Daniel Sprong undresses Jared Tinordi and makes a sick deke to tie the game with 15.1 seconds left in regulation

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

I know Sprong has his flaws but I never quite understood why he never got any traction on any of his more recent teams, or at least got a multi-year deal. He's been getting constant 1 year, $900k or so deals despite putting up pretty good numbers.

There's a youtube video of this that breaks it down well.

Sprong has great offensive talent but that comes with a ton of controller disconnect moments when he doesn't have the puck on his stick.

This is a great play but I'm guessing he'll end up with 3rd/4th line minutes again where he can score goals but his defensive gaffes won't end up in the back of his net as often.

 

[LuckyDay]

Either this or Tocchet benches him or sits him in the box and he gets the message. They'll probably do a ton of practices where he gets backs into his own and gets ordered not to take chances.
This worked with Miller even as the fans cried foul over his lack of production on his new contract.
This did not work with Kuzmenko.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

I know Sprong has his flaws but I never quite understood why he never got any traction on any of his more recent teams, or at least got a multi-year deal. He's been getting constant 1 year, $900k or so deals despite putting up pretty good numbers.

I liked him when he was in Anaheim.

But, I remember Brian Hayward during one pregame interview saying that the coaching staff was hard on Sprong and wanted him to play defense. I also vaguely remember that he mentioned a bit of an attitude problem with him?

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I wonder if Tocchet can get him to buy in. He's talked about meeting with him after every game to go over the defensive side of his gane. He lost patience with Kuzmenko who just never was able to commit to the defensive part of the game. Sprong has a real opportunity here to cash in on a longer term deal if he can put in the effort. Cautiously optimistic so far from what I’ve seen.

 

[Fatass]

I liked him when he was in Anaheim.

But, I remember Brian Hayward during one pregame interview saying that the coaching staff was hard on Sprong and wanted him to play defense. I also vaguely remember that he mentioned a bit of an attitude problem with him?

Yup. There are reasons why a guy with this much skill (and decent size) who scores a lot of points is on a one year close to league minimum contract. He’s not trusted by coaches is one of them. And if he’s refusing to change how he plays (cheating for offence) then he will not get in Tocchet’s good books either.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

Imagine. It's 2024 and an NHL exec is like, "I have an idea, let's improve the team by signing Jarred Tinordi".

A solid record of 10 years in this league playing like ass but always gets a job.

10 millions in career earnings because he's huge and has his father's last name.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Sprong has a real opportunity here to cash in on a longer term deal if he can put in the effort. Cautiously optimistic so far from what I’ve seen.

That’s been the case for a while now and it hasn’t happened. This is what his 6th NHL team in 7 seasons?

To be frank I think there is more to it than just the on-ice issues.

 

[jackjohnson]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839164713227440391

Hey, I know it's the preseason, but 4 D dropped the ball on this goal. It looked like a successful running play in football where they create a gap in the line - and he kind of did. Sprong faked out both the first D that was supposed to contain him and caused him and the others momentum to go the wrong way then Cooper to commit to a shot on the left leaving his right wide open.

Canucks C team were on easy mode and Tocchet told them to win this game in the last minute and they said ok, while JT miller was sipping his wine and talking to Boeser in the press box about the upcoming joker movie

I know Sprong has his flaws but I never quite understood why he never got any traction on any of his more recent teams, or at least got a multi-year deal. He's been getting constant 1 year, $900k or so deals despite putting up pretty good numbers.

He doesnt like to play defense like Kuzmenko but he will be really useful in PP and last minute when a team likes to score a goal.

 

[jackjohnson]

Yup. There are reasons why a guy with this much skill (and decent size) who scores a lot of points is on a one year close to league minimum contract. He’s not trusted by coaches is one of them. And if he’s refusing to change how he plays (cheating for offence) then he will not get in Tocchet’s good books either.

I think these players will change by time. He will mature and play better defendively because he will be out of NHL if he doesnt

 

[canuckslover10]

Man can't you all just enjoy a nice goal??

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Man can't you all just enjoy a nice goal??

Most highlight reel goals have some degree of bad defense, but I had not realized my beer league buddies had gotten a try-out. That was so bad you really can’t make anything of the goal, sorry. Like a matador passing the bull on the highway and saying “close enough”.

 

[NailsHoglander]

McDavid did this sort of thing blindfolded as a kid walking to school up hill in the snow

Not thread worthy

 

[Rubi]

I think these players will change by time. He will mature and play better defendively because he will be out of NHL if he doesnt

He's 27 and has been a pro for 7 years and every year his coaches have tried to change the way he plays the game... without success. He is what he is. He ain't changing.

 

[LarKing]

Sprong certainly isn't a good defensive player but his deficiencies there are overblown imo. I'm guessing there's something else going on there that coaches really don't like such as an attitude problem. Gotta be a reason he's played for 6 different teams in 8 or 9 seasons.

 

[JianYang]

Tinordi is one of those guys who I wonder whether he would still be in the nhl if there were still only 30 teams in the league as was the case when he was drafted.

Just your ultimate fringe guy who keeps bouncing around the league from year to year.

He was drafted over a decade ago, but he's essentially played half his total nhl games in the last couple years on a poor chicago team.

The flames are his 12th team when you combine ahl and nhl.

 

[Rorschach]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839164713227440391

Hey, I know it's the preseason, but 4 D dropped the ball on this goal. It looked like a successful running play in football where they create a gap in the line - and he kind of did. Sprong faked out both the first D that was supposed to contain him and caused him and the others momentum to go the wrong way then Cooper to commit to a shot on the left leaving his right wide open.

Rooting for him.