Man, the love for Lawrence Nycholat v2.0 is hilarious.
Devils let us in and then didn't put up any fight. They've been slumping hard since. Bruins were tired as hell but at least they fought back/made it hard til the end. I'm more fond of a 45 minute effort against a tough opponent than a 60 minute effort against Stan Marsh's pee wee hockey team.
61 > 55 or 3
I'll take any improvement we can get. He may not be the superstar everyone wants, but he is holding his own. I rather have him in the lineup than Schultz. The guy at least hits and not afraid. When Green comes back, I rather have Schultz sitting, waived, traded. Only two games though, we'll see what he can do over the next three.
Except when/if Green comes back one of the other righties will have to make room for him not Schultz or Poti.
Did Nycholat ever show any kind of upside or anything positive like Oleksy has so far? Don't think so.
He keeps this up and we may find him and Kundratek sharing that 6th spot depending on the opponent
Hopefully Green doesn't come back. The difference in this team with him vs Orrlesky in the lineup is night and day.
Sloan did. As did Collins. And Kyle Wilson. And Fahey.
The list is long of AHL fodder that looks good in their first handful of games before being exposed.
I mean, good for Orrleksy. He's playing like he wants to earn the job and has put together a couple of credible performances. But the hype train is in danger of running off the rails.
I don't think anyone is saying he's going to be special.
The consensus is, at the very least he is better than Sarge and Poti.
And I'm happy with that right now.
Well he is the shiny new toy so there is that but for the most part it is simply because nobody has figured out why he is a 27 year old journeyman getting his first taste of the NHL now. There is a reason, probably many, and we simply haven't seen enough of him yet. It will come...
Well he is the shiny new toy so there is that but for the most part it is simply because nobody has figured out why he is a 27 year old journeyman getting his first taste of the NHL now. There is a reason, probably many, and we simply haven't seen enough of him yet. It will come...
That's a horrible idea IMO as both their games will suffer that way.
Well if Oates is intent on playing right shots on RD, then I don't see Orlesky getting a jersey over Green or Carlson
Of course he won't. He'll be back in Hershey.
Well it came for Schultz a long time ago and he ended up with 2.5 million a year
The only reason he'd challenge anyone for that 6th spot of the healthy defense is his handedness--that's why he's on the roster, after all.So you think if he keeps this up, he wont challenge Kundratek for that 6th spot?
I don't see how he doesn't,.....he brings elements of the game Kundratek's play doesn't.