Speculation: 2024-2025 General Discussion III: Welcome back Yanni!

[Game suspension]

Any update on Hedman injury ?

 

[Stormbreaker]

Any update on Hedman injury ?

You'll have to tune in to find out.

 

[bov]

Time for Lilleberg to put his big boy pants back on and get back to playing with an edge. He hasn't even looked someone in the eye in weeks, let alone throw a hit. We're going to need someone to keep opponents honest, and he is capable of that when he turns it on.

 

[Webster]

Time for Lilleberg to put his big boy pants back on and get back to playing with an edge. He hasn't even looked someone in the eye in weeks, let alone throw a hit. We're going to need someone to keep opponents honest, and he is capable of that when he turns it on.

Agreed, to me he turned it off after the suspension. But he can't think like that, he should bring back his physical game. That's what they want from him.

And he didn't look interested when Olivier wanted a piece of him, lost his helmet though.
Maybe tomorrow...Lilleberg vs Kastelic, round 2.

 

[bov]

Agreed, to me he turned it off after the suspension. But he can't think like that, he should bring back his physical game. That's what they want from him.

And he didn't look interested when Olivier wanted a piece of him, lost his helmet though.
Maybe tomorrow...Lilleberg vs Kastelic, round 2.

Just being a presence out there again is all I ask. It started before the suspension, and that hit on Compher was basically the first time in awhile he had stepped up on someone, so it probably deterred him even further. After the Kastelic incident, he hasn't been the same. Not throwing the body, not engaging or even looking in the direction of people in scrums...I think between the Boston saga and the suspension, it was a case of getting a bit more smoke than he wanted. It's tough to ask a rookie to embrace that, but he has to get a little meaner out there and keep guys heads on a swivel.

Don't need him fighting the big boys because he will absolutely get hurt, but just get back to playing a physical game.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

I can't not share this twice because it's too funny not to.

 

[Tampa22]

Just being a presence out there again is all I ask. It started before the suspension, and that hit on Compher was basically the first time in awhile he had stepped up on someone, so it probably deterred him even further. After the Kastelic incident, he hasn't been the same. Not throwing the body, not engaging or even looking in the direction of people in scrums...I think between the Boston saga and the suspension, it was a case of getting a bit more smoke than he wanted. It's tough to ask a rookie to embrace that, but he has to get a little meaner out there and keep guys heads on a swivel.

Don't need him fighting the big boys because he will absolutely get hurt, but just get back to playing a physical game.

Today if you play physical has to answer the bell, maybe he don't want to that anymore or coaching staff ask to stop. He change a lot his mind, was good when in his first games trying to hit anything and now looks like he's Perbix afraid from any kind of confrontation. Also, not good for him don't having a player to protect him like happens with other teams. Hagel, Gourde and Cernak could drop the gloves but they are not good in the fighting department and not ready to go against tough guys.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

I thought about it and our lineup with Stamkos would be so off the damn wall that Paul and Cirelli would turn into our 4th line shutdown group.