Player Discussion Danila Yurov

[Bdub]

Yurov is elite. He needs Kaprizov more than Zuccerallo.

 

[63firebird]

I do think the Wild have enough skill to get it done if the goaltending is going great, but they're going to need Gus and Wally to step up.

Unsustainable in playoff to have top 6 do all the heavy lifting. Secondary scoring is essential. We know Boldy and Kap will be a threat and Gus is great. but secondary scoring is essential for playoff success.

Is it me or is Johansen a stick check wimp? Regular season fly by is what I see.

 

[BagHead]

Unsustainable in playoff to have top 6 do all the heavy lifting. Secondary scoring is essential. We know Boldy and Kap will be a threat and Gus is great. but secondary scoring is essential for playoff success.

Is it me or is Johansen a stick check wimp? Regular season fly by is what I see.

This is exactly why I want them to keep playing Yurov and Brink, doing so gives them a halfway decent offensive third line and can take some scoring pressure off the top-6. I maintain, I think that if the Wild are actually playing all their skilled players, from that standpoint they have just enough skill to get it done with help from the goalies.

As for Johansson, he's not a physical player and his scoring does fall off a bit in the playoffs, as it does for most players. It does not, however, completely dry up, and he is still one of our best players at creating controlled zone entries. He has his flaws as all normal players do, and you'd never build a team exclusively out of players like him and expect it to be competitive, but he also has his strengths that can complement a team that has players with other strengths. I don't care if he's a wimp or not, I care if he's useful to the team's success, and he is.

 

[63firebird]

This is exactly why I want them to keep playing Yurov and Brink, doing so gives them a halfway decent offensive third line and can take some scoring pressure off the top-6. I maintain, I think that if the Wild are actually playing all their skilled players, from that standpoint they have just enough skill to get it done with help from the goalies.

As for Johansson, he's not a physical player and his scoring does fall off a bit in the playoffs, as it does for most players. It does not, however, completely dry up, and he is still one of our best players at creating controlled zone entries. He has his flaws as all normal players do, and you'd never build a team exclusively out of players like him and expect it to be competitive, but he also has his strengths that can complement a team that has players with other strengths. I don't care if he's a wimp or not, I care if he's useful to the team's success, and he is.

I hope he contributes in playoffs but I wonder if Is his effectiveness is reliant on top 6 minutes?

 

[57special]

How much longer can MN continue to play Yurov at C with such a poor FO %? Might he be better at wing? His FO's numbers are worse than Marat's were.

 

[AKL]

How much longer can MN continue to play Yurov at C with such a poor FO %? Might he be better at wing? His FO's numbers are worse than Marat's were.

I'd give him a couple years to improve, most players do, and he has the rest of the center game down well enough to have some leash.

Not sure what the team will look like next year but for the current roster, what I'd have done is play Hartman on his wing to help with weak side faceoffs.

Worst case scenario, there are still people that insist Hughes and Thompson are centers and they suck at faceoffs and defensively, so we can just plug our ears and go "la la la la I can't hear you la la la la"

 

[Wabit]

How much longer can MN continue to play Yurov at C with such a poor FO %? Might he be better at wing? His FO's numbers are worse than Marat's were.

He should have been at wing when the season started.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

He plays Center very well positionally, you just don't want him taking draws. Pretty impressed with his defensive play as a rookie this season, I hope he does get in for the playoffs, just need to have a draw taker on his line as well though.

 

[BagHead]

Given just how bad Yurov is at draws, I think he'll cap out, in regards to faceoffs only, as a center who only takes his strong-side draws. I'm picturing a line with a right-shot C/W who can take the weak-side draws. Someone like Ryan Hartman, but not actually Hartman by then because he'll be so old.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

Given just how bad Yurov is at draws, I think he'll cap out, in regards to faceoffs only, as a center who only takes his strong-side draws. I'm picturing a line with a right-shot C/W who can take the weak-side draws. Someone like Ryan Hartman, but not actually Hartman by then because he'll be so old.

Charlie Stramel. Hell yeah, f*** yeah.

 

[BagHead]

Charlie Stramel. Hell yeah, f*** yeah.

I'm not against it! That said, if Stramel is as good in the NHL at draws as he was in college, I'd rather just have him take all the draws.

 

[Bdub]

How much longer can MN continue to play Yurov at C with such a poor FO %? Might he be better at wing? His FO's numbers are worse than Marat's were.

Offer Yurov some under the table cash.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

I'm not against it! That said, if Stramel is as good in the NHL at draws as he was in college, I'd rather just have him take all the draws.

I want to see how Yurov does next season with faceoffs before going either way.

 

[BagHead]

I want to see how Yurov does next season with faceoffs before going either way.

Nah, that's too reasonable. I'm here for reactionary takes.

 

[57special]

I'm not against it! That said, if Stramel is as good in the NHL at draws as he was in college, I'd rather just have him take all the draws.

It's not that Stramel won that high of a % in college, it's that he took a lot of draws. I think the first 2-3 years, if not more, will be a learning experience for him on the dot.