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Will be interesting to see where the chemistry is. Who knows:Slafkovsky and Demidov on the way is not too bad
Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Laine - Demidov - Slaf
Will be interesting to see where the chemistry is. Who knows:Slafkovsky and Demidov on the way is not too bad
I’m definitely not sold on Dach being a centerman given his faceoff ability of lack there of… but it’s worth revisiting with duos as someone else mentioned. Sadly I think the second line with a healthy Laine would’ve looked great. Hope it can be when he returns.Will be interesting to see where the chemistry is. Who knows:
Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Laine - Demidov - Slaf
Was Demidov drafted as a center and is be used at all as a center this season?Will be interesting to see where the chemistry is. Who knows:
Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Laine - Demidov - Slaf
Was Demidov drafted as a center and is be used at all as a center this season?
Exactly my point...we should not consider installing him at a position he may have never playedNo and no.
Why not - it's worked so well when we've done it beforeExactly my point...we should not consider installing him at a position he may have never played
Will be interesting to see where the chemistry is. Who knows:
Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Laine - Demidov - Slaf
Dach better on wing with Suzuki and Caufield than center . He's good playmaker for them and adds size, strength. That line has taken off since he went there. Plus his poor faceoffs and bad defensive zone coverage not hurting team on wing. It's a double gain.I’m definitely not sold on Dach being a centerman given his faceoff ability of lack there of… but it’s worth revisiting with duos as someone else mentioned. Sadly I think the second line with a healthy Laine would’ve looked great. Hope it can be when he returns.
I really like the work he does with Suzuki and Caufield, and this isn’t new. He was borderline elite with them two years ago as well. This does at the very least open the door to trying one of Demidov/Slaf at center in the future or possibly Hage slides in there.
Agreed, he is better suited at wing.Dach better on wing with Suzuki and Caufield than center . He's good playmaker for them and adds size, strength. That line has taken off since he went there. Plus his poor faceoffs and bad defensive zone coverage not hurting team on wing. It's a double gain.
Was Demidov drafted as a center and is be used at all as a center this season?
Ordered by likelihood of being the future 2C, IMO:He hasn't been used as a center. I'm not sure what he was drafted to be. I don't pretend to be in contact with HuGo or be able to read their minds, unlike some. In the draft video, when it was time to talk about Demidov, a scout said he could be a future number 1 center. Did the team release that quote by chance? Others have also speculated he may be a center. Either way, I'm sure management will figure it out. I'm not worried about it. I certainly don't have him penciled in as a center. Those lines I posted were more a potential possibility than how I think things should or will be.
It's overrated when you compare a player with 49.5% versus another one at 52%.The whole face-off thing is overrated. This won’t be the deciding factor.
- face-off technique can be learned, improved upon.
- as 2C, he will defer to Suzuki for important face-offs such as PP1 and final 2:00 of game. D-zone goes to Evans.
Strip away special team, neutral zone face-offs, changes on the fly, face-offs when there’s 2+ goal lead …. It’s really more important that he’s a good possession hockey player.
Barkov was bad on the dot for his first 4 years while having good possession metrics. On the flip side, Vermette’s first 4 seasons saw good face-off % with bad CF%. His good FO% looked like AB’s CF% and his bad CF% was like AB’s FO%.
Kopitar took a while to get going on the dot as well. 5th or 6th season.
It's overrated when you compare a player with 49.5% versus another one at 52%.
But Kirby is at 35.3% in career and 37% this year. It's simply way too low.
Lots of young players struggle with faceoffs early in their career and improve once they get more experience. There are the rare guys like Crosby/Bergeron who are great at them at the start of their careers, but even someone like McDavid was barely over 40% in his third season and has been over a 50% guy in recent year.
Dach's first year here he was bad to start, then he improved as the season went on and was almost 50% in January before getting hurt and struggling on faceoffs when coming back.
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For a guy who has 35 total faceoffs in the last 2 years it'll take him time to get the timing down on faceoffs.
Yes it is too low.It's overrated when you compare a player with 49.5% versus another one at 52%.
But Kirby is at 35.3% in career and 37% this year. It's simply way too low.
Yup, since Dach moved to the No. 1 line, he has 4 points in 3 games. More importantly , Suzuki has 3- 3-6 totals in those three games, while Caufield had two goals, giving him eight on the season. Dach is better playmaker.Agreed, he is better suited at wing.
2nd line W is what I see for Dach as his ceiling. ~60 points.Yup, since Dach moved to the No. 1 line, he has 4 points in 3 games. More importantly , Suzuki has 3- 3-6 totals in those three games, while Caufield had two goals, giving him eight on the season. Dach is better playmaker.
Dach isn't durable. Poor on faceoffs and defensive liability in own end. Team way better last two games.
2nd line wing or 3rd line C..2nd line W is what I see for Dach as his ceiling. ~60 points.
Exactly my point...we should not consider installing him at a position he may have never played