Barracuda News & Discussion VII
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There were some good plays for sure, but he had 2 turnovers in the 3rd where he passed the puck up the boards to no one. He also got hit a couple times and seemed to have happy feet after that. To be fair, the Wranglers are a huge physical team.
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Jargon
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To come in to the AHL as a 5’8, 19 year old defenseman and seemingly have zero issue adjusting — in fact, dominating — is just awesome. I believed in Cagnoni but I didn’t expect him to start figuring it out quite this quickly. He’s still got lots of space to grow but I’m really impressed.
He’s better than Zellweger.
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Jargon
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He’s also 2nd among defenseman in pts and 4 pts behind the NHL points leader (one Colin Graf).
It’s hard to be flashy when you make everything look effortless. Part of the reason why people are reticent to pump his tires.
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LadyStanley
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What more can you say about Cagnoni at this point? He plays at such a high level and makes it look like it's easy. I never would've expected this is what we were getting from him, this early.
If we're going to call someone up anytime soon, forward-wise, I think pretty much everyone agrees by now it should be Graf. Another two points from him in this one, that makes 19 in 14GP, while being one of our better defensive forwards at the same time. Gushchin's also playing some great hockey, but maybe they want to look at someone new.
Justin Bailey, when he's motivated, is such a weapon. But he's only seemed motivated in about half the games he plays. I dunno, maybe he didn't take the demotion well.
One thing we're missing from our hot start early in the season is our bottom six scoring, the fourth line in particular. Neither Vanroboys nor Vincent have put up a point in the past seven games. They add other things to the lineup, but when we were at our best, we were getting goals from all over the roster.
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CaptainShark
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Sounds like he will fit in seamlessly with the big club.
Ironically, that's exactly what I thought of when he made those turnovers.
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What Graf and Cagnoni are doing is something I've waited for AGES from a Sharks prospect. So many promising players hit the AHL and then put up a performance that is nothing to write home about.
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Oh yea we know you're excited, this is like your fourth post about needing these type of AHL numbers from prospects haha
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Cagnoni is a lottery ticket. If a lottery ticket, which I received for free, fails to win anything, I'm not really sad about it.
Is this post a meme? Maybe I'm getting "wooshed", but you know that guy who won the Norris?
And honestly, I dont know who else his comparables are at this point. 19 year old undersized LD, comes in and has immediate impact a pro levels. Obviously, Quinn did it in the NHL, but still... Just comparing their games and trajectory, if anything Luca is more composed and defensively capable than Hughes was at the same age. Maybe a bit less flash, but it feels more like he has gotten to the point where it is more about pick spots and being responsible than showing off. If you are looking for flash, he has the cleanest Michigan I've ever seen...
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The thing is, he’s short but he seems pretty thick/sturdy. I’m 5’9 and I think Luca weighs like 20 pounds more than I do. Also, if he’s surviving and thriving in an aggressive, sometimes fairly-violent AHL, I’m hopeful about his chances at the NHL level but obviously we’ll see. I suspect he’s going to be very, very good.
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Vanroboys out Sunday. Hard to score from medical room.
Who knows how long he's been dealing with that.
I was noticing the bolded as well, and I wonder that inevitably if/when Graf/Gushchin/Bordeleau/Mukhamadullin/Cagnoni/Cardwell or whoever get called up, will they have enough offense to stay in the playoff hunt.
Especially considering that there will be a minimal number of end of year reinforcements, as we all expect Dickinson and Halttunen to go on a long run, and if Musty is traded, we'd hope it's to a team that will make the playoffs. Maybe you'll get Cam Lund, or Eric Pohlkamp, but those aren't exactly huge adds.
Vanroboys played Sunday.
I thought line 4 did much better when they had Houle, instead of Sabourin, especially cause Sabourin's had a rough start to the year. But he did last year too, so not worried.
I think we'll have plenty of offense til the trade deadline, as I can't imagine the Sharks calling a bunch of guys up before then without a rash of injuries. By the deadline hopefully we're high enough in the standings that the playoffs won't really be in question. We can just send the guys back down for the playoffs after that.
There's only one first round bye, and catching Calgary would be a challenge. So really we're just looking at finishing top 7 in the division. I think we can handle that.
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Juxtaposer
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The plus is that other than Graf and Mukh, I don't expect any of those guys to get significant NHL time this season. I don't see any reason to interrupt Cagnoni'a first pro season by jerking him around and would rather he just focus on the Cuda this season and worry about making the Sharks next season. If he's still playing this well all season then I'm sure he'll earn a brief call up at some point, but that should be it. I don't really feel like Bordeleau or Gushchin will see significant Sharks time either. So if you have Poturalski, Schuldt, Carlsson, Cagnoni, Gushchin, Bystedt, Bordeleau, Cardwell, and Furlong, I think they're okay from a skater perspective. Graf would be a significant loss, but not back-breaking.
I think the biggest threat to the Cuda is the Sharks taking Askarov. I wonder if he'd be willing to go back for a Cuda after the Sharks' season is done, hopefully for a deep Calder Cup run.
Especially because Romanov's been pretty meh so far and Dell's currently being outplayed by Carriere at the ECHL level. If we deal Blackwood I wonder if we do acquire a new AHL goalie in the trade.
