GDT: Game 6 | Toronto @ Columbus | 7:30 PM EST

[ViD]

dang what a great game to miss

Incredible effort by the bottom 6

Solid game by Tarasov

A bit disappointing Fantilli line did not have any production but it looks like they had their chances

 

[majormajor]

A bit disappointing Fantilli line did not have any production but it looks like they had their chances

They were our worst line but if the top line keeps looking good, which it did tonight, then I think we can afford to give the second line time figure things out together.

Fantilli could use some video of Chinakhov and Marchenko working together, and how they follow each other and look for each other. He needs to do an impression. I really think Fantilli has all the basic tools to be a complete player but he's used to being a one man attack, he still has to learn how to attack in a group.

 

[Cheddarcheese]

its nice to see even if Fantilli isnt getting points he can be effective made Domi look like a Dumbo

 

[stevo61]

They were our worst line but if the top line keeps looking good, which it did tonight, then I think we can afford to give the second line time figure things out together.

Fantilli could use some video of Chinakhov and Marchenko working together, and how they follow each other and look for each other. He needs to do an impression. I really think Fantilli has all the basic tools to be a complete player but he's used to being a one man attack, he still has to learn how to attack in a group.

Hopefully it clicks faster than the 4 years it took MacKinnon. MacK was good but when it all clicked... oh boy. Could be similar for Fantilli. Fantilli just looks like a kid trying to do too much right now

 

[SteelCityCannon]

Hopefully it clicks faster than the 4 years it took MacKinnon. MacK was good but when it all clicked... oh boy. Could be similar for Fantilli. Fantilli just looks like a kid trying to do too much right now

I agree. He tries to win like he would at Michigan. You're not just going to walk through NHLers. He's a 20 year old making 20 year old mistakes. To be expected. He'll gel with someone soon.

 

[tunnelvision]

Sillinger at wing, Danforth at center? More of that, please.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I know Dean's trying to win games. You can't tell coaches and players that, because of the unique circumstances, we are looking at a growth year where we don't compete and that's OK.

But... Johnny was killed, Laine was traded (a net positive in my book but no forward came in return), three regular forwards are injured and we're skating at least two guys that under other circumstances we wouldn't have signed.

There are going to be lines that don't work. There are going to be deficiencies. I don't think there are a whole lot of solutions game-to-game. If the guys are working hard and doing what coaches are asking of them, I'm good with it.

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

^^ Yeah all I ask this season is good effort throughout the lineup. If we win that's great. If we win and make opposing fans lose their minds like Dangle, even better, we could use some of that for once.

 

[majormajor]

Sillinger at wing, Danforth at center? More of that, please.

Straight into my veins, please. That one switch feels like a big upgrade.

In the postgame interview Dean said it came about because he asked Danforth, earlier this season, what he preferred to play.

I wonder if he might ask Voronkov that too when he comes back.

I know Dean's trying to win games. You can't tell coaches and players that, because of the unique circumstances, we are looking at a growth year where we don't compete and that's OK.

But... Johnny was killed, Laine was traded (a net positive in my book but no forward came in return), three regular forwards are injured and we're skating at least two guys that under other circumstances we wouldn't have signed.

There are going to be lines that don't work. There are going to be deficiencies. I don't think there are a whole lot of solutions game-to-game. If the guys are working hard and doing what coaches are asking of them, I'm good with it.

I was expecting that to be my attitude, and maybe it will end up having to be my attitude as we start to have problems later in the year. But so far Dean's managed to make lines that work out of seemingly nothing. He's raising our expectations. And credit of course to guys like Danforth and Olivier that are playing well beyond what you would expect even from good coaching.

 

[Jovavic]

They've played six games and have had only one where they didn't play well and got outplayed, I'll take that average for the year

 

[tunnelvision]

In the postgame interview Dean said it came about because he asked Danforth, earlier this season, what he preferred to play.

I wonder if he might ask Voronkov that too when he comes back.

Maybe Voronkov misunderstood the question and said "hockey".

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I was expecting that to be my attitude, and maybe it will end up having to be my attitude as we start to have problems later in the year. But so far Dean's managed to make lines that work out of seemingly nothing. He's raising our expectations. And credit of course to guys like Danforth and Olivier that are playing well beyond what you would expect even from good coaching.

I'm good with expectations and maybe working the roster will just try and be a thing where we're trying to use a player who's playing well to jump start someone else (i.e. Chinny and Fantilli). But I feel like we'll always be creating a deficiency somewhere else.

Ultimately, I've just decided that there will be some thing for which there are no solutions, at least until we start getting some players back, and maybe even then.

 

[ViD]

I’m just hoping we might have a Jacket this season who will score 82 or more points

 

[Youngguns1380]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1848909820352466982

 

[majormajor]

Maybe Voronkov misunderstood the question and said "hockey".

"FIFA, sometimes pickleball".

 

[Cyclones Rock]

I'd like to see Danforth slotted at center-but never higher than the 2nd line.

I watched him in Cincinnati and he was an outstanding offensive player for the Cyclones who had great goal scoring ability and was a fairly decent passer. He (I think) was 3rd in goals scored in the KHL one year-and that's a very good (and low scoring) league. The on-ice 5 hole goal last night was a "goal scorer's" goal.

He's got great ability in the corners and shows exceptional work ethic in puck battles. While that will always be his best strength in the NHL, I think that he can be utilized more efficiently if he's allowed by the coaching staff to concentrate a bit more on his scoring abilities. I don't think that a 50 points production level is out of the question.

Given the horrible tragedy of #13 and the injuries to Boone and KJ, it seems like a "why not" experiment.

 

[Fred Glover]

I know Dean's trying to win games. You can't tell coaches and players that, because of the unique circumstances, we are looking at a growth year where we don't compete and that's OK.

But... Johnny was killed, Laine was traded (a net positive in my book but no forward came in return), three regular forwards are injured and we're skating at least two guys that under other circumstances we wouldn't have signed.

There are going to be lines that don't work. There are going to be deficiencies. I don't think there are a whole lot of solutions game-to-game. If the guys are working hard and doing what coaches are asking of them, I'm good with it.

I can’t like this enough