2024-25 Roster Thread #1: The Beginninging

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blackjackmulligan

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Think Luchanko is going down, reason for him not playing tonight is to avoid injury that would set back his development - always some AHL fool trying to make a name for himself.

Lycksell may stay, at 25 he doesn't need to play every day and has earned a spot.

Andrae is the 8th D-man, but at 22 needs to play everyday so he'll go back to LHV as the first call-up in case of injury.

Farabee - Couts - TK
Tippett - Frost - Michkov
Foerster - Cates - Brink
Laughton - Poehling - Hathaway

York - Sanheim
Seeler - Drysdale
Zamula - Risto
The shit you come up with is hysterical.
 

A1LeafNation

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Good to hear he earned 9 games or less. Hope that motivates him in OHL this year.

He will be protected by the forwards. Defencemen and goaltenders get more exposed, but this should be a good thing for him as a forward.

Excited to watch him play in regular season although not expecting results (like Minten last year). If he does perform, that's gravy.

Cheers!
 

Random Forest

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I do not think Luchanko should be on the opening roster, but that lineup is objectively the best 12 in terms of talent in the organization. Can quibble about Cates’s place on the depth chart, but they actually have as good a lineup as we could expect with this personnel for once.
 
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It would be stupid to keep Luchanko up, as an 18 year old, I don't think he's as good a center as Cates, so it doesn't help the team win this season.

Luchanko needs to play 20+ minutes in the CHL in every role, and work on his offensive skills.
In the NHL, he just won't get that opportunity, nor is he ready for it.
 

blackjackmulligan

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It would be stupid to keep Luchanko up, as an 18 year old, I don't think he's as good a center as Cates, so it doesn't help the team win this season.

Luchanko needs to play 20+ minutes in the CHL in every role, and work on his offensive skills.
In the NHL, he just won't get that opportunity, nor is he ready for it.
Agree, let's see what the Co-GM/coach thinks.

They may think he helps them win.
 

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A1LeafNation

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It would be stupid to keep Luchanko up, as an 18 year old, I don't think he's as good a center as Cates, so it doesn't help the team win this season.

Luchanko needs to play 20+ minutes in the CHL in every role, and work on his offensive skills.
In the NHL, he just won't get that opportunity, nor is he ready for it.
Development isn't linear though, every prospect is different. I'm sure this coaching staff and management group have seen this in their decades in the NHL. Development is changing too. Look at how Carlsson was load managed last year. But the idea is what path gets Luchanko to play 82 NHL games in 2025-26....

Path A
70 OHL games and OHL playoffs

Path B
1 game per week in Oct/Nov
2 games per week in Dec/Jan
3 games per week in Feb/March
Ie. Slowly ramping him up to ~50 NHL games this year when the AHL isn't an option.

Both scenarios could work imo.
 

flyersnorth

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They don’t have to trade anyone, Richard gets waived

Right, but that leaves 14 forwards if they keep Luchanko.

They can roll with that for the road trip or 9 game tryout, but beyond that, they would have to send Jett back or jet someone else out.
 

blackjackmulligan

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Assuming health and hype all check out, that top six looks good. If these lines stick and Luchanko continues to play well the bottom six looks good as well. The defensive corps isn't great and goalies are obviously a huge question mark but honestly I think this team is going to be better than at least I expected.
How does that top 6 look compared the team in the division?
 

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Development isn't linear though, every prospect is different. I'm sure this coaching staff and management group have seen this in their decades in the NHL. Development is changing too. Look at how Carlsson was load managed last year. But the idea is what path gets Luchanko to play 82 NHL games in 2025-26....

Path A
70 OHL games and OHL playoffs

Path B
1 game per week in Oct/Nov
2 games per week in Dec/Jan
3 games per week in Feb/March
Ie. Slowly ramping him up to ~50 NHL games this year when the AHL isn't an option.

Both scenarios could work imo.

The opinion on Carlsson did not have to completely change based on a single training camp. Carlsson was a December birthday and a ~0.6 PPG guy in the SHL. Luchanko is a late August who was barely a top 50 PPG guy in the OHL on a below average but not terrible team.

There is no universe in which they were comparable prospects 3 months and zero RS/PO games after their draft day. You might as well bring up Bedard.
 
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I was referring to the disrespect Cates is getting around here.

I expect he'll be the 3C, he's probably in this game with Hathaway to give the kids some support (and b/c LHV is also playing exhibition games now).

They were playing him at 3C in practice with Laughton at 4LW.

Ew. So, going into the year planning to have two 4th lines.


Flyers aren't beating the "scoring is bad" accusations, that's for sure
 

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