Prospect Info: Grand Rapids Griffins, 2024 - 2025 Season
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So glad Cossa isn’t starting………….
All part of some ridiculous plan we’re not privy to of course.
Big time play by Lombardi to steal the puck with the EN and set up this goal. He's a stud, i think he'll be a player. Shame that a few mins later the Wolves ended up scoring again and ended up winning.
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Ooof. Wolves score the game winner 30 seconds after GR ties it at 4-4..... 38 seconds remaining. Coughed up another one that they controlled all night and likely should've won.
Kaser at the end; "They keep finding ways to lose, the Griffins do. This'll go right in there along some of the more difficult ones to swallow."
Lines:
Snively - Lombardi - Dries
Gettinger - Danielson - Watson
Doucet - Becher - Hanas
Bantle - Seger - Johannes
Wallinder - Tuomisto
Buium - Rafferty
Viro - Dello
Campbell
Danielson: A+
• Nice goal off a hell of a shift lastly merely 32 wseconds into period 2. He got the puck in deep, forechecked hard and poked the puck to Tuomisto who just kept it in and poked it back to Nate who spun off the boards and had a good chance. He then dogged his own rebound and it came loose from Tokarski. He stayed behind the net while Tuomisto was all over the puck and then timed himself perfectly to drop into open space below the faceoff circle and drove the net, backhand stopped but finishes his rebound off the forehand
Took Becher's great zone entry on the PP and in support took the puck, then sent a beauty cross crease pass to Gettinger's tape. He didn't finish. Later that PP he entered the zone cleanly and fired that patented cross ice pass to Hanas for a great chance
Shorthanded 2 on 1 bid 5-hole denied
Late 3rd he came into the zone flying, stopped up, carried around over top the circles and fired off a wicked wrister that Tokarski got a shoulder on and it popped just over the net
Lombardi: A
• Excellent assist to Rafferty wide open in the slot. Another sick assist where the Wolves player was skating out the zone during the empty net and Lombardi busted his ass and picked the pocket, fed Snively for a chance that Watson cleaned up
Good work attacking loose pucks offensively
Had a good defensive shift in the 2nd- anticipated the pass, then working hard to come up with the puck. When players start crossing over with one another, he tends to get chasing and lose coverage. Needs improvement if he wants to play down the middle at the NHL
Tried too many moves on the PP at the blueline, fell down, and coughed it up where Campbell had to stand tall on the breakaway chance
Wallinder: B+
• Decisive, accurate passing was prominent tonight much like it has been lately
Nice play along the boards in the o-zone to spin, evade checks, and find Hanas with a soft backhand pass. Another play later
End 2nd period off a faceoff he actually raced around from the boards to catch his man heading straight to the net and anticipated well to get a stick on a cross crease pass intended for his guy. Went to the boards to poke the puck free and Griffins exited the zone
One pass up the middle got partially picked off but Seger rushed back to go the other way
Near end of the 3rd, he had a chance to get the puck out twice and did not get enough mustard on it. Forehand and backhand attempts
Early on he was not balanced enough behind his net and got pushed off the puck for a wraparound chance against
Buium: B+
• Good body position and stick to neutralize play below the goal line. Good work using the body to eliminate his man on the wall at the blueline and send play out of the zone
Good game today, but it appears he's slowing down a bit. Will need to hit the gym this offseason and get the legs beefed up imo
Tuomisto: C-
• TERRIBLE pinch, flat footed trying to poke at the puck just outside his blueline caused a 3 on 1 and the Wolves score the game winner 30 seconds after GR ties it. 38 seconds remaining. Absolute killer. C- rating because you just lost the game when your team was fired up after tying the game 30 seconds earlier
Couple decent shots on goal back-to-back in the late 1st and the second one he drifted around and timed it well when Snively fed him for a one-timer chance
Great heads up play after blasting a bomb into a Wolves player to feed Danielson cutting in from the boards and Nate finished his own rebound
Just a note, he does have some minor inconsistency in terms of breaking the puck out. Either that be tape to tape, or off the glass
Becher: A-
• Nice goal, noted below
Sick zone entry on the first PP, went through the D stick handling kinda like Datsyuk, got knocked a bit off balanced but stayed with the puck at the boards and tipped it to Danielson in support
First to a loose puck on the boards and chipped it to Hanas to create a 2 on 1 the other way. Hanas got denied on the shot. Later that shift, he times it perfectly to find himself in front of the net all alone and off a great heads up pass from Hanas, Becher takes two cracks at it and just get the backhander across the line
Never gave up on a play at the end of a great shift and drew a tripping penalty. Late on that PP, he almost tucked a sneaky one short side on Tokarski
Kaser at the end; "They keep finding ways to lose, the Griffins do. This'll go right in there along some of the more difficult ones to swallow."
