Flgatorguy87
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Tonight should be a pretty good dress rehearsal/try out for ZLH, Pars, and Ozzy. Those guys are all looking to make some noise. Should be interesting to see.
Yeahbut... we got a whole draft for Jeannot. We get zip all if Parssinen is claimed on waivers? For all we know, Jeannot will also bounce back. He had injury issues and was still an ok-ish checker even at his worst, still an NHL player. I don't really see the comparable.We literally just had the best example of a guy that got on a good run and then was done in Jeannot. Why people are holding on to two years ago like it means anything is beyond me. He may have went on his good run that season and it's over. We haven't seen it since and I haven't seen anything out of him in the preseason against weak competition that makes me think he suddenly going to be something different.
If he earns a spot great. If he doesn't I have zero issue in waiving him. The next couple of seasons is not the time to be hoping and praying a guy can play.
Yeah I think that's a valid concern. The O'Reilly line should take the make difficult matchups generally so hopefully that helps them but I also wouldn't be surprised if we have to dramatically shake up the lines as soon as the season starts.Am I the only one a bit.. concerned about the Stamkos-Novak-March line? Stamkos has had his struggles at 5v5 lately and none of them at this point are really known for their defensive chops. Marchessault at least is a good play driver but that line might really need to dominate possession to be effective and I'm a little skeptical on that front with 2 out of the 3.
Tolvanen had already played a full season and had shown he was at least a decent two way option on the 3rd line if he couldn't do anything else. Tolvanen was also a 1st round pick, which means someone was always more likely to take a chance.Yeahbut... we got a whole draft for Jeannot. We get zip all if Parssinen is claimed on waivers? For all we know, Jeannot will also bounce back. He had injury issues and was still an ok-ish checker even at his worst, still an NHL player. I don't really see the comparable.
To me, the Parssinen situation is more like Tolvanen. You have a guy that has shown flashes, but you can't quite commit to his spot in the lineup for the style of player that he is... but you haven't really given him the full opportunity to shine yet either, just you think maybe you can sneak him through waivers?