Pokulok done for season?

[Q]KeithK Wrote:
Owens had screws inserted into his ankle five weeks ago. The guy is an absolute jerk, but he is a heck of a football player and showed it yesterday.[/q]

Despite perception, Owens is far from a jerk. His post-TD antics notwithstanding. There are lots of jerks in sports - he's not one of them by any stretch.

Disagree. Owens had a huge 30 yard catch on a 3rd and long at the New England 47, taking the ball all the way into the red zone. If it wasn't for a McNabb interception, that play was huge, but McNabb threw an interception. His 36 yard catch in the 4th quarter was a big play too, but then McNabb threw another interception. So basically what I'm saying is that those plays were huge at the time, but McNabb kinda negated them.

[Q]billhoward Wrote:
Don't let Lawrence Summers hear you say that.
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Bah! It'll just give Harvard another reason to reject my grad school application. Especially since I'm in the wrong field for my gender.

[Q]mjh89 Wrote:

Disagree. Owens had a huge 30 yard catch on a 3rd and long at the New England 47, taking the ball all the way into the red zone. If it wasn't for a McNabb interception, that play was huge, but McNabb threw an interception. His 36 yard catch in the 4th quarter was a big play too, but then McNabb threw another interception. So basically what I'm saying is that those plays were huge at the time, but McNabb kinda negated them.[/q]

All true. Also true: zero catches in the red zone, zero in the end zone.

I'm not trying to argue that he didn't playing a good game. I'm just saying that it wasn't the example you point to of why TO is the best receiver in the league.

[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:
Also true: zero catches in the red zone, zero in the end zone.

I'm not trying to argue that he didn't playing a good game. I'm just saying that it wasn't the example you point to of why TO is the best receiver in the league.

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I agree that he didn't make a good case for best WR, but your gripe of "zero red zone, zero end zone" was worse (I know, kind of tongue in cheek but I've gotten into a habit of defending TO). Every WR is only as good as the QB throwing to him so TO can only catch red zone/end zone passes if the QB delivers the balls, in those zones, to him. That's why QBs like Roethlisberger are so rightly over rated...they might only pass for 200 yards but they determine the destiny of the ball every single down of offense, much more so than the center. I believe TO caught 9 of 11, so he performed almost perfectly with what was given to him. He was especially good at getting separation on a leg that we all thought was bum. TO became the best WR in the league, in my mind, because his effort surpassed that of Moss--and I love Moss, he was on every single fantasy football team I had . TO is a man that wants to win.

I've refrained from making football posts until now...I'm allowed to make one, right?

Depth at the blue line is one thing, and I believe we do have that. What we don't have is depth in PP defensemen. I think this could be a major hit to our PP and allow defenses to key in more on our snipers (snipers = Moulson) and not worry about the O coming from the point. Hopefully Bitz can really get it going on the point and someone else can step up next to Cook.

Good points (no pun intended). How about Krantz? He's another freshman D-man that's shown good offensive skills.

I think Krantz may actually have higher offensive upside than Pokuluk. He sees the ice well and has gotten a lot better at his decision making with the puck. On top of that, he has hands down the hardest shot on the team. If only he would use it more. I think Schafer should give Krantz a shot there on the first powerplay but he seems to be very sold on Bitz on that point (not sure why). I think there's a very good chance we'll see Salmela on the second unit if Gleed isn't back and Salmela draws into the lineup.

he'll come back fresh during the playoffs or ncaa's, you never know, maybe thats what the team is gonna need to make a run at the tittle

Well, if the injury is to his elbow he should be able to continue to skate and try to stay close to game shape.

Just curious.....Pokulok was coming back from an injury. Does anyone know what was wrong before, or was that "unspecified"?

We have no idea what the injury was, so it's fruitless to speculate how long his recovery will be. There's been a suggestion that the injury was something else - which I've gone through myself - and the recovery period is a lot longer when you add in the need to avoid hard physical contact for awhile after the injury heals. If we have him back sometime this season, that would be great, but it may not happen. Fortunately, the blue line is very deep, and we should manage fine until he gets back, whenever that is.

Snapped collarbone. He's done for a while.