2024-25 Roster Thread #1: The Beginninging

[Beef Invictus]

Stop overrating prospects Jojo

 

[Beef Invictus]

For two guys who I was assured would barely ever play except when there was no choice, Deslauriers and EJ sure do play a lot

 

[FLYguy3911]

Never say never

We already have one guy that can skate with McDavid. Two would be unfair.

 

[blackjackmulligan]

It was inevitable, he didn't play badly, he just didn't do enough to justify keeping him up.

Great experience for the kid, practiced and played in the NHL, got to learn what he needs to improve in his game to play at the next level.

Should start next season in the NHL.

Needs to work on his offensive skill package, but when you can skate with McDavid, you know you got the goods to make it at the next level.
Biggest improvement needed is probably his shot, and to think the game faster, the windows in the CHL are going to look huge to him.

Brad Jones disagrees.

I think it's nine games played, so there was no rush.

And yes, he did skate with McDavid, 7 minutes, and wasn't overwhelmed.
That's a huge confidence builder. Knowing you can hang in there with the best.

Wow a whopping 7 minutes he hung in there you say. Get hos Flyers hall of fame banner ready.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Was looking at Puckpedia...in the middle of a "rebuild" how are we going to have two consecutive off-seasons of basically no UFAs? The only skater with an expiring UFA contract is Johnson

 

[Beef Invictus]

I love that they used this window to see firmly where he is, strengths, weaknesses, what to work on at this level.

Yes, there are many arguments against doing this. I ignore them in this case. YOLO.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

That's a weird comparison.
Luchanko is a good passer, he just needs to work on his shot.

Wasn't a comparison, just a generalized statement that blazing speed means nothing if there's not much else to your game

 

[Juicy Pop]

Okay, so at least Couts looks healthy? That's a definite plus.

 

[NYCFlyer]

Couts was awesome. Best game from him since early last year. Hope his body holds up. Might have been the best game i've ever seen from Risto too.

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

Couts was awesome. Best game from him since early last year. Hope his body holds up. Might have been the best game i've ever seen from Risto too.

I think he'll hold up just fine, he's not having to be the GUY anymore he can just do his thing and defer, he looked great doing just that this game. Played awesome defensively that lead to breakouts. Risto was awesome, thought that the whole game too, seemed like he was everywhere.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

The only person that can skate with McDavid is McDavid. It's kind of his thing. The hits just keep coming