Kshahdoo
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When 97's shot was stopped, he headed up ice anticipating a pass. (cherry picking)
Cherry picking or not, but the goal was on him, it's hard to say why did he skate away from the player he had to cover who.
When 97's shot was stopped, he headed up ice anticipating a pass. (cherry picking)
Luchanko doesn't look like a 18 year old rookie, I mean he should have been intimated, playing in Edmonton, often against McJesus. Yeah, he'll have to improve his shot, but he didn't look out of place after a tentative start to the game.
Happy to take the point, win in Seattle and it's a great road trip.
What game were people watching that Jett was good ? I don’t recall him creating any offense ? Had a few shifts that were awful , he clearly isn’t ready. Send him back now and play one of hot Rod or Cates at center.
And my lord Risto EJ and Z are bad, like real bad.
If Andre can’t play over these 3 bums, he will never play sadly.
And the Couts hatred from Torts is very apparent. Multiple huge offensive and defensive draws he refuses to use him and we then lose the draw.
This year 100% will be less points than last year
Do we play on the same team?Hell yeah!! Working on my full sleeve! Btw I am behind. Oilers just tied it. I played tonight. My team got mercy-ruled.
Here's a better idea, send him back to juniors, let him dominate, get some confidence, find more of his game, let him play in the WJC, and then try again next year.Luchanko and Michkov seem to have some chemistry together, if you keep Luchanko, playing with Michkov will certainly help his offensive development.
A top 6 center and a top 4 LHD would make this a much better team.
If you go "center", Frost, Luchanko, that would be a pretty good trio, then all you need is players like Berglund, Ruohonen, Knuble and Avon to push Poehling at 4C.
Same way York - Sanheim, LHD - Bonk, McDonald/Andrae - Drysdale in a couple years.
They matched up pretty well against Edmonton except against McDavid - Draisaitl, but what team can match up against that line?
Whether Luchanko goes back probably depends how he looks in the 6 game homestand.
For any rookie to start the season on the road, spend his second game against McDavid, you're not going to get a good read.
Opposing ES TOI with Luchanko on ice:
Ekholm 7:07/Bouchard 6:40
McDavid 5:31
Draisaitl 5:24
Stecher 4:55/Nurse 4:12
Hyman 4:19
Brown 3:52
Henrique 3:48
Kulak 3:22
Podkolzin 3:19
Perry 3:16
I'd point out that Bedard didn't blow anyone's socks off last season:
pp/60: 1.96, xGF 41.96%, xGFrel +1.95, HDCF 37.55%, HDCFrel -1.49
Just saying it's tough for any 18 year old rookie.
Expectations for Luchanko are much lower, just hold your own, score a few points, don't be a black hole on defense, and grow your game.
I only watched the first period but he lost a lot of puck battles in that time. Not surprising going up against grown men.What game were people watching that Jett was good ? I don’t recall him creating any offense ? Had a few shifts that were awful , he clearly isn’t ready. Send him back now and play one of hot Rod or Cates at center.
His possession stats are the best of any Flyers center so far, not counting Cates who only played 9 minutes. Poehling and Lunchanko are neck deep underwater.Couts' lack of use is because he kinda sucks.
To cover his ass. If they make makes him look like such a great coach. If not told you so. They want the playoffs 100%. They said that is now the goal. Or are they lying once again?They knew they had these issues going into the season, why do you think Torts smothered the "playoffs" talk quickly.
He also downplayed Michkov b/c he doesn't want the media to raise expectations too high for a 19 year old rookie.
And he sound ambivalent about Luchanko b/c he wants the kid to play without feeling he has to do too much.
They know they're rebuilding, they know they need another top 6 center and a couple LHDs.
So... seems like I picked a good game to watch only the 1st period of then go to bed.
Took a look at the box score... Luchanko played almost twice what Couts did. If I were you guys, I'd mentally prepare for him to stay here longer than 9 games.
Luchanko and Michkov seem to have some chemistry together
still pushing the Hunter hype. Want to bet he never becomes an NHL regular dman.Luchanko and Michkov seem to have some chemistry together, if you keep Luchanko, playing with Michkov will certainly help his offensive development.
A top 6 center and a top 4 LHD would make this a much better team.
If you go "center", Frost, Luchanko, that would be a pretty good trio, then all you need is players like Berglund, Ruohonen, Knuble and Avon to push Poehling at 4C.
Same way York - Sanheim, LHD - Bonk, McDonald/Andrae - Drysdale in a couple years.
They matched up pretty well against Edmonton except against McDavid - Draisaitl, but what team can match up against that line?
Whether Luchanko goes back probably depends how he looks in the 6 game homestand.
For any rookie to start the season on the road, spend his second game against McDavid, you're not going to get a good read.
Opposing ES TOI with Luchanko on ice:
Ekholm 7:07/Bouchard 6:40
McDavid 5:31
Draisaitl 5:24
Stecher 4:55/Nurse 4:12
Hyman 4:19
Brown 3:52
Henrique 3:48
Kulak 3:22
Podkolzin 3:19
Perry 3:16
I'd point out that Bedard didn't blow anyone's socks off last season:
pp/60: 1.96, xGF 41.96%, xGFrel +1.95, HDCF 37.55%, HDCFrel -1.49
Just saying it's tough for any 18 year old rookie.
Expectations for Luchanko are much lower, just hold your own, score a few points, don't be a black hole on defense, and grow your game.
That worked for me. Going to do it again on Thursday.I watched the first period and was happy to see both Michkov goals. That second one was a laser.
Also sounds like I made the right choice to go to bed.