SabresBeat Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Conkiln Shines in First Start as a Sluggo Biron Never Seriously in Panthers Sights âThey threw everything at the net. He made big saves to keep us in the game in the first period. He won the game for us.â – Jochen Hecht on Ty Conklin Hecht’s statement highlights a couple of things about the game last [...] http://www.sabresreport.com/blogs/?p=442 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 It was a solid plan, the only problem was Ty Conklin wasn?t letting up rebounds. Were we watching the same game? I thought the fact that Conklin gave up so many juicy rebounds was a major contributor to the high shot total. Shots seem to bounce off him from all angles, only to end up in slot between the circles. Yeah, he played a helluva game, but he made it hard on himself with all the rebounds. I will say though, that as the game went on, his rebound control seemed to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Were we watching the same game? I thought the fact that Conklin gave up so many juicy rebounds was a major contributor to the high shot total. Shots seem to bounce off him from all angles, only to end up in slot between the circles. Yeah, he played a helluva game, but he made it hard on himself with all the rebounds. I will say though, that as the game went on, his rebound control seemed to improve. I've been saying the same to myself. Despite what the media has said, there seemed to be a lot of rebounds. What helped him was most of his rebounds were very soft rebounds that were mostly the result of failing to catch the puck cleanly either with the glove or against his chest, rather than the hard, long rebounds that tend to result off the leg pads. Most of the rebounds stayed within Conklin's reach where he quickly flopped on them. The defenseman also did a very good job of clearly out rebounds immediately. What I liked about Conklin was that he seemed to be in very good position all night and had great reflexes, both of which mitigate any problems he might've had with rebounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Except for the first goal. BIG rebound off Conklin if I remember right, and he was WAY out of position, making it an easy goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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