Calle Rosen
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Linkens Mastery
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Been much better than Walman. Interesting to see if he sticks when we get healthy. At least until we call up Peru.
BadgersandBlues
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Honestly, I think he's been fine. He's been better than Walman, that's for damn sure.
He's been okay. He is pretty steady and plays a simple game. He is a good fill-in for injuries. I agree with what others have said, in that I would rather have him than Walman.
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That's not saying much. He was bad again tonight...no surprise. DA has got to be formulating some sort of plan on D.
Rosen has been ok. Shaky first game or two, but has been decent. I'm afraid of playing him too much.
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I’m growing more comfortable with Rosen. He had tough first game or so but has settled in nicely. . I think he should be 3ld when krug returns, over walman and miko. Until we are ready for Peru. He isn’t great but he seems solid. And that is much better than walman and probably also miko.
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I've been pleasantly surprised by Rosen's play, he's been way better than I expected.
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People have been very hard on him. For the at best 9th guy on our depth chart forced to play a #4 role, he has been good. He's had to jump 5 spots up the chart. Krug and Mikkola are out with Covid. Perunovich was more expensive and not able to be called up. Walman has been bad and been short-iced. Being a LHD, he has also gotten more time than Bortuzzo. Its arguable that entering the season Santini was ahead of him too, but he passed him up in the AHL as well. When Krug comes back, he'll be sent down or demoted to Walman's role. That is more fitting for what he brings. But he has been absolutely fine as a fill in.
Rosen has made some really good passes that surprised me, and our own guys. He hit ROR with the most beautiful pass that ROR fumbled a couple games ago and missed the net. It should have been an easy wide open goal. I have seen similar plays a few times. Nothing has come of them though, so he doesn't get any credit if they don't make the highlight reel.
His defense has been fine to good. He is definitely sheltered but he has the best xGA/60 of any Blues D and best HDCA/60 of any Blue at all. So you really cannot ask a ton more from him given his role defensively. He basically has slid into Krug's sheltering and done better defensively from a shot supression/HDC supression standpoint. He has had some terrible on-ice SV%, so his GA aren't where Krug's are. You can't blame him for that. I don't recall any outright flubs where he actually caused the goal directly.
So overall, for a guy who started the season as a #3 in the AHL, to come in and lead the team in xGA/60 while creating a few prime chances offensively, that's a huge win for us.
Rosen has made some really good passes that surprised me, and our own guys. He hit ROR with the most beautiful pass that ROR fumbled a couple games ago and missed the net. It should have been an easy wide open goal. I have seen similar plays a few times. Nothing has come of them though, so he doesn't get any credit if they don't make the highlight reel.
His defense has been fine to good. He is definitely sheltered but he has the best xGA/60 of any Blues D and best HDCA/60 of any Blue at all. So you really cannot ask a ton more from him given his role defensively. He basically has slid into Krug's sheltering and done better defensively from a shot supression/HDC supression standpoint. He has had some terrible on-ice SV%, so his GA aren't where Krug's are. You can't blame him for that. I don't recall any outright flubs where he actually caused the goal directly.
So overall, for a guy who started the season as a #3 in the AHL, to come in and lead the team in xGA/60 while creating a few prime chances offensively, that's a huge win for us.
If he were playing 12-minutes on the 3rd pairing, I don't think anybody would mind him. But he's been forced into top-4 minutes and has shown that he's not capable of those minutes. He's been a good depth defender...but if he's forced to play more than #6/7 minutes in a greater than part-time role, your team has bigger problems than Calle Rosen.
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He had a rough first game but settled in after. I never really had much expectation for him being a NHLer here. But, he is an ok filler in an emergency.
If we didn’t have to shelter Walman and could have done so with Rosen, I feel he probably would be viewed more positively.
If we didn’t have to shelter Walman and could have done so with Rosen, I feel he probably would be viewed more positively.
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Linkens Mastery
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Fair enough. Well, as long as Walman doesn’t play he can’t hurt us.Rosen makes more money tho.
Linkens Mastery
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I'm mainly joking. It's only a 25k difference. But, as long as Krug is ok his way back soon Krug-Scandella-Peru should be fine. Maybe Peru can find some Chemistry with Bortuzzo like Dunn did.
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The Blues REALLY need to add a boring but solid 4/5/6 kinda guy. We need a new Gunnarsson.
Scandella could be that guy if we didn't play him 22 minutes a night on top pair.
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I think that teaming Perunovich with Bortuzzo would be ideal for Perunovich's first month or two in The NHL. After that, he could move comfortably into the second pairing and put on the 2nd PP shift.
Rosen had a rough first game, and still makes mistakes every so often. But so do Parayko and Faulk. Rosen is steady on defence, and is playing reasonably well positionally, and passes better than Walman, and gets out of position much less. He's a decent fill-in, but shouldn't be higher than the 8th or 9th on The Blues' defenceman chart (which means That The Blues need to acquire a veteran Top 4 D-man, and everyone lower moves one position downward), and Perunovich will move upward as the Cap situation is improved through trade, and his experience continues to improve his play.
Yikes! I didn't realize he was that old... good save, bro.
