Celebrini for Calder

[Anomie2029]

I mean, he has the next best forward on his LW, and the team's leading goalscorer was on his RW but got injured. What else do you want Warsofsky to do? There are only so many highly mediocre forwards available.

Here's a couple of things Warsofsky can do:
- Accept the fact that all of the D are bad at defending, so prioritize those who can have some resemblance of puck moving ability instead of making up false narratives about how they're actually good (Rutta and Ferraro).
- Have a system that isn't chip out the zone and hope to get it out. If you're only reaching 20 shots per game, you're system is f***ing awful.
- Give potential a genuine chance to play instead of giving up on them because they didn't produce with Barclay f***ing Goodrow on their line. Kovalenko started his Sharks tenure strong, but when he went through a quiet patch he got instantly scratched or stuck with the Goodrow and Dellandrea types.
- Vets don't get benefit of the doubt. They've had their chances with this team multiple seasons and are still awful. The only way they're reliable is that they're consistently rubbish.

Why isn't Mack looking as good as he was? Maybe because teams know they only need to defend his line because the rest are being filled with plugs that shouldn't be seeing icetime in the AHL let alone the NHL.

 

[coooldude]

Here's a couple of things Warsofsky can do:
- Accept the fact that all of the D are bad at defending, so prioritize those who can have some resemblance of puck moving ability instead of making up false narratives about how they're actually good (Rutta and Ferraro).

Prioritize who, how? Are you talking about Mukh? We don't have defensemen with some semblance of puck moving ability to prioritize. FWIW, Ferraro has looked decent for a majority of the past 15 games, and the stats have mostly shown him to be passable, not atrocious.

- Have a system that isn't chip out the zone and hope to get it out. If you're only reaching 20 shots per game, you're system is f***ing awful.

The breakout has been getting better, but it's mostly a function of the skill of the players. Our defensemen can't make confident plays, walman and sorta Lily are the only D with any chance of carrying through NZ, and even among the forwards we only have 3 who can carry through NZ (Ek, Celly, good but not bad Granlund). I don't think this is a system problem, it's a skill problem. We aren't getting lots of shots because the team is in our own zone too much without the puck, not because we can't break it out. The advanced stats on giveaways supported this at least earlier in the year when I looked it up.

- Give potential a genuine chance to play instead of giving up on them because they didn't produce with Barclay f***ing Goodrow on their line. Kovalenko started his Sharks tenure strong, but when he went through a quiet patch he got instantly scratched or stuck with the Goodrow and Dellandrea types.

I agree that Kovalenko should play more, but to be fair he did get injured. You have to direct some of your ire at Grier because guaranteed he's involved in decisions about Goody playing. Dellandrea is a guy but he's a reliable plug who can play PK and so is Goody, and that's almost certainly why they are getting games.

- Vets don't get benefit of the doubt. They've had their chances with this team multiple seasons and are still awful. The only way they're reliable is that they're consistently rubbish.

Why isn't Mack looking as good as he was? Maybe because teams know they only need to defend his line because the rest are being filled with plugs that shouldn't be seeing icetime in the AHL let alone the NHL.

Mack looked awesome tonight for the half of the game I watched, I don't think it's Warsofsky's fault he has had ups and downs this season. He's 18.

 

[Lebanezer]

Here's a couple of things Warsofsky can do:
- Accept the fact that all of the D are bad at defending, so prioritize those who can have some resemblance of puck moving ability instead of making up false narratives about how they're actually good (Rutta and Ferraro).
- Have a system that isn't chip out the zone and hope to get it out. If you're only reaching 20 shots per game, you're system is f***ing awful.
- Give potential a genuine chance to play instead of giving up on them because they didn't produce with Barclay f***ing Goodrow on their line. Kovalenko started his Sharks tenure strong, but when he went through a quiet patch he got instantly scratched or stuck with the Goodrow and Dellandrea types.
- Vets don't get benefit of the doubt. They've had their chances with this team multiple seasons and are still awful. The only way they're reliable is that they're consistently rubbish.

Why isn't Mack looking as good as he was? Maybe because teams know they only need to defend his line because the rest are being filled with plugs that shouldn't be seeing icetime in the AHL let alone the NHL.

To be fair, this is what he’s going to have to deal with for the majority of his career. He’s always going to be the focal point of the opposition. He’s still doing great considering the matchups he’s facing.

 

[Shark Finn]

I don't really care if he wins the Calder or not, just happy to have a 18-year old whom other teams have to adjust to. Michkov is 19, Hutson soon 20. Let's see how good Celebrini is in a year or two.