Lines:
Snively - Lombardi - Dries
Gettinger - Danielson - Watson
Doucet - Becher - Hanas
Bantle - Seger - Johannes
Wallinder - Tuomisto
Buium - Rafferty
Viro - Dello
Campbell
Danielson: A+
• Nice goal off a hell of a shift lastly merely 32 wseconds into period 2. He got the puck in deep, forechecked hard and poked the puck to Tuomisto who just kept it in and poked it back to Nate who spun off the boards and had a good chance. He then dogged his own rebound and it came loose from Tokarski. He stayed behind the net while Tuomisto was all over the puck and then timed himself perfectly to drop into open space below the faceoff circle and drove the net, backhand stopped but finishes his rebound off the forehand
Took Becher's great zone entry on the PP and in support took the puck, then sent a beauty cross crease pass to Gettinger's tape. He didn't finish. Later that PP he entered the zone cleanly and fired that patented cross ice pass to Hanas for a great chance
Shorthanded 2 on 1 bid 5-hole denied
Late 3rd he came into the zone flying, stopped up, carried around over top the circles and fired off a wicked wrister that Tokarski got a shoulder on and it popped just over the net
Lombardi: A
• Excellent assist to Rafferty wide open in the slot. Another sick assist where the Wolves player was skating out the zone during the empty net and Lombardi busted his ass and picked the pocket, fed Snively for a chance that Watson cleaned up
Good work attacking loose pucks offensively
Had a good defensive shift in the 2nd- anticipated the pass, then working hard to come up with the puck. When players start crossing over with one another, he tends to get chasing and lose coverage. Needs improvement if he wants to play down the middle at the NHL
Tried too many moves on the PP at the blueline, fell down, and coughed it up where Campbell had to stand tall on the breakaway chance
Wallinder: B+
• Decisive, accurate passing was prominent tonight much like it has been lately
Nice play along the boards in the o-zone to spin, evade checks, and find Hanas with a soft backhand pass. Another play later
End 2nd period off a faceoff he actually raced around from the boards to catch his man heading straight to the net and anticipated well to get a stick on a cross crease pass intended for his guy. Went to the boards to poke the puck free and Griffins exited the zone
One pass up the middle got partially picked off but Seger rushed back to go the other way
Near end of the 3rd, he had a chance to get the puck out twice and did not get enough mustard on it. Forehand and backhand attempts
Early on he was not balanced enough behind his net and got pushed off the puck for a wraparound chance against
Buium: B+
• Good body position and stick to neutralize play below the goal line. Good work using the body to eliminate his man on the wall at the blueline and send play out of the zone
Good game today, but it appears he's slowing down a bit. Will need to hit the gym this offseason and get the legs beefed up imo
Tuomisto: C-
• TERRIBLE pinch, flat footed trying to poke at the puck just outside his blueline caused a 3 on 1 and the Wolves score the game winner 30 seconds after GR ties it. 38 seconds remaining. Absolute killer. C- rating because you just lost the game when your team was fired up after tying the game 30 seconds earlier
Couple decent shots on goal back-to-back in the late 1st and the second one he drifted around and timed it well when Snively fed him for a one-timer chance
Great heads up play after blasting a bomb into a Wolves player to feed Danielson cutting in from the boards and Nate finished his own rebound
Just a note, he does have some minor inconsistency in terms of breaking the puck out. Either that be tape to tape, or off the glass
Becher: A-
• Nice goal, noted below
Sick zone entry on the first PP, went through the D stick handling kinda like Datsyuk, got knocked a bit off balanced but stayed with the puck at the boards and tipped it to Danielson in support
First to a loose puck on the boards and chipped it to Hanas to create a 2 on 1 the other way. Hanas got denied on the shot. Later that shift, he times it perfectly to find himself in front of the net all alone and off a great heads up pass from Hanas, Becher takes two cracks at it and just get the backhander across the line
Never gave up on a play at the end of a great shift and drew a tripping penalty. Late on that PP, he almost tucked a sneaky one short side on Tokarski
Griffins win 2-1. Cossa was awesome - 33/34 saves.
