Is the Owen Power hate deserved?
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Power seems lost. It's obvious. He has no physicality. Won't fight. Doesn't win puck battles. Doesn't have a hard shot from the point. I'm not sure what he brings game in and game out? Defend him all you want, he's not living up to 1st over all pick. Period.
I do not hate the guy. I hate the way he plays. 3 minutes in and you guys are justifying #25's lack of toughness. You are proclaiming that critics of #25 "don't like him because he won't hit". Guess what girls, NHL defenseman NEED to exert force. They NEED to clear the net. He's NOT putting up 70 points, which an NHL player had better be doing every year if he REFUSES to make contact. And even that isn't acceptable.
He hurts this team 10 times more than he helps it by not having an ounce of testosterone in him. Florida or any serious team wouldn't take him for free because he's so weak. And that idiot Adams paid him.
my answers a solid kinda
He deserves the hatred he's weak feeble mental mistakes poor hockey iq plays poor defensively and refuses to utilize his physique to play physical and aggressive Defence first second third its a priority ur not a forward maybe you need to change positions
He just needs to use his size to his advantage.
So Jonah. You don’t want to call people who don’t like Power dumb but then you spend ten minutes basically saying that if you criticize him you’re dumb.
I’m glad OP was so important to a 79 point team last year.
He makes extremely good passes.
Other than that he is as soft and unaware in his own zone as he can possibly be. Does he need to fight? No. Does he need to deliver bone crushing hits? No.
But does he need to box a big guy out near the net? Block a shot? Win a puck battle in the d zone? Not get absolutely lost on d? My argument would be yes.
The only reason for having him on the ice is to support a severely undermanned forward group. I just think we need more for 8 million bucks.
If that makes me a hater, guilty as charged.
He's soft, and not dominate in his own zone. He's like a 5th D man not a top 4
Deserved, mostly. He seems to have yet another case of a Sabres player looking like they would rather be anywhere else than on the ice for this team. I'm certain he could be elite, but his defensive play is visibly weak, and the metrics support that. Mind you, Dalhin and Byram have also been looking flimsy so far.
Honestly, I'd love to live in a world where there's a role change for Power. Put him on the wing or something just to see what happens when there are different expectations set on him.
Soft as tissue. Not enough of a point producer to make up for the lack of physical play
The complaint about OP is that he's a 1st Rd pick with high salary who is playing less than that, and doesn't show a Doan-like desire to play with more aggression. You don't have to cross-check, you don't have to fight to do that. He's weak in front of the net, and he doesn't block nearly as many shots as Dahlin or others. Simply put, he doesn't sacrifice his body as expected, which irks everyone.
OBVIOUSLY. This season he's the same defensively and has regressed offensively. Indecisive with the puck in the O-zone
So, Ahrens bros, a question for you: Do all the comments refuting your take on #25 make you rethink your position on the guy? Or are you going to stubbornly maintain he's a key player the team must keep, as he F's up repeatedly and helps the team lose?
OP played college hockey where physical play wasn’t part of his development AT ALL. That’s exactly who he is. He needs an NHL assistant coach like Craig Rivet to teach him at least to use his size ( NOT Marty Wilford obviously) and at least tie up sticks occasionally
I always stuck up for Power until this year, he is slow, soft, weak, just stinks this year. He’s rumored to have asked for a trade
don't hate him, but he's a hugger…not tough, useless, trade him
Dahlin has made major mistakes that led to goals immediately but you are right, if OP does it, it gets magnified so much by the fans. The kid is 22. Dahlin never started to even get good until 23/24yrs old. The one thing to OPs credit, he has had Dahlin to look at to improve his game. Dahlin had in his early years, Miller, Ristolinen, McCabe, Scandella, none of these guys were stand out superstars that he could take good parts of their game and add to his own. The hitting just isn't OP, but that doesn't make him a bad player. He just has to clean up the details of his mind for the game.