Player Discussion Joshua Roy

[ZUKI]

No coach in the league likes a bad player.

Even if he's cute ?

Not sure that coaches evaluation of a player is the same as a random fan.

 

[DAChampion]

I wonder if we'll see Roy in a Habs' jersey again.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

I wonder if we'll see Roy in a Habs' jersey again.

He's just 21, and is under contract for another year, of course we will. Maybe not this year, though.

 

[schwang26]

Weird that they haven’t sent him down yet. I’m sure it’s coming. They aren’t going to just scratch him. I’ll bet Davidson or Flojak gets called up.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Joshua need a HUGE summer. His progress has stalled. He needs to come in next year stronger, faster and in the best shape of his life if he wants to play in the NHL.

 

[Mrb1p]

Joshua need a HUGE summer. His progress has stalled. He needs to come in next year stronger, faster and in the best shape of his life if he wants to play in the NHL.

Huge summer or not, hell never be faster or have a different playstyle. Hes the player he is and will never be anything else if hes not given a fair chance.

 

[CrazyBob]

Roy might have hit his ceiling. He always managed to excel at every level but NHL might be too much for him. He might just be a career AHLer

 

[Sorinth]

I wonder if we'll see Roy in a Habs' jersey again.

This season maybe not, but he's not a FA so we will almost certainly see him play some games next year as an injury replacement.

 

[DAChampion]

This season maybe not, but he's not a FA so we will almost certainly see him play some games next year as an injury replacement.

Roy is swimming against the current now. He no longer has special status as a fresh destroyer of the CHL. He needs to improve a lot as every year there are new rookies coming in.

 

[Sorinth]

Roy is swimming against the current now. He no longer has special status as a fresh destroyer of the CHL. He needs to improve a lot as every year there are new rookies coming in.

Sure but we've used 19 Fs this year, 21 last year, 25 the year before, 26 the year before that, and it goes on. There's a lot of spot duty to be had and Roy will almost certainly get some.

 

[HabsAddict]

I don't watch games Habs lose so I don't know how Roy is doing.

The last time I saw Roy in the AHL, Maillioux lost the puck and the guy who stiped him didn't score, but the guy following him did. Guess who didn't bother to back skate? I was actually so surprised to see the over the net and down the ice shot that showed clearly Roy just ambled along while watching it all. He just couldn't be bothered to put an effort.

A few games later, he's up and playing for the Habs.

So how is he doing? Or back to the AHL?

 

[Laboeuf]

Montreal’s game is built on speed which is why you see players like Roy, Gallagher so as hell.
There’s not many teams that isn’t built on speed.
Roy will fit with teams like Detroit, Dallas, Washington, Nashville, Buffalo and Anaheim to name a few.
He will not fit with Edmonton, Colorado, Toronto, New Jersey etc because he will look very slow.

It’s unfortunate but I think Roy will be traded this summer maybe to move up in the draft order.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Still believe in this player. Nice potential and under normal circumstances I'd say we should be playing the crap out of him.

But I don't know that he's going to fit here. Very similar situation to Struble. Good player/prospect that I'd love to keep but don't see a spot for. Roy deserves a shot to make the NHL but I don't know that he's going to get that shot here.

 

[Rapala]

Weird that they haven’t sent him down yet. I’m sure it’s coming. They aren’t going to just scratch him. I’ll bet Davidson or Flojak gets called up.

Waiting for Kappy to arrive...

 

[schwang26]

Waiting for Kappy to arrive...

Maybe but you still don’t want him sitting.

 

[LaP]

Maybe but you still don’t want him sitting.

Makes more sense to sit Kapanen imo. If he was not signed he would sit in Europe for the summer anyway like Demidov. He played more than enough games this year already. We can't enter the playoffs with Pez as the main guy on the bench. In 1993 we had guys like Ramage and Leeman on the bench who were pretty good players albeit at the end of their career. If we make the playoffs we'll have to have a better bench. Kapanen makes sense as he did not play in the AHL this year so there could be a risk of breaking the chemistry of the team if he is sent down.