan Martinook, Stefan Noesen, William Provider, these sorts of gamers, I’ve heard there’s a, there’s a giant demand for that kind of man.
So the defenseman and the heavy, moveable ahead who can go up and down your lineup, seems like a whole lot of them are going to do fairly nicely.
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Marek: “You realize, it’s actually fascinating, Elliotte, you understand, we’re in an period proper now in hockey the place everyone can skate. Just like the one factor like doesn’t matter what stage you go to, like junior hockey, division one, youth hockey, minor hockey, no matter. One of many issues, like on the high stage of of all these varied ranges of hockey, one of many stuff you discover is the unhealthy skaters are all gone.
You realize, like as soon as upon a time, like there are a few guys who might actually skate on the staff after which a few good skaters and some unhealthy ones as nicely, however they’ll nonetheless combine them with the staff. By and huge, all of the unhealthy skaters are gone.
Such as you look within the NHL. All people can skate. All people can shoot. Everybody can play-make. Individuals can defend. Like all of it. It actually does really feel and you understand, you understand, mentioning just like the Noesen’s and Joshua’s and Martinook’s, that the pendulum has form of swung again in a sure method.
Now that there’s a leveling of the taking part in area to some extent, by means of potential. it’s nearly like groups are saying to everyone on the market, ‘Okay, now everybody can skate. Now everybody can shoot. Now everybody can play. What else are you able to give us?’
And it appears as if that intangible that everyone is on the lookout for, and once more, I simply acquired again from the Mix yesterday and what does everybody on the lookout for outdoors of, you understand, ability? They’re on the lookout for snarl and so they’re on the lookout for some toughness and so they’re on the lookout for gamers that may play that, as you place it, heavy sport within the playoffs.
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It does really feel very a lot as if that’s now turn out to be this one a lot desired intangible within the NHL proper now, now that everyone can play and everybody the, the taking part in area is leveled out somewhat bit extra.”
