Barracuda News & Discussion - Part 5

[PacificOceanPotion]

Reedy also looks like he might be ready for a call up imo

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Reedy also looks like he might be ready for a call up imo

He won't get one this season.

 

[STL Shark]

Is there any prospect in Barracuda who as impressive as we all hoped? Maybe Reedy plays well but it’s too early to say. So what is the problem? Maybe we just overrate our prospects and all the rankings which put our prospect pool on the 28-31 place are true? Or it’s because of Barracuda/Sommer issue that stops prospects’ development? I saw few Chekhovich’s games in KHL and he played well. Not great, but well. As I said before here, he played in Torpedo, team with offensive-minded head coach which gave him full freedom on the ice and two good teammates on his line. Ivan just played hockey and enjoyed it. I don’t know why he doesn’t produce in AHL, because of Barracuda/Sommer or because he is just not built for NA hockey, but I think he would play much better on Sharks’s top-6 if he would get a chance.

The problem in the AHL has and always will be the fact that the organization has saddled its wagon to a guy who the game of hockey has passed by for over a decade now at head coach. Sommer sucks and has sucked dating back to the Worcester days. Bring in some young offensively creative coaches at the minor league level if you want to have creative offensive players at the NHL level. Thank the fossil for his service and let's move on. Until that happens, players down there will not progress like we want and now that there is some actual skill coming through the system, I'd like to see it developed by someone who appreciates skill rather than prioritizing AHL lifers.

 

[Hobocop]

Little bit of a different look. Coe out, Halbgewachs finally returns from injury. Chmelevski off the True unit, centering his own line. Harvey in goal.

Coe sitting sucks, but that fourth line has surprisingly been putting up points the past three games:
Bergmann (2G, 2A)
S. Pasichnuk (2G)
Gallant (3A)

Hard to take anyone else out.

 

[Hobocop]

Halbgewachs seems to be feeling better.

 

[Hobocop]

No Blichfeld meant we didn't have the forward line that usually carries us today.

Instead the newly formed Reedy line went off. 1 goal/2 assists for both Reedy and McGrew (who only had three points going into today) and 1 goal/1 assist for Halbgewachs. Megna got the other goal on a bad Ontario turnover.

Shame they didn't put Ontario on our schedule more. Barracuda end the season series 4-0 against them, all regulation wins.

 

[Harbessix]

Man Reedy has definitely exceeded my expectations.

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

I always believed in you Reedy

 

[Desert Eagle]

Can Reedy play like a natural center? Or he just fills this position because we have lack of centers? Maybe I am wrong, but I remember him in scout reports as a winger.

 

[one2gamble]

I always believed in you Reedy

lies

 

[Cas]

Can Reedy play like a natural center? Or he just fills this position because we have lack of centers? Maybe I am wrong, but I remember him in scout reports as a winger.

He took some faceoffs in college, and I think he's center-capable, but perhaps not best there.

 

[hohosaregood]

Reedy is definitely making me eat crow. I was pretty sure he'd be a marginal pro player. Looks like he's adjusting to the AHL really well so here's hoping he has another gear

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[Hobocop]

Few returns in the lineup, with True and Paschinuk on taxi.

Weinger hits Gravel early, looked like he inadvertently elbowed him on a reverse hit, Gravel stayed down. Big mess on the ice, ending with Chmelevski catching Kemp with a good right:



Been a long delay after this whole scene.

edit: Weinger did get a major on this, Malone gets a misconduct.

 

[Hawkeye8]

I get to see this everyday at work right now. The company I work for is doing the duct work.

 

[Hobocop]

Chekhovich (to McGrew) and Chmelevski (to Kellman) with two very similar looking assists for the tying and go-ahead goals, Chmelevski then with a bizarre empty net goal where he had it behind the net, threw it blindly to center while being hit and it bounced off a Condor and went in. One goal, two assists for Sasha. 4-2 Barracuda.

Absolute mess of a game otherwise. 87 total penalty minutes. Middleton went off with an injury after crashing into the boards. Barracuda failed to score on a full 5 on 3 power play in the second. I feel like this is a good time to mention we're third-worst in PP% on the season, which is something that's continuing to skew our point totals lower. 1 for 7 tonight.

 

[Patty Ice]

Smart of Sommer to separate McGrew and Reedy. Wouldn't want them to development chemistry and have multi-point games again.

 

[Lebanezer]

Smart of Sommer to separate McGrew and Reedy. Wouldn't want them to development chemistry and have multi-point games again.

Yeah, what is that?

 

[Pavelski2112]

Smart of Sommer to separate McGrew and Reedy. Wouldn't want them to development chemistry and have multi-point games again.

It's almost like our development system is there to sabotage itself

 

[one2gamble]

It's almost like our development system is there to sabotage itself

You haven't figured this out yet?

 

[Hobocop]

Smart of Sommer to separate McGrew and Reedy. Wouldn't want them to development chemistry and have multi-point games again.

Yeah, I think the logic was that Kellman and Handemark re-entered the lineup and they moved Reedy from center to accommodate, but there were other ways they could have done that. Rolled my eyes when I saw that group split up.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Smart of Sommer to separate McGrew and Reedy. Wouldn't want them to development chemistry and have multi-point games again.

Come on, man.

 

[Hobocop]

I'd wondered if something was wrong with Halbgewachs early in the season. Turns out he'd been playing with a hip injury at the start of the year, which he then sat out for around a month with. Since his return, he's looked good, has had four points in three games.

 

[Patty Ice]

Come on, man.

With what?

 

[OrrNumber4]

With what?

Don't you think it's reasonable to see Reedy with different players?

It's exactly what I would do. Reedy found chemistry with certain players playing a certain style; can he do the same with others? Sommer's job isn't to boost Reedy's confidence or stats, or even to win games...it's to evaluate his potential/ability and to develop him.