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Do You Consider Derek Morris A #2 Dman?
by Paul on 07/26/09 at 05:30 PM ET
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from James Murphy at NESN,
Both Chiarelli and head coach Claude Julien have stressed the importance of a quick transition game, mobility and that first defensive pass out of the zone. And with the addition of Morris, Chiarelli believes he has completed his plan of putting together a blue line that excels in those areas. Despite losing some physical presence with the trade of Aaron Ward and departure of Shane Hnidy, Chiarelli thinks Morris can bring the right combination of skill and size and maybe even join captain Zdeno Chara on the club’s top defensive pairing.
“We feel we’ve added a No. 2 defenseman to our mix,” said Chiarelli. “We feel we’ve upgraded. He’s a guy who brings more skill to our lineup. He can retrieve pucks, he can get to pucks and he can compete. I really like the makeup of our defense now.
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depends on what team he’s on
Posted by DrW from Royal Oak, MI on 07/26/09 at 07:56 PM ET
He’s an underrated player, especially defensively. He’ll probably standout on a good team.
Phoenix gave him a lot of the difficult duties there and he didn’t get beaten up too badly in terms of plus-minus.
Posted by James Mirtle from Toronto on 07/26/09 at 08:20 PM ET
Derek Morris has caused me nothing but hockey pool grief. No matter how hard I try to avoid him, I always end up in a late round thinking he is a great pick.
And I never, never learn.
Posted by Armchair Hockey Pools from Victoria, BC on 07/26/09 at 11:24 PM ET
No.
Posted by Jim Shorts from The ghetto's of Guam on 07/27/09 at 01:13 AM ET
He’s a good #3 and a great #4….this makes the Bruins D better. However if it ends up being Ward and Kessel for the sake of Morris I don’t think the team is any better. They won the Eastern Conference with the D they had so this really isn’t necessary until the playoffs. They could have waited and got a top Dman at the trade deadline
Posted by kevin from boston on 07/27/09 at 08:22 AM ET
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good 3rd or 4th dmen. He is for sure better than redden.
Posted by Oilers Rock from Edmonton, Alberta on 07/26/09 at 07:19 PM ET