Is There A Spot On This Team For Robertson?

[leafan11]

I think he's cooked.

At least with this organization. Maybe moving him will wake him up but I don't think he needs a mental reset per se, he's just not good enough outside his shot and he can never even use it.

Is Domi, Holmberg, Kampf cooked too? Robertson has more goals than all three of them. I do think he’s at the end of the rope but he’s got to play with better players. His most common linemate this year has been Holmberg who isn’t an NHL player. I will also say he’s not costing the team defensively which Berube cares about the most.

 

[1specter]

Steven Lorentz has as many points as Robertson, Reaves and Holmberg combined. Steven Lorentz...

This guy and Holmberg need to sit for a while for some Marlies. We need to find depth scoring of any kind.

Yeah, having basically five to six offensive deadweights in the bottom six is just too much. Kampf, Lorentz, Dewar, Holmberg, Reaves, Robertson all basically featuring is a little ridiculous to say the least. Compound that with Domi's struggles and it gets pretty ugly.

Lorentz I can give a pass to because he wasn't acquired for offense and he plays the fourth line role to a tee plus brings some jam, and he's a hometown boy. I have no issue with him, he also earned his spot in his camp. Dewar too I don't mind, versatile player and a pretty solid fourth liner who can PK and is defensively responsible. Holmberg I can tolerate as a fourth liner.

The rest are becoming a serious problem though, especially with Reaves and Kampf and what they make.

 

[kevsh]

I do think he’s at the end of the rope but he’s got to play with better players.

You don't get promoted to playing with the top guys until you earn it. And that means producing (or at the very least contributing) even when your linemates are deadweights.

1 goal (& point) in 16 games doesn't warrant getting that shot.

For the record, Lorentz has been playing on the 4th line almost entirely with Kampf & Reaves and he's got 3 already. And that's not even his role. For Nick, he's a shooter so unless he finds a way to score he's not getting any better opportunities here.

 

[Gilmour1996]

Speaking of Kampf, we don't have to worry about him for awhile.

 

[leafan11]

You don't get promoted to playing with the top guys until you earn it. And that means producing (or at the very least contributing) even when your linemates are deadweights.

1 goal (& point) in 16 games doesn't warrant getting that shot.

For the record, Lorentz has been playing on the 4th line almost entirely with Kampf & Reaves and he's got 3 already. And that's not even his role. For Nick, he's a shooter so unless he finds a way to score he's not getting any better opportunities here.

Did McMann produce with the deadweights when he got bumped up ? All his goals other than the speed burst have been tap ins in front of the net with other people setting him up. Robertson has shown when he plays with solid nhlers like Domi and Jankrok he can score. Scoring in this league is hard, go look at Slavkosky and Bedard goal totals so far this year.