Interestly enough. If you continue after that article there's one from Logan Couture called the 5 Toughest Defensemen I've ever faced.You expect him to say Weber but in fact he gives a nod to Subban instead. He lists Josi but prefaces it with saying that he could have used Josi, Doughty, Karlsson or Subban but chose Josi.
Roman Josi
Guys like Josi, Doughty, Karlsson and Subban are difficult to play against because they’re not just one-dimensional. They can beat you in so many ways. I could mention any of those guys here, but I’ll highlight Josi specifically because he’s still a little bit under the radar, and (unfortunately for us) we see a lot of him. Because he’s been paired with Shea Weber the past few years, people don’t realize how good he is himself.
Josi’s biggest strength is his elite skating ability. He’s so smooth that he can skate the puck out of trouble while making it look easy. On the Predators’ breakout, he’s usually leading the rush. He skates the puck up the middle of the ice and keeps driving in the offensive zone, similar to the way Burnzie does it.
Watch what he does here to create time and space for his forwards to make a line change, and then when the fresh troops come on, he opens up the play and drives the puck into the offensive zone.
Roman Josi
Guys like Josi, Doughty, Karlsson and Subban are difficult to play against because they’re not just one-dimensional. They can beat you in so many ways. I could mention any of those guys here, but I’ll highlight Josi specifically because he’s still a little bit under the radar, and (unfortunately for us) we see a lot of him. Because he’s been paired with Shea Weber the past few years, people don’t realize how good he is himself.
Josi’s biggest strength is his elite skating ability. He’s so smooth that he can skate the puck out of trouble while making it look easy. On the Predators’ breakout, he’s usually leading the rush. He skates the puck up the middle of the ice and keeps driving in the offensive zone, similar to the way Burnzie does it.
Watch what he does here to create time and space for his forwards to make a line change, and then when the fresh troops come on, he opens up the play and drives the puck into the offensive zone.
