Player Discussion: Adam Fantilli

[majormajor]

I honestly would like to see him sent down to stew in Cleveland for a month or so...get his confidence up, have him focus on the small things and then either lead them through the Calder cup run or come back up here if he's earned it.

I'd take that over the status quo situation, but why is that more appealing than having him on Monahan's wing? He looked great there.

 

[koteka]

I'd take that over the status quo situation, but why is that more appealing than having him on Monahan's wing? He looked great there.

I am cool with an LDBB / Fantilli swap for a couple of weeks (to reward and evaluate LDBB a little and give Fantilli some confidence playing with Brindley, etc). However, I thought one of the reasons we brought in Monahan is to teach and I have heard nothing except he is an excellent teacher in the various snippets I have heard about him this season. So Fantilli with Monahan makes the most sense to me.

 

[CBJx614]

I'd take that over the status quo situation, but why is that more appealing than having him on Monahan's wing? He looked great there.

I'm fine with that as well, but the Cleveland assignment might kickstart him against some weaker competition, while it's still an option. But moving him to the wing could do the same.

 

[majormajor]

I'm fine with that as well, but the Cleveland assignment might kickstart him against some weaker competition, while it's still an option. But moving him to the wing could do the same.

In general I like AHL assignments even for super high profile prospects like Fantilli (and I don't give a shit about the negative headlines that come from sending players like that to the AHL).

But in Fantilli's case, he's going to be able to dipsy-doodle and snipe with ease in the AHL. Yes, it would give him a quick confidence boost, but it won't help him manage the game and read the game and use his linemates as best as possible, which is what he's really struggling with.

I don't know what the coaches are thinking. They put him on Monahan's wing for one game and Fantilli had more scoring chances in that game than any other this season. He was terrific. And then they revert and go back to placing him in this role where he's playing poorly and not improving game to game. And contrary to many comments out there he's not getting many scoring chances, he's not close to breaking out just from a confidence boost. There's a fundamental problem here.