Observations from this weekend and to Echo some past post's.
All of Macneil, Bilecki and Schnieder are ready to play at this level. I was in attendance for Fri/Sun and Watched Sat on TV. My biggest surprise truthfully was how well Schneider played on Sunday. He looked calm and big/physical all while having enough foot speed to not get beat. I only say he was the biggest surprise as we haven't seen as much of him lately and i guess i expected him to be a bit behind the others. News flash- he's not.
Point is Chomiak has made Ando expendable IMO. It's not that i don't like Ando- but trading Rehkopf away was a clear indication the management doesn't see us as contenders this year and quite frankly neither do I.
Chromiak-Dirracolo
Reid-Campbell
Bilecki/Schnieder/Macneil ( rotation)
I think all of us would be happy to watch that each night.
I will say this with the utmost respect. If we hang onto Ando until after Christmas and the return is not a 2008 1st rounder it will be an absolute fail in developing these young Defensemen( Why not trade hm now? ) . And then what if it's a player returned after that? The new 2008 would be in a log jam somewhere.
Currently having -Antis/Headrick/Arquette/Cameron all not playing up Front
And 2 of Bilecki/Schnieder/Macneil not playing on the back end.
I know we have some injuries up Front. But we need these kids playing with they're all healthy.
Thoughts?