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

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was in the 2nd or 3rd I think. I can't remember if it was after a PK or something of that sort but I just remember Jody going on and on about how Voronkov gets kicked out of the FO a lot with the language barrier

Yeah they've got some reasons why they don't want Voronkov at center, some good ones. But it's hard to argue with the trio's results. It might get Chinakhov and Voronkov both going and free up Fantilli to play with Jenner and KJ.
 
Someone got in Evason's ear. Wonder if the players themselves approached them or if the assistant coaches said something like hey this worked last year and we gotta try something different
 
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I know he likes ZAR with Danforth but I'd like to see wassup if he swapped ZAR and JVR.
I was thinking if Jenner doesn't look like a fit with Fantilli-Johnson I wouldn't hate JVR there and then Danforth-Jenner-Olivier could be a physical grinding 3rd line option.

Both kind of achieve the same goal but that's the beauty of Voronkov back in the middle, the team actually has some options again
 
Excellent. The Siberian line might be a good way to get Chinakhov back in the game a bit. I like the idea of that second line too.
 
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So that Rangers loss the other day got me thinking about targets in the off-season again. There's been a lot of talk about possible trades and UFA signings, but what about offer sheets? Some teams make poor trade partners and an offer sheet could then be an option. CBJ would have to trade to get their 2026 2nd back from Montréal, but that should be doable.

I am primarily thinking about Peterka in Buffalo, but Samberg in Winnipeg would also be an intriguing option in that scenario. K'André Miller might also be an alternative. Peterka and Samberg might actually be cases where the offer sheet would be worth it. Any other candidates?

Now, obviously, trading a 2025 1st plus more is preferable, but I wanted to highlight an option that Columbus' cap space affords them.
 
Now, obviously, trading a 2025 1st plus more is preferable, but I wanted to highlight an option that Columbus' cap space affords them.
Now that we're getting closer and closer to the off-season, with each loss both the Jackets and the wild get I'm finding myself wanting us to keep both picks.

Having said that if the right guy is available definitely use those picks in a trade, but adding two more mid first rounders to the pool could be a nice boost a few years down the line, assuming we hit on them..
 
So that Rangers loss the other day got me thinking about targets in the off-season again. There's been a lot of talk about possible trades and UFA signings, but what about offer sheets? Some teams make poor trade partners and an offer sheet could then be an option. CBJ would have to trade to get their 2026 2nd back from Montréal, but that should be doable.

I am primarily thinking about Peterka in Buffalo, but Samberg in Winnipeg would also be an intriguing option in that scenario. K'André Miller might also be an alternative. Peterka and Samberg might actually be cases where the offer sheet would be worth it. Any other candidates?

Now, obviously, trading a 2025 1st plus more is preferable, but I wanted to highlight an option that Columbus' cap space affords them.

I thought about Peterka and Samberg as well. In Samberg's case it looks like the Jets would just match though, even if it was $8m+. I've seen commentary that suggests they know they might have the next Slavin type defender, and they'll prioritize keeping him. Peterka is probably a match for the Sabres too, but they might be stupid and let him go. Both of those players are very very good now, it's not like the Broberg and Holloway situation where the players hadn't broken out yet.

In general though, I don't think we're a team that should be thinking about doing offer sheets any time soon. We have several prized RFA age players and NONE of them are signed long term. We are very vulnerable to a GM that wants to screw us over. Later on though if we get our boys locked up I'll be on board the offer sheet train. They're not used often enough. The Blues did a masterful job with Broberg and Holloway.
 
I missed the game dealing with a family issue.

From moneypuck it looks like the lines that really carried play were

Johnson - Fantilli - Marchenko
Jenner/Voronkov - Chinakhov (who was center?)

I assume these were the lines for the third period when the team was really rolling?
 
Now that we're getting closer and closer to the off-season, with each loss both the Jackets and the wild get I'm finding myself wanting us to keep both picks.

Having said that if the right guy is available definitely use those picks in a trade, but adding two more mid first rounders to the pool could be a nice boost a few years down the line, assuming we hit on them..
Personally, I'll be very disappointed if they keep both picks. It's time to move forward.
I thought about Peterka and Samberg as well. In Samberg's case it looks like the Jets would just match though, even if it was $8m+. I've seen commentary that suggests they know they might have the next Slavin type defender, and they'll prioritize keeping him. Peterka is probably a match for the Sabres too, but they might be stupid and let him go. Both of those players are very very good now, it's not like the Broberg and Holloway situation where the players hadn't broken out yet.

In general though, I don't think we're a team that should be thinking about doing offer sheets any time soon. We have several prized RFA age players and NONE of them are signed long term. We are very vulnerable to a GM that wants to screw us over. Later on though if we get our boys locked up I'll be on board the offer sheet train. They're not used often enough. The Blues did a masterful job with Broberg and Holloway.
Yeah, both are unlikely. Samberg in particular. I guess what makes Peterka the less unlikely of the two is that I thought I read something about Adams mentioning that they'll have to give Peterka a reason as well as the ownership in Buffalo being cheap and having an internal cap.
 
Personally, I'll be very disappointed if they keep both picks. It's time to move forward.
Same although I do have to admit that the picks value will not be very high. They’ll be nice sweeteners but by themselves probably not much. Unless of course we were to win the lottery with ours
 
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We are having trouble scoring and while it may be only a marginal gain, JVR should be slotting in for ZAR on the 3rd line. JVR can score and generate offense; ZAR can’t. Let ZAR scrap along with Kuraly on the 4th line while JVR can help the cycle game with Danny and Olivier, both of whom can play that style.
 
We’re probably not going to make the playoffs but this is still the best I’ve felt about the direction of the team in a long time if ever. Even in the Bob/Torts years it didn’t feel like they were ever going to be something more than a team that was a tough out in the first round.

I’m probably in the minority here, but despite the results of the last 3 games I’ve actually thought we’ve more or less dominated each of them. I can’t speak to the 2nd/3rd periods of the VGK game, but thought we dominated in the first, and thought we handily carried the play thru the entirety of the Rags and Devils games as well.

Its a shame the results went they way they did, but this is still useful development time for the young guys who need it, on a team nobody expected to do this well. The future is looking bright. IMO we need 1 more solid forward piece, 1-2 D pieces, and a mid tier goalie and we could easily be hanging with the Devils and Canes next year.

Voronkov-Monahan-Marchenko
Johnson-Fantilli-Chinakov/XXX
Jenner-Sillinger-XXX
Danforth-XXX-Olivier
 
I like the look of the organization moving forward regardless of what happens the rest of this season. We've seen huge progress in Fantilli/KJ/marchenko, Zach has reached superstar status, Monahan was such a stabilizing addition so it's hard to not be excited about the teams future. Waddell allowed this group to play it out which I think was a fantastic call and let these guys work through the emotions of it all and be a team in every sense of the word.

That said I fully expect things to become more buisness like again moving forward and completely expect some offseason fireworks as they try to help this team take the next step
 

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