2024-25 Roster…too soon?

[GIADF]

There has been nothing I’ve seen out of Dach so far to suggest he can play C.

Bedard and Nazar should also be flipped.

The Donato line should be the second line on paper, but as long as they get more minutes than that line I guess it doesn’t matter.

 

[statswatcher]

be pretty funny if they have slaggert bedard and nazar all split first line faceoffs just for the hell of it.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Slaggert-Bedard-Nazar should be a fun line

good to see Vlasic and Crevier back together

 

[Giovi]

There has been nothing I’ve seen out of Dach so far to suggest he can play C.

Bedard and Nazar should also be flipped.

The Donato line should be the second line on paper, but as long as they get more minutes than that line I guess it doesn’t matter.

 

[Muffinalt]

We’re down to playing wingers at center. At least Brodie is out Bedard has competent linemates.

I like that defense honestly.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Oh and Knight is starting. Good to see he's ready to go.

 

[CanadianHawks]

I like that defense honestly.

Heard chances were 12-2 in favour of Hawks with EDM on the ice in a recent game. Forget if it was VGK or Ducks game

Kaiser was great last game. Murphy had his best couple games of the year the end of this road trip.

Murphy and Martinez with a kid each. Brodie in the press box. Like Vlasic with Crevier.

Roll this down the stretch and see what we have going forward.

 

[Muffinalt]

Heard chances were 12-2 in favour of Hawks with EDM on the ice in a recent game. Forget if it was VGK or Ducks game

Kaiser was great last game. Murphy had his best couple games of the year the end of this road trip.

Murphy and Martinez with a kid each. Brodie in the press box. Like Vlasic with Crevier.

Roll this down the stretch and see what we have going forward.

Del Mastro has been my favorite of the d prospects (personal like, not ability wise necessarily), so it's great to see him do so well.

Who was saying the whole years his development has taken a step back, or that it stalled?

 

[CanadianHawks]

Del Mastro has been my favorite of the d prospects (personal like, not ability wise necessarily), so it's great to see him do so well.

Who was saying the whole years his development has taken a step back, or that it stalled?

No idea but haven’t the Hogs been a tire fire since losing Soronsen

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Del Mastro has been my favorite of the d prospects (personal like, not ability wise necessarily), so it's great to see him do so well.

Who was saying the whole years his development has taken a step back, or that it stalled?

@Hawkaholic and @WarriorofTime were the two really trying to drive that narrative over the offseason. Yeah I didn’t forget.

 

[Putt Pirate]

I like that '3rd' line!

 

[Hawkaholic]

@Hawkaholic and @WarriorofTime were the two really trying to drive that narrative over the offseason. Yeah I didn’t forget.

I dont recall saying too much about him in the offseason, other than I think some people are a little too high on him. He had taken a step back this season, he didn't make the team out of camp, and hasn't had a great season in Rockford. Glad to see he is doing well in this stint, but it's still really early. I hope he keeps it up and proves me wrong.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

I mean, he didn't make the team out of camp, and hasn't had a great season in Rockford. Glad to see he is doing well in this stint, but it's still really early. I hope he keeps it up and proves me wrong.

Honestly, I think Luke was just obsessed with Allan because he reminded him so much of himself. I seem to recall like EDM, Slaggert and Dach only got one preseason game before being sent down. They weren’t even given a chance.

But I think the Rockford season was just stats wise because he no longer was getting powerplay time plus he was babysitting Lev. So watching the games fully I’m guessing would paint a different picture than the stats.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Honestly, I think Luke was just obsessed with Allan because he reminded him so much of himself. I seem to recall like EDM, Slaggert and Dach only got one preseason game before being sent down. They weren’t even given a chance.

But I think the Rockford season was just stats wise because he no longer was getting powerplay time plus he was babysitting Lev. So watching the games fully I’m guessing would paint a different picture than the stats.

That is true, I still think his upside is limited, but I thought the same of Vlasic. Some guys just figure it out and break through at some point. I would like nothing more than for him to become a staple in our top 4. It's not like i'm Musto and hate a guy forever just because I didn't think he was a great prospect.

 

[WarriorofTime]

@Hawkaholic and @WarriorofTime were the two really trying to drive that narrative over the offseason. Yeah I didn’t forget.

I don't remember ever saying that Del Mastro has stalled, most I can remember saying is that Allan had a much better training camp (not mentioning Del Mastro by name but by implication) as far as winning a roster spot.

I’d say Allan was the best of the D prospects in camp. He won a spot cleanly.

Here is what I had to say about Del Mastro in May of 2024 which was the 'offseason' for the Hawks.

Del Mastro is the hidden gem of the Hawks system. Reality is nobody outside a team's fanbase gives a f*ck about someone that wasn't a high pick until they are in the NHL and performing there, but everything with Del Mastro screams "COVID non-season under-scouted" more than anything else given the last 3 seasons.

then in July I said

All Del Mastro has done since being drafted is be consistently awesome. People are too obsessed with draft pedigree for players three years out of their draft.

If anyone is driving an anti-Del Mastro narrative around this sub-board, I don't think it's me.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

I don't remember ever saying that Del Mastro has stalled, most I can remember saying is that Allan had a much better training camp (not mentioning Del Mastro by name but by implication) as far as winning a roster spot.


Here is what I had to say about Del Mastro in May of 2024 which was the 'offseason' for the Hawks.


then in July I said



If anyone is driving an anti-Del Mastro narrative around this sub-board, I don't think it's me.

I may have been mistaken in that regard, so I apologize!