Comments on: Carlo Colaiacovo

By: Glucker

Glucker — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:04:49 +0000

I don't think he's currently at that skill level… but i think he has the right influences, and the potential to get McCabe's shot and Kaberle's puck moving, and he's already got lots of physicality. As for positional play, he does make mistakes due to lack of patience from time to time, but he's still young… he's already good, he'll get better.I don't quite get what you're saying about the PCS… cuz he did come back from it, and went right back to his old pace… The concussion he got came on a really weird play… it wasn't that he got hit hard… its that he went spinning into the boards hitting his head hard… it was a freak injury because of a freak play, due to him not predicting how Varada was going to move… I believe he learned from that, and won't get involved in a play like that again…

By: Pony

Pony — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:22:19 +0000

Oh and another thing why do our two 'pylons' have a better plus minus than your D core?

By: Pony

Pony — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:20:54 +0000

Good burn, too bad your not old enough to have a job. This also explains why you know nothing.

By: micky

micky — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:36:15 +0000

Kaberle is the only solid dman on the leafs....just ask JFJ, who has been trying so desperately to trade McCabe and Kubina...without any success! Too bad every GM in the NHL isn't as smart as you or they'd be lining up to pick-up these 2 pylons.

Trust me: Colaiacovo will be working for a roofing company in 4 years! It might even be the same company you're working for!

By: Pony

Pony — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:52:23 +0000

Hannan is the only one in that group I would even want on the Leafs. The only defensemen you named with any offensive ability is Liles and his career high of 49 pts is blown away by Kaberle and McCabe's 67 and 68 respectively. Even Colaiacovo and Kubina can put up good numbers.

This goes without mentioning all of TO's top 4 are plus players. Three top 2 defensemen and one top 4. I would take the Leafs D core over the Avs anyday barring Hannan.

By: micky

micky — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:23:48 +0000

The fact that you think Kaberle/McCabe/Kubina/Colaiacovo are better than Lile/Leopold/Hanna/Skrastins really concerns me! Other than HNIC and Coaches Corner, do you even watch hockey? That a boy......keep cheering for 40 years of disappointment!!!! You make Tannenbaum and Peddie real proud! Hey, I have some land in Stayner, Ont that you should buy!

By: the_word

the_word — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:04:14 +0000

I disagree with TSN then.

If you've read my posts on this article or post about Carlo on other articles, you'd see that I have given much praise, I'm a fan and think he is one of the few Leafs (along with Wellwood) who has the potential to be something substantial in the NHL. Carlo has all the makings of a top four defenseman, but he isn't there yet. All I'm saying is we shouldn't expect him to be an all star or a top two defenseman, he has a long way to go in terms of his development and there are still significant holes in his game. After reading over some of the post on this article you'd think Coli is Phaneuf, and thats why people get to call Leafs fans idiots.

By: Pony

Pony — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:17:08 +0000

It doesn't matter if Varada came back or not the point isn't to injure but to play the body.

I'm not sure what Leafs games your watching because his positional play is rather good. Even TSN thinks so:

'Plays a sound positional game and rarely gets beaten one-on-one. Has plenty of offensive upside and puck-moving skills'

Though I feel that's generous no doubt the kid does effectively judge when to pinch and rush, he still makes mistakes and coughs the puck up too much but not like some of the Leafs other defensemen. As his game matures he should learn better when to make his move and when to sit back.

Carlo most definately has flaws to his game and is high risk high reward but you look too strongly at the negatives, I'm not only looking at his upside. He's a good two way defenseman with offensive upside that can lay the body, after all he is a plus player.

By: mojo19

mojo19 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:05:47 +0000

you're wrong micky. Colaiacovo is already a top 4 defensman on a team with very good defensman. You listed Belak and Wozniewski who aren't even top 6 so I'd guess you don't know a lot about the leafs. I'll educate you here. Just to compare with another NHL team we'll use the Avs since they've already been brought up here:

Leafs top 7 defensman:

Kaberle
McCabe
Kubina
Colaiacovo
Gill
White
Kronvall/Wozniewski (however you want to look at it)

Colorado top 7:

Liles
Leopold
Hannan
Skrastins
Sauer
B.Clark
Cumiskey/Finger (we'll see in training camp)

As you can see, the leafs are much deeper and more talented at this position than the Colorado Avalanche.

Don't respong back to this comment because I won't respond back to you, its not a debate, its fact, I win.

By: Pony

Pony — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:00:12 +0000

Wow for calling me a moron you sure look like an idiot. I'm not even sure where to start.

Ok so TSN say career potential as top 4, well they say the exact same thing about Hejduk, career potential first line RW. That must mean he can't be there yet, right? Colaiacovo is already at a top 4 level for skill and ability wise, will injuries prevent him from going further or staying at that level time will tell.

You're right it has been 6 years since he was drafted and Leafs fans still talk, but it's also been 6 years for Svatos so Colorado fans have nothing to look forward in him. Makes sense.

Hejduk is 31, check your facts, and never has been a consistent 40 goal scorer as you wisely stated. In 8 years in the NHL he broke the 40 goal mark twice, woah, both on stacked Colorado teams. He's also missed 32 games so far, though very respectable, it hardly qualifies for never missed any time. If Sakic said what he said good for him, back it up with a link.

So there you have it in Toronto he would be nothing but a filler to come for a few years help out the team but nowheres near put it over the top and then leave. I would much rather keep homegrown young talent and wish that JFJ would bring in some more and build a real cup contender, if you had any sense you'd understand that.