'24-25 Former Predators Thread

[AintLifeGrand]

This isn't quite trading Forsberg for Erat level dumb but it's close.

what explains the turn around? Josi effect??

 

[Predsanddead24]

what explains the turn around? Josi effect??

Not scratching him and giving him consistent minutes is probably a big part of it. I think a lot of people really understate the difficulty of getting into a groove while playing inconsistent minutes and bouncing in and out of the lineup.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Not scratching him and giving him consistent minutes is probably a big part of it. I think a lot of people really understate the difficulty of getting into a groove while playing inconsistent minutes and bouncing in and out of the lineup.

While thinking the least little error... or perceived error - which might even be due to your partner messing up.... is going to result in a return to the bench/pressbox.

 

[nine_inch_fang]

There is some "Josi effect" though. You could see in their movements that Fabbro would start to engage in the offensive zone but Josi would be jumping into the same open area so Fabbro would back out and be the responsible one. It happened with almost every breakout out too. Josi would be flying the zone for a pass from Fabbro rather than setting up as a safety valve if Fabbro skated up ice and got into traffic. It's why guys like Skjei, Ellis, and Carrier don't fit with Josi. Someone has to be defensively aware and it is absolutely not going to be Josi.

 

[PredsV82]

Erat put up 2g, 25a for the Caps in 62 games .... waived puts up 0g, 0a in infinite games.

Well yes, but the asset lost isn't quite going to turn out to be Forsberg-esque which was my point

 

[Viqsi]

Effin Fabbro

My one issue with him is that he has a tendency to fan on pucks or outright give them away. Looks like that hasnt changed in Columbus either. 7.43 give aways/60 and the next worst dman is Severson at 3.97. This is actually WAY up from his career average before this year of 1.96. Hopefully he can settle that back down.

Evason's system encourages aggressive passes up the ice and the like, and that's not helping the giveaway numbers.

 

[101st_fan]

Well yes, but the asset lost isn't quite going to turn out to be Forsberg-esque which was my point

Erat-esque would be an improvement 5on5.