Line Combos: CBJ Roster Discussion/Line Combos/Injury Report

[majormajor]

I think this has very little to do with JVR being around and a lot to do with 1) having only played 47 NHL games before this year, all of which were as a teenager and 2) now playing with two linemates who love to cycle down low and feed the puck from below the goal line.

That's the point I came to (the part you cut out), that Fantilli is beginning to develop that aspect of down low play.

By the way my point wasn't about JVR there, it was more Voronkov who makes a mess in front and a lot of clean-up opportunities for others. I think Fantilli has figured that out.

10-19-86 has outscored opponents 15-3 at 5v5 since fantilli got elevated to that line, there's no reason to mess with what's working.

"no reason" and you again neglect to mention the even better numbers with Monahan, which is a good reason.

I'm not sure what the source is for the 15-3 claim - the NST number is 19-7, while with Monahan the trio is 22-5

portzline did a piece early in the season asking scouts about the blue jackets young players and the quote about voronkov was basically "this guy is awesome but his game has zero detail to it" – hence why evason's put him on the wing this year.

Yeah I remember the same one where they said he might be a Brian Boyle someday. Like "Dave Andreychuk without the goals". It's safe to say those scouts didn't have a clue.

that said, with kovacevic signing an extension in new jersey (and them needing a 3C badly) I wonder if something around sillinger + a pick for nemec could work. but he'd feel more like a fabbro replacement than a provorov one.

This team needs Simon Nemec like it needs a kick in the teeth. He's about where David Jiricek is, a liability that you don't want to be stuck developing in the NHL lineup when we're trying to win.