Yeah, should see something different. The PK has been a disappointment the last couple years, an adjustment was sorely needed.
Agreed.
I don't remember him specifically mentioning the center thing but he did say that they didn't do any favors for him by bouncing him around the lineup and the press-box.
I mean he played him everywhere, just because the coach didn't specifically say " up and down the line up " doesn't mean that isn't what he is talking about, because that's exactly what he did with him. It's not like we don't watch the games and see what is happening.
Yeah don't really know what they do with him. I mean its obvious they wanted him to play at center, and its obvious they want him in the NHL, but its also pretty obvious that there is really no clear full time spot for him in that role as things are currently looking.I definitely still like Parssinen as a center. But I don't really know how he gets there on this year's team? Barring injury, of course. Obviously O'Reilly has the 1C spot. A quicker guy like Novak seems like a more obvious try for the 2nd line. Sissons is Sissons. And then if you're rolling a 4th line for checking/energy, I don't think McCarron is doing a bad job at all in that spot.
So Parssinen may still have to bide his time. Maybe Novak doesn't pan out, and Parsnip could try out at 2C. Maybe one of the default centers gets injured. But I won't expect him to start at C. I just feel like that's his "niche", though... despite a lack of footspeed, he seemed to see the game and play like a center to me.
Honestly I'm kind of thinking it was a radio thing, which means you would probably have a hard time finding it, that said I truthfully can't remember. That was over a year ago at this point.
Yeah could be. It does feel like the most insight comes from Trotz and others going onto radio shows and talking. I definitely agree that our coverage sucks. In large part it’s because I don’t think any of the beat writers actually have anything beyond the most rudimentary understanding of tactics. It’s sad that literally the best coverage of that sort of stuff comes from here. Like nowhere in our media has there been any mention of the change in PK strategy that was pointed out the other day. But even beyond that they don’t even cover things like who is playing with who during camp. The top lines have been covered but I couldn’t tell you who anyone else has been playing with. Like who has Kemell played with during camp? These guys are at training camp so how hard is it to put together a list of lines from each practice.
As Armourboy said I think it was a radio spot. What I remember being said was that they started him at wing, which didn't work, and by the time they 'found a spot at center' his confidence was gone.
Unless you think there is just no way a guy is ever going to be a C at the NHL level, no matter what. I remember having that debate here about Tomasino, where going back to junior I said he'd never be a center in the NHL.
Yeah, guys like Tomasino you might as well transition to wing right away.Unless you think there is just no way a guy is ever going to be a C at the NHL level, no matter what. I remember having that debate here about Tomasino, where going back to junior I said he'd never be a center in the NHL.
In our current group, only Parssinen and Svechkov appear to be projectable as candidate NHL centers. Which isn't a great situation, since both have some speed issues and aren't ideal top line candidates. A few other guys we've drafted have played center, the Wood experiment seemed to fail early last year, and Surin may not fit as a C either... ? Perhaps we do need to take more of a proactive development perspective where we really try to force-feed guys at the position, as opposed to the usual NHL mindset that you bounce them to the wing if you have any doubts at all?
Well and if they have played Center their entire life they may know what wingers are supposed to do, but they gotta think about it, it's not second nature. If you are on the ice thinking about where you need to be at this level you are already a step behind everyone else on the ice.
