Easily he does so many little things well. D will always have a green light when he's out there.
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Very good, all three are very very smart players. They have dominated play when they are on the ice every scrimmage, puck always on the offensive zone. They tend to know where each other will be, in my opinion they think the game very much alike.
For balanced lines?
Pearson/Dvorak-Suzuki-Caufield
Monahan-Dach-Roy
Slafkovsky-Newhook-Anderson
RHP-Evans-Gallagher
In one word Opportunistic. This is good.
Stop it with the dumping of crap on our top line. It isn't going to happen.
Sadly I don't see an NHL future for Cayden Primeau. Six years after being drafted, he simply hasn't evolved or improved.
Zegras will be on the top line once we acquire him.
Zegras - Suzuki - Caufield
Monahan - dach - Roy
Slaf - Newhook - Anderson
Gallagher - beck/evans - RHP
It's sad he hasn't come out with fire in his belly. I was wondering if we waived him now would he pass while other teams are still evaluating what they have?
Adjust the incentives to something more nuanced.
Contracts do not slide. You draft a kid at 18, he is UFA at 25. Teams will draft fewer guys early. This will help the CHL but also improve the odds of all teams drafting accurately.
Other side is, they can play in the AHL whenever ready, with a little monetary compensation to the CHL team that developed him.
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He was a 7th round pick so he has already beaten odds by even playing NHL games.
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Really ? How many "offensive" forwards did they draft last June ?
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Devon Levi came from the same program, also a 7th round pick, looks to be a franchise goalie.
That first line would be the softest first line ever and would be so counter productive to the organization
RHP never ceases to impress. He's a player. Gally seems to understand his spot is not so safe around all those youngsters and he shows up like he wants to impress. I respect that.
Whoever said Dach seems to have glue on his stick: couldn't find a more apt description. There's a player that's growing before our eyes. I hope he explodes this season, I'm rooting for him.
David Savard (I know NO ONE cares about vets at this point) is a guy I like, he's both akward and agile at what he does. I respect his game.
Whoever said Dach seems to have glue on his stick: couldn't find a more apt description. There's a player that's growing before our eyes. I hope he explodes this season, I'm rooting for him.
David Savard (I know NO ONE cares about vets at this point) is a guy I like, he's both akward and agile at what he does. I respect his game.
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The talk about Beck being too good for the OHL is ridiculous. He has never dominated juniors. Let him do that like Suzuki did at 19. I want him to develop his confidence offensively. He won't do that in Laval or in Montreal at 19.
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Crap?
Pearson is a 2-time 20+goals scorer who might do as well or even better with top linemates.
Other than Monahan and Dach, who do we have that is a proven player? And even Dach never scored 20.
Obviously if we find another real first liner, we can put him there, but for now, I'd rather have Monahan drive a different line.
Another option is Roy. He did very well complementing Bedard. But can he handle the minutes of a first liner as a rookie?
Slaf is a future possibility, but not now. Davidson is not an option yet. RHP is small ahnd perhaps pairs better with Gallagher.
Newhook maybe?
Many observers have wsaid that Dvorak can play with good players. Ask Mitch Marner. He is just not a play driver, but Dvo definitely can complement, improve the results in their own zone, and help with left-side faceoffs.
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red devil
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Halak was a 9th round pick so you can get players that become legitimate NHL players in the later rounds but you should never count on it.
UFA age is not related to when the player is drafted, it's when he's signed.
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This 100%. People always complain about this, but guys like Gallagher who stood out, got sent down, dominate and come back the next year do fine. It's a non-issue IMO.
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Pearson is a 31 year old middle sixer with a career high 45 points. While I agree his experience is valuable I see him more as a player shoring up our fourth line which is in a shambles. If he can break into the top six all the power to him but for some reason I don't see Marty looking at that as an ideal. We keep harping about not having even one PPG player I'm not sure that trio can get it done. Whatever configuration we look at Monahan plays top 6 and Newhook plays top 6 we are no where near deep enough to spread our talent out like some are suggesting.
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MSL said in his presser he expects to try many different line combos.
If Dach isn't at center, I would think he'd play with CC and Suzuki. But really, Dach would add a dimension to any of the duos that look like will form the core of the top 3 lines:
Dach - Suzuki _ CC
Dach - Newhook - Anderson,
Dach - Monahan - Slaf/Roy.
I have it:
CC - Suzuki - Dach
RHP - Newhook - Anderson
Slaf - Monahan - Pearson
Gallagher - Evans - Ylonen
Armia, Pez
(maybe interchange Pearson and RHP)
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Would be kind of weird if a bubble guy like Pearson/Armia ends up as a top line winger for us, but the other lines are looking pretty good
Suzuki and Caufield play a two man game, so having a space maker like Pearson makes sense. Can also protect them a bit. It looks ugly on paper for sure, but in reality it could work
