Mika Zibanejad's Golden Goal

by modsuperstar on Jan 6, 2012 8:57 AM EST

I just love the exuberance after the goal. Just amazing seeing that explosion of enthusiasm. A great day to be a Sens fan that's for sure. I had been hoping that Z-Bad would come up big in the final, but even this was beyond my expectations.

I love how the play develops. Zibanejad takes a cycle along the boards, swoops in out of nowhere with speed and finishes the game without any hesitation. That is our future right there. I think he just proved Murray wasn't crazy drafting him 6th overall.

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Greal goal, great tournament

I think we can all agree now that this was the right choice for his development.

by Smiles on Jan 6, 2012 9:25 AM EST reply actions

No way

Having a great tournament and scoring the golden goal isn’t going to help his confidence or anything.

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by Mark Parisi on Jan 6, 2012 10:15 AM EST up reply actions

No! Elitserien!

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by Adnan on Jan 6, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions

Heroic stuff

When Canada got beaten I thought, “OK, the best thing that could happen now is if Z’jad scores the winning goal for the Swedes in heroic fashion”.

It was great that that happened and I cheered loudly. At the same time I already knew that he was a good player playing with his Junior peers. That doesn’t necessarily mean that his game will or won’t translate well into the NHL.

We’ll see how he stacks up against all of the other guys vieing for those coveted top six spots. Now we found out he can play Right Wing as well… another addition to the crowded RW prospect list.

by Marvellous on Jan 6, 2012 11:08 AM EST reply actions

Z-Bad = Hossa

In the post “6 core Sens for the future”, the importance of 4 balanced lines (power forward, play making centre, & shooter) to a championship team is noted. If you do a superficial gap analysis of current core players versus prospects, the lack of power forwards for the future is noticeable. Somebody like Lucic (large), Hossa (medium) & Marchand (small). I think we just found our Hossa. It was a thing of beauty to see the power & skill Z-Bad displayed coming in off the right wing. He was a force in the later half of the game with smart play making and solid hits. The Elite League & the Junior team have done us a favour by playing him on the wing.

by XMAN69 on Jan 6, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions

I think Silfverberg could fit that mould of a power forward, at least from what I recall of him.

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by modsuperstar on Jan 6, 2012 5:52 PM EST up reply actions

he will be a player

Agree that he will be a player to seriously consider for a role in a future championship team, but I wish he would have stayed for 9 games also, so he could show us whether he will be a shooter or a power forward. By the way, what are we going to call him?

by XMAN69 on Jan 7, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

Looking at the roster coming out of camp I doubt there was room for him. Odds are if he did come over he would have been taking Z-Bad’s or DaCosta’s spot, so one of those 2 would not have had a chance to play to start the season.

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by modsuperstar on Jan 9, 2012 9:36 AM EST up reply actions