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It was Oduya/Roszival gms 1-4 vs Datsyuk...and the change was taking Roszival off the pairing and putting Hjarll there. </p>
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Oduya has been matched against Datsyuk all series.</p>
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The "owning" in gm 3 - was that the wrist shot that went in from outside the top of the circles, that Oduya needed to not let through? (Even though they crossed to Roszival's side) And the giveaway on the 2nd goal...was vs the 4th line where Roszival gave the puck away, not Oduya.</p>
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And the "owning" of the game...the Hawks hit 3 posts, disallowed goal, a Kane breakaway (goal), a Sharp breakaway in the first, a couple of 2-1's and outshooting them 40-30 on the road, is getting "owned".</p>
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Not sure how Seabrook and Leddy were up against Datsyuk in game 4....seeing as they played 20min combined...while Oduya in gm 4 played 20min/29shifts...to Datsyuk's 21min/29 shifts (0 sog)...but ok</p>
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I mean, you can keep putting words in my mouth... or you can read what I said at face value.</p>
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The Oduya/Rozsival had huge issues games 1-4... I never said any of those goals were Oduya's fault, both made mistakes but Rozsival's cost the team — either way, that pairing was bad together, hence why Oduya and Hammer are together now. But forget Hammer on that pairing, cause Oduya is shutting down Datsyuk all by himself apparently. I also never said Leddy and Seabrook were paired against Datsyuk in game four, not sure where you get that from... I just stated they did not play well which forced Q's hand to split the pairings.</p>
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Game three, Oduya/Rozsival had about 10-12 shifts vs Datsyuk and he scored against them... so much for that theory. Leddy/Seabs pretty much had the rest... spotted with a couple of Keith/Hammer shifts in between.</p>
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In game four, Keith and Hammer were paired against Datsyuk most of the game (around 18-20 shifts). Rozsival and Oduya were vs. Zetterberg's line (3 shots on net, 8 shots total for their line). So you can keep giving credit to Oduya for Keith and Hammer shutting down Datsyuk, but you're wrong. The only time Oduya matched up against Datsyuk's line was on the PK, which they scored on just after he lost a battle behind the net (not blaming him, just a fact). Either way, the D is looking much better. Q made the right move he split the D so that we could have more stability vs Zetterbergs line and Datsyuks line with Hammer and Keith split.</p>
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Oduya isn't really the teams problem, nor is he the savior... but I am much more comfortable when Hammer is on his pairing rather than Rozsival because I think he needs a bit more support if he's going to be playing against the top two lines.</p>