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2-1 win breaking the tie late on a 5 on 3! This one was a goalie duel. Knyzhov nice addition on the blueline, should bolster them well for the playoffs. Basically a Lagesson replacement, had a solid game tonight
Lines:
Snively - Lombardi - Dries
Gettinger - Danielson - Watson
Doucet - Becher - Hanas
Bantle - Seger
Wallinder - Tuomisto
Knyzhov - Rafferty
Buium - Didier
Viro
Cossa
Danielson: B+
• Rare, and when I say rare I mean literally lol, giveaway in his zone where he didn't send the puck down low as the safe play and tried to force a play out of the zone no man there- puck squirted into the middle and Cossa had to make a stop on a good high slot chance
Got the puck down low and evaded his man to find Gettinger in the slot and then Nate goes to the net and whacks at a rebound attempt but Garand makes the pad save
Behind the net he evaded a man all over him, little pass in front to Watson who just missed one-timing it
Cossa: A+
• Dialed in. Moving well, sealing off the post well, see pucks well. Swallowing up the pucks giving no rebounds
Good lord, Viro gave up the puck putting it between Lombardi's feet and stick as he tried to breakout and it went right to a Wolf and Cossa STONED him with the spread eagle pad save
Bad pinch by Tuomisto, 2 on 1 goes the other way. Cossa makes a high glove save and it looked way too easy for him
Lombardi: A-
• Assists on the Watson PP goal
Backhand chance coming out from in tight got stopped
Good work pickpocketing in the neutral zone on the backcheck
This is a nitpicky critique of him but I feel it's legit- he has a tendency to spend too much extra time trying wring out all he can from a shift when he just needs to change. As a center in the NHL, it's gonna be much harder to last out there and coach is gonna be screaming at you if you're not going off with your mates. I still see him as a winger if he makes the NHL
Wallinder: B
• inconsistent puck play along the boards. Showing signs of previous Wallinder
Also showing signs of recent Wallinder, with good work keeping pace with and neutralizing the man away from puck on the rush
Buium: A-
• Likes to compete for pucks along the boards. Hoping he eventually applies that aggression and physical nature to other aspects of him defending
Nice solo rush on the PP, Hartford gave him room so he went in and ripped a shot just high
Good 1 on 1 work in the circle near Cossa to kill the Wolf coming in with steam trying to go through him
Tuomisto: B
• Good a few good heavy wrist shots off from the point
Bad pinch again where he misses the puck inside the offensive blueline and a 2 on 1 goes the other way. Cossa made that high glove save look way too easy though. Bailed out big time
A decent game otherwise but he needs to clean up those pinches. Fast
Becher: A+
• What a goal, puck was in everyone's feet inside the Griffins line so he comes off the bench and Hartford loses him, Hanas beauty stretch pass and with 6'4 Matt Robertson draped over him Becher goes 5-hole for an awesome breakaway goal, falling down, to open the scoring mid-2nd
Forechecked like mad in this game and had an extra head of steam to burn
Earlier on he almost split the D on a nice breakout and the puck was scooped away at the last second from him. He does have some sneaky speed on him. Would love to see what a summer in the weight room does for him
Tuomisto long stretch breakout pass and Becher, who's in tight along the boards makes a flawless tip pass between his legs timed perfectly for Hanas to pick it up and enter the zone
Another shift he forechecked and pressured the D behind the net, Doucet retrieves, feeds Tuomisto at the point and then Becher drifts in front to have a great crack at the rebound. Garand made a huge save there on him
Defensive zone coverage requires very little extra effort from him. Cerebral in puck support and with defending the rush + reading where his teammates are moving to apply pressure
