Nashville Predators Talk - 2024/2025 Season

[originalpredfan]

I've said before that I questioned if Bruno's system might be the problem and that he should change his system or he himself needs to be changed. Well I no longer question, I am now convinced. If he is too stubborn to adapt his system to the strengths of his players then I see no reason to keep him on board. I still believe these guys are either not truly buying in, or the system is too difficult to operate with their collective skill set. Once again "Dazed and Confused" is the operative word.

 

[predfan24]

This team needs some youthful legs and enthusiasm to balance out the old legs and laid back wisdom. The best players on the team are at least 30 with many closer to 35 than 30.

Forsberg: 30
Stamkos: 34..35 in a few months
Marchy: 33....34 next month
Nyquist: 35
ROR: 33.....34 in a few months (speed was never his game to begin with)
Josi: 34
Skjei: 30


Vet players who have been useful at times in their careers as Preds but ultimately are mediocre: Smith, Janko, McCarron, Schenn. Why does Brunette have so much loyalty to these guys?

Last night Brunette's answer via ice time strategy when struggling is to cut the young players ice time. The three lowest ice times, respectively, were Evangelista, L'Heureux, Pars.

Maybe I can sort of understand that the ultimate success of the team will depend on our veteran players so double, triple, quadruple down on the until something works but this is brutal.

 

[wmupreds]

This team needs some youthful legs and enthusiasm to balance out the old legs and laid back wisdom. The best players on the team are at least 30 with many closer to 35 than 30.

Forsberg: 30
Stamkos: 34..35 in a few months
Marchy: 33....34 next month
Nyquist: 35
ROR: 33.....34 in a few months (speed was never his game to begin with)
Josi: 34
Skjei: 30


Vet players who have been useful at times in their careers as Preds but ultimately are mediocre: Smith, Janko, McCarron, Schenn. Why does Brunette have so much loyalty to these guys?

Last night Brunette's answer via ice time strategy when struggling is to cut the young players ice time. The three lowest ice times, respectively, were Evangelista, L'Heureux, Pars.

Maybe I can sort of understand that the ultimate success of the team will depend on our veteran players so double, triple, quadruple down on the until something works but this is brutal.

There's no question that the team will only be successful if the vets you mention get it going. But that's no justification (as you say) to cut those three guys' ice times the way he did last night. None of them were playing particularly poorly. Vange has been off, for sure, though certainly no worse than most of the vets. The other two I thought played quite well. I can't come up with a coherent explanation for how ice time is currently being distributed.

 

[herzausstein]

I think he should send down Evangelista (still waiver exempt), waive Tomasino, call up Hinostroza and Lucchini. That'll fix things.

Should probably send down del gaizo and waive fabbro and bring up Blankenburg and Gravel too.

 

[darth5]

seeing reports that Dubas was in the house from Pitt. With back to back appearances, any chance they are shopping Parsnip?