Gill

If the Montreal Canadiens start unloading their UFAs, does anyone think the Caps should make an attempt for Hal Gill? What would it cost? I would assume that Schultz would have to be involved since they have similar cap hits.

4 months ago Wrecker 8 comments 0 recs |

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Dale Hunter likes to play man-to-man defensive schemes with a lot of motion. Gill would probably not fit in with those schemes so I don’t see a move being made here to bring Gill in.

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 1, 2012 12:21 PM EST reply actions

…Gill, like Hamrlik, was reasonably successful in Montreal in the spring of 2010…

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by red army line on Feb 1, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

Yes, but they weren’t playing for Dale Hunter in a man-to-man style defense. The Habs played a zone defense then and still do.

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 2, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions

Then what has Hamrlik talking about with Hunter’s system being similar to what he played in Montreal?

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by red army line on Feb 2, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions

Well, systems people could spot it more easily than can. But what Johnson has said is that It’s not strictly man-to-man. It’s situational and the guys have zonal defensive responsibilities as well.

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by capsyoungguns on Feb 2, 2012 6:21 PM EST up reply actions

I think Gill would be a poor choice, given Hunter’s system and who he tends to sit.

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by timmyv38 on Feb 1, 2012 4:02 PM EST reply actions

That’s the opinion I’ve been seeing from Caps fans. I was checking stuff at Spector’s Hockey and many of the people commenting there were speaking highly of Gill so I figured I’d see what the Jaspers’ Rink community had to say.

by Wrecker on Feb 1, 2012 5:30 PM EST up reply actions

You mean Japers’.

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by capsyoungguns on Feb 1, 2012 5:42 PM EST up reply actions