2-1 win breaking the tie late on a 5 on 3! This one was a goalie duel. Knyzhov nice addition on the blueline, should bolster them well for the playoffs. Basically a Lagesson replacement, had a solid game tonight
Lines:
Snively - Lombardi - Dries
Gettinger - Danielson - Watson
Doucet - Becher - Hanas
Bantle - Seger
Wallinder - Tuomisto
Knyzhov - Rafferty
Buium - Didier
Viro
Cossa
Danielson: B+
• Rare, and when I say rare I mean literally lol, giveaway in his zone where he didn't send the puck down low as the safe play and tried to force a play out of the zone no man there- puck squirted into the middle and Cossa had to make a stop on a good high slot chance
Got the puck down low and evaded his man to find Gettinger in the slot and then Nate goes to the net and whacks at a rebound attempt but Garand makes the pad save
Behind the net he evaded a man all over him, little pass in front to Watson who just missed one-timing it
Cossa: A+
• Dialed in. Moving well, sealing off the post well, see pucks well. Swallowing up the pucks giving no rebounds
Good lord, Viro gave up the puck putting it between Lombardi's feet and stick as he tried to breakout and it went right to a Wolf and Cossa STONED him with the spread eagle pad save
Bad pinch by Tuomisto, 2 on 1 goes the other way. Cossa makes a high glove save and it looked way too easy for him
Lombardi: A-
• Assists on the Watson PP goal
Backhand chance coming out from in tight got stopped
Good work pickpocketing in the neutral zone on the backcheck
This is a nitpicky critique of him but I feel it's legit- he has a tendency to spend too much extra time trying wring out all he can from a shift when he just needs to change. As a center in the NHL, it's gonna be much harder to last out there and coach is gonna be screaming at you if you're not going off with your mates. I still see him as a winger if he makes the NHL
Wallinder: B
• inconsistent puck play along the boards. Showing signs of previous Wallinder
Also showing signs of recent Wallinder, with good work keeping pace with and neutralizing the man away from puck on the rush
Buium: A-
• Likes to compete for pucks along the boards. Hoping he eventually applies that aggression and physical nature to other aspects of him defending
Nice solo rush on the PP, Hartford gave him room so he went in and ripped a shot just high
Good 1 on 1 work in the circle near Cossa to kill the Wolf coming in with steam trying to go through him
Tuomisto: B
• Good a few good heavy wrist shots off from the point
Bad pinch again where he misses the puck inside the offensive blueline and a 2 on 1 goes the other way. Cossa made that high glove save look way too easy though. Bailed out big time
A decent game otherwise but he needs to clean up those pinches. Fast
Becher: A+
• What a goal, puck was in everyone's feet inside the Griffins line so he comes off the bench and Hartford loses him, Hanas beauty stretch pass and with 6'4 Matt Robertson draped over him Becher goes 5-hole for an awesome breakaway goal, falling down, to open the scoring mid-2nd
Forechecked like mad in this game and had an extra head of steam to burn
Earlier on he almost split the D on a nice breakout and the puck was scooped away at the last second from him. He does have some sneaky speed on him. Would love to see what a summer in the weight room does for him
Tuomisto long stretch breakout pass and Becher, who's in tight along the boards makes a flawless tip pass between his legs timed perfectly for Hanas to pick it up and enter the zone
Another shift he forechecked and pressured the D behind the net, Doucet retrieves, feeds Tuomisto at the point and then Becher drifts in front to have a great crack at the rebound. Garand made a huge save there on him
Defensive zone coverage requires very little extra effort from him. Cerebral in puck support and with defending the rush + reading where his teammates are moving to apply pressure
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