For a guy often described as the Calgary Flames’ best defensive defencemen, it’s not what you necessarily expect to hear about Chris Tanev.
For a guy who is often described as the Calgary Flames’ best defensive defencemen, it’s not what you necessarily expect to hear about Chris Tanev.
This year, every Flames defenceman has a green light to jump in the rush and help create offence. They’re all capable of doing so and, in today’s NHL, teams need their defenders pulling double-duty and helping out on both ends of the ice. “I think Huska’s been big on that, even in practice, shooting the puck a lot more and getting up in the rush. I think that’s big, in the NHL right now you see a lot more D creating a lot more offence and getting up in the rush.”
“When you don’t break out clean, it’s tough to jump in because things develop slower and it’s just a lot more clogged up.”
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