Fehr

Eric Fehr was in the line up yesterday , how did he look ?

Is he far away from being a regular in the NHL ?

IMO when I compare these couple of games this season compared to his games last season there is a large improvement. I can see him being a regular next season.

Next year is his year, although he did have some great sounding chances the past two games.

IMO when I compare these couple of games this season compared to his games last season there is a large improvement. I can see him being a regular next season.

he does look more comfortable for sure. Last season he looked like a kid who was really out of place in the NHL. He will be ready for the NHL next year, and not a moment to soon.

Fehr's shot on the 2 on 1 took an amazing save by dipietro. Even in slowmo the release on that shot was amazing.

except from the angle i saw the replay, he shot the puck back into the goaltender and missed a lot of open net.

except from the angle i saw the replay, he shot the puck back into the goaltender and missed a lot of open net.

I agree he prob should have done better with that chance. But the release did look good, which is the first thing you look for in a goalscorer. And certainly gave me optimism for this kid scoring goals in the future.

sure. no argument there. i am just not comfortable talking about an amazing release when the shot itself was misguided. he had a lot of open net and missed.
its like talking about joe namath or dan marino and their amazing release only for the pass then to be intercepted.

i was impressed by the guy. ovechkin misses too.

Fehr's shot on the 2 on 1 took an amazing save by dipietro. Even in slowmo the release on that shot was amazing.

I'm sorry.....I have to TOTALLY disagree. I watched that in slow mo several times. If he could have gotten that shot more than 10-12 inches off the ice, it was a goal. Don't get me wrong, it was a very good save but a real sniper roofs that shot.

I'm sorry.....I have to TOTALLY disagree. I watched that in slow mo several times. If he could have gotten that shot more than 10-12 inches off the ice, it was a goal. Don't get me wrong, it was a very good save but a real sniper roofs that shot.

Well I have to disagree back as it was clear to me that Fehr was going five hole on that shot. :)

Well I have to disagree back as it was clear to me that Fehr was going five hole on that shot. :)

Well than he shouldn't have decided to shoot there. I think he just got excited and missed, which is fine from a kid only 13 games into his NHL career. So I am surely not going to knock him for missing this chance.

Would I have loved him to score, sure. But what I was more concerned with two aspects of his game, his skating and his release. And I thought so far in the 2 games he has played this season he has moved very well out there for a 6'4 winger and his release, which as i said before is by far the most important thing to look for in a potential goal scorer is excellent.

As Fehr gets more games and more comfortable he is going to score plenty of goals.

Well I have to disagree back as it was clear to me that Fehr was going five hole on that shot. :)

If he was going 5 hole, he missed worse than I thought. Why would you go 5 hole when the goalie is out of position to Fehr's left?


Anything from above the goalies pad width to the crossbar scores with ease.

If he was going 5 hole, he missed worse than I thought. Why would you go 5 hole when the goalie is out of position to Fehr's left?


Anything from above the goalies pad width to the crossbar scores with ease.

I have to agree he was going 5 hole every goalscorer knows that a goalie come from left to right to make that save more often then not spreads his legs apart

I have to agree he was going 5 hole every goalscorer knows that a goalie come from left to right to make that save more often then not spreads his legs apart


Watch it again....if he was going 5 hole....why would he lift the puck that high?

Well I have to disagree back as it was clear to me that Fehr was going five hole on that shot. :)

I see the smile and maybe you are joking, but that was exactly the problem. He had a good foot of space between the crease crossing goaltender and the post and had the entire upper near half of the net empty and the shot went back toward the 5 hole.

He put too much angle on it(probably rushing because it would have been his first) and hit the goalie.