Line Combos: CBJ Roster Discussion/Line Combos/Injury Report (No surgery for KJ, but out long term, Voronkov practicing)

[NotCommitted]

Macelli must be compared with Marchenko, Johnson and Chinakhov.

And you could easily make an argument he's shown more so far in his career than any of those guys. Marchenko I feel pretty confident about, what he's shown in the NHL so far I think the floor is pretty high for him. Johnson and Chinakhov both look like they've taken a step forward but Johnson is out with a shoulder injury (again ) and while Chinakhov has all the tools to be great top-6 wing he's yet to show he can be that consistently. I think the odds are good he can, but you never really know until players actually do it.

I'm not saying Macelli is necessarily a player the Jackets should be targeting, but if he somehow ended up here it's not like he'd be stuck in the bottom-6 by default because top-6 winger spots are blocked by guys clearly better than him. He could easily become the best player of the 4. AFAIK he was usually the guy driving offense for his lines with the Coyotes.

 

[MoeBartoli]

I know the coaches wanted to get more balance in the lines and also want to get Fantilli going. But moving Chinakov off the top line has hurt the top line and not been that beneficial to Fantilli or Chinakov - individually or as a line.

The top line is still good but prior to the move it looked like a legitimate top line. I’d be fine with switching Sillinger and Chinakov.

 

[VT]

And you could easily make an argument he's shown more so far in his career than any of those guys. Marchenko I feel pretty confident about, what he's shown in the NHL so far I think the floor is pretty high for him. Johnson and Chinakhov both look like they've taken a step forward but Johnson is out with a shoulder injury (again ) and while Chinakhov has all the tools to be great top-6 wing he's yet to show he can be that consistently. I think the odds are good he can, but you never really know until players actually do it.

I'm not saying Macelli is necessarily a player the Jackets should be targeting, but if he somehow ended up here it's not like he'd be stuck in the bottom-6 by default because top-6 winger spots are blocked by guys clearly better than him. He could easily become the best player of the 4. AFAIK he was usually the guy driving offense for his lines with the Coyotes.

Only we have to think about the lineup for the future as well and Jenner and Johnson will be back. What then? He's not a top player, they're easy to do without.

 

[Palmu]

Future would be something like this:

Chinakhov-Monahan-Marchenko
Voronkov-Fantilli-Maccelli
Jenner-Sillinger-KJ
ZAR/Pyyhtiä-Danforth-Olivier

Easy

 

[NotCommitted]

Only we have to think about the lineup for the future as well and Jenner and Johnson will be back. What then? He's not a top player, they're easy to do without.

But by that some token all the guys Maccelli would be battling for ice time with are easy to do without, none of them have truly been "top players" for the Jackets for any length of time yet. I'm not saying Jackets should be going out of their way to get this guy but it's not like the forward depth is so phenomenal he would be completely surplus to requirements.

For now I'd be perfectly happy to give big minutes to all the home grown talent and see what they can do, but chances are some of them won't work out or won't be long term pieces because they want out, ask too much money, struggle with injuries or whatever. So if a guy like Maccelli happened to be available in a trade that makes sense, I wouldn't be so quick to turn it down just because there are CBJ drafted players in the org who might (or might not) be just as good as him - like I said it's entirely possible he'd be the best of the bunch.

 

[CannonFire1]

Future would be something like this:

Chinakhov-Monahan-Marchenko
Voronkov-Fantilli-Maccelli
Jenner-Sillinger-KJ
ZAR/Pyyhtiä-Danforth-Olivier

Easy

Based on how he started this season, I'd rather have KJ with Fantilli and Voronkov. Brindley can slot in with Jenner and Sillinger.

 

[NotWendell]

I'd rather keep our defensive corps the way it is and let Matechuk season. Average defense and average goaltending gives us a fighting chance to stay at .500

 

[VT]

Future would be something like this:

Chinakhov-Monahan-Marchenko
Voronkov-Fantilli-Maccelli
Jenner-Sillinger-KJ
ZAR/Pyyhtiä-Danforth-Olivier

Easy

Poor Johnson. Instead using his playmaking qualities - playing with Jenner and Sillinger.

But by that some token all the guys Maccelli would be battling for ice time with are easy to do without, none of them have truly been "top players" for the Jackets for any length of time yet. I'm not saying Jackets should be going out of their way to get this guy but it's not like the forward depth is so phenomenal he would be completely surplus to requirements.

For now I'd be perfectly happy to give big minutes to all the home grown talent and see what they can do, but chances are some of them won't work out or won't be long term pieces because they want out, ask too much money, struggle with injuries or whatever. So if a guy like Maccelli happened to be available in a trade that makes sense, I wouldn't be so quick to turn it down just because there are CBJ drafted players in the org who might (or might not) be just as good as him - like I said it's entirely possible he'd be the best of the bunch.

Chinakhov - Monahan - Marchenko
Voronkov - Fantilli - Johnson
Pyyhtiä - Sillinger - Brindley
ZAR - Danforth - Olivier

Jenner will play only in the end of the season.... if.

I do not think any reason to get Macelli for Provorov. If trade, for a better player.

 

[majormajor]

Poor Johnson. Instead using his playmaking qualities - playing with Jenner and Sillinger.


Chinakhov - Monahan - Marchenko
Voronkov - Fantilli - Johnson
Pyyhtiä - Sillinger - Brindley
ZAR - Danforth - Olivier

Jenner will play only in the end of the season.... if.

I do not think any reason to get Macelli for Provorov. If trade, for a better player.

Leaving aside the Maccelli discussion, I think we should be trying very much to have a situation where we are forced to have a KJ or Maccelli caliber player on the third line. Three scoring lines are the norm for most of the better NHL clubs and it is in no way a waste of talent. It is the goal.

 

[VT]

Leaving aside the Maccelli discussion, I think we should be trying very much to have a situation where we are forced to have a KJ or Maccelli caliber player on the third line. Three scoring lines are the norm for most of the better NHL clubs and it is in no way a waste of talent. It is the goal.

I'd be fine with a quality defensive third line, something along the lines of Coleman - Gourde - Goodrow. And not Johnson with Jenner and Sillinger.

 

[majormajor]

I'd be fine with a quality defensive third line, something along the lines of Coleman - Gourde - Goodrow. And not Johnson with Jenner and Sillinger.

KJ would be the most effective defensive player (and offensive of course) if he was on a line with Jenner and Sillinger. Ultimately I expect him to play higher up in the lineup but if that's your third line winger you have a great team.