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Now they have it right. The top 2 lines took over the 3rd period in the last game. Hopefully they can stay like that for awhile.
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Now they have it right. The top 2 lines took over the 3rd period in the last game. Hopefully they can stay like that for awhile.
He was snakebitten with Radulov early in the season, but they were generating chances together. Realistically, had Therrien decided to stick with Plekanec through thick and thin the way he has with Danault, I think you could have expected around 50 points from him this season. But there's more to gain at this point to play Danault in that role.
After being taken off the top 6, the offense dried up, but what could you expect really. He's never been the creative type, so you put a Byron and a Shaw on his wings and all you can hope from them is to not give up goals.
30ish points for a defensively sound center isn't that bad. Except we had a far bigger and cheaper one that we decided to let go last summer.
and the bar lowers a little more.
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Plekanec's been snakebitten for a year and a half. At some point it's a decline. And the truth of the matter is that he hasn't been all that dangerous for us at all. It's not like he was creating a whole lot of chances to begin with.He was snakebitten with Radulov early in the season, but they were generating chances together. Realistically, had Therrien decided to stick with Plekanec through thick and thin the way he has with Danault, I think you could have expected around 50 points from him this season. But there's more to gain at this point to play Danault in that role.
After being taken off the top 6, the offense dried up, but what could you expect really. He's never been the creative type, so you put a Byron and a Shaw on his wings and all you can hope from them is to not give up goals.
30ish points for a defensively sound center isn't that bad. Except we had a far bigger and cheaper one that we decided to let go last summer.
Remember Chris Higgins? That was a guy I was sure was going to be a consistent 30 goal guy. He generated all kinds of chances but just couldn't score. And Plek isn't generating near the offensive chances that Higgins did. At some point it's not luck...
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Plekanec isn't generating anything right now... But he was getting chances when he played with Radulov. Just couldn't convert on them.
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Maybe we need to go back to old school and play only three lines. Keep the guys who are deadweight on the bench at all times, u less someone gets injured or someone is playing like they are deadweight that night.
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I think Claude is giving a veteran like Emelin every chance he can while we're still in the regular season. I don't see him playing Emelin if it was the playoffs right now.
A lot of coaches bench important veteran players? Can you give me some examples?
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I don't remember him generating much of anything to be honest. Then again I missed something like the first 8 games when we were on fire so maybe it happened then.
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I think emelin is a CJ kind of player. Although he has been playing poorly for a long stretch, we also know he can play much better. We also saw that CJ didn't bench beaulieu after his mistakes either.
I see a healthy team, and CJ is playing diplomat right now to see what he has in all of them. Emelin sat earlier for Davidson, now it beaulieu's turn. The only guy who seems completely out of favour is nesterov.
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Heard on the radio today that CJ gave his reasoning for benching Beau. Said he wants to keep all the guys in the lineup fresh and ready for the playoffs.
Make of that what you will.
Make of that what you will.
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What the second line lacks in size they make up for it with speed, determination and intensity.
Why use Emelin now and not in the playoffs? Do you mean that he's giving Emelin a chance to redeem himself before the playoffs begin? If that's the case, who's sitting out now while Emelin plays?
I get the feeling CJ isn't a fan of Beaulieu's.
Little PP time very little 3v3 time which are two areas where he is useful...
Just looking at the PP numbers when Beau was paired with Weber compared to what Markov or whoever has provided us since should be relevant but it isn't.
Did he come in with a set impression or is it Muller/Daigneault providing feedback?
Little PP time very little 3v3 time which are two areas where he is useful...
Just looking at the PP numbers when Beau was paired with Weber compared to what Markov or whoever has provided us since should be relevant but it isn't.
Did he come in with a set impression or is it Muller/Daigneault providing feedback?
He also talked about Beaulieu's 'potential', which sounds like he's saying Beaulieu hasn't lived up to it yet.
Not to mention good ol' fashioned stick-to-it-ivism and gumption. Sounds like something Foster Hewitt would've said in the 1950s.
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Something like "he can be a good hockey player" right? I think I heard that reported. I didn't hear the actual quote though.
Still think we should put Pacioretty on the 2nd, he's our only top forward who can produce by himself... Radu and Chucky are dynamite together...
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Demidov is a HAB
Considering his misuse from this organization from day one of his pro career. I'd say it's Daigneault/Lacroix.
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