Comments on: Mike Knuble And Fine Wine: Both Better With Age? http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/08/13/mike-knuble-and-fine-wine-both-better-with-age/ A cheerfully demented Washington Capitals site with a healthy fixation on Alex Ovechkin and his Russian bros. CRASH THE NET! Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tim http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/08/13/mike-knuble-and-fine-wine-both-better-with-age/#comment-4925 Tim Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:22:35 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=6929#comment-4925 Knuble should be on the 1st line every game. The 1st line is better with Semin, but the 2nd line severely suffers. Ovechkin needs a Knuble-type on his line to create traffic – and Semin won’t do that.

]]> By: 28ISGREAT http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/08/13/mike-knuble-and-fine-wine-both-better-with-age/#comment-4908 28ISGREAT Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:31:56 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=6929#comment-4908 I like Knuble – but I think moving Semin off the first line and putting Knuble in – for as long and as consistently as Boudreau did – was ill advised. Particularly against Montreal in the playoffs.

This upcoming season I’d like to see Knuble up front about 20% of the time, and not nearly as much as he was the second half of last season.

]]> By: IRockTheRed http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/08/13/mike-knuble-and-fine-wine-both-better-with-age/#comment-4903 IRockTheRed Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:18:58 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=6929#comment-4903 I’m not worried about Knuble’s age. He’s a workhorse. He’s going to be around for at least a couple more seasons.

Side note and completely unrelated, where do I sign up to get Wes to do MY voicemail announcement? LOL! Those are GREAT!!!

]]> By: holly golightly http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/08/13/mike-knuble-and-fine-wine-both-better-with-age/#comment-4901 holly golightly Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:25:09 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=6929#comment-4901 I think we’ll know this early in the season and i think the answer will be yes. i’m not as concerned about his speed. He has the positioning, determination and chemistry with the top line to continue to consistently deliver.

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]]> By: Tim http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/08/13/mike-knuble-and-fine-wine-both-better-with-age/#comment-4895 Tim Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:59:36 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=6929#comment-4895 Knuble isn’t the fastest guy, but he brings so much to the game. He is also one of the toughest, scrappiest guys I have seen play – the PK where he singlehandedly kept the puck in the other team’s end for 40+ seconds still stands out in my mind as one of the best moments of last season. I think he has one or two good years left. Even if he drops down to the 3rd line at that point, I think he can still benefit the team by mentoring the younger players and playing a strong PK. I think much of Fehr’s improvement was due to Knuble helping him to improve his play in front of the net – something Fehr said Knuble worked on both him and Laich with last season.

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]]> By: Russian Machine Never Breaks http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/08/13/mike-knuble-and-fine-wine-both-better-with-age/#comment-4893 Russian Machine Never Breaks Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:37:57 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=6929#comment-4893 One of my main worries about Knuble is his lack of speed. Last year he looked a step behind for the first month or two of the season. It was rather disconcerting. I’m glad he found his mojo with Nicky and Ovi mid-season and the second half of last year however. Hopefully they can pick up right where they left off when the new season starts.

But I’ve gotta admit, with Kanoobs, I’m worried. I ask myself “Is this the year his stats are going to tail off?” But I have a feeling he’s like Mark Recchi , where no matter how many times you try to write him off, he still is a productive player and finds a way.

]]> By: Tim http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/08/13/mike-knuble-and-fine-wine-both-better-with-age/#comment-4891 Tim Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:15:37 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=6929#comment-4891 Knuble has one advantage over many of those players – he started playing full-time later. He was 25 before he got his first season with any real playing time (53 games in 1997-98). And he was 30 before he was given his first real shot at a top line. So right now, he’s only in his 12th actual NHL season. I think he can still pull 20-25 goals and 20-30 assists this season. If those were his numbers, it would be his worst season since the lockout. I feel very comfortable with Knuble on the 1st line wing, due to his skill set – one which none of the other Caps have gotten yet, although Fehr and Laich are starting to.

]]> By: Netty http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/08/13/mike-knuble-and-fine-wine-both-better-with-age/#comment-4889 Netty Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:28:56 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=6929#comment-4889 maybe. I’d love to see Fehr get a shot with Ovie and Backstrom though.

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