Nashville Predators Talk - 2024/2025 Season

[herzausstein]

I think I have said this about every 5 games since the season started...but Skjei has not been what we picked out from the FA catalog. He's the wish version of a steady D-man. If this style isn't going to fit his play, then we are in for a long contract.

I think he has spent most of his season with Josi who has spent most of his time acting like a defensively illiterate forward. That's a tough task.

That defense is... surely something.

The real pairings

Josi - Carrier
Skjei - Josi
Skjei - Carrier
Josi -Schenn
Skjei - Schenn
Wilsby - Blankenburg - 10 mins each

 

[Roman Yoshi]

So based on Mason's comments I guess the plan now is to basically move off guys that can be traded and hope whoever new gets in the lineup can get the rest of the team going.

Also he basically admitted they are throwing crap at the wall and hoping something sticks. Hate to tell him it's not going to get better as long as guys like Stamkos are pulling that much 5v5 time.

What comments?

Man I sure wish with all of these blueline injuries we had someone who was proven to be able to play with Josi... Wait didn't we have a guy?

 

[Predsanddead24]

Hope Wilsby does well just because I find it funny when Europeans have incredibly American sounding names.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I'll say, the only reason I still have hope for Skjei is just based on the fact that every single one of our Dman has looked worse this year. We have nobody playing at even their normal level, it's all regression even for the players who didn't have room to regress.

 

[Scoresberg]

Skjei is clearly lost in trying to learn our system having played in one of the strongest systems in the league for multiple years. But the reason I'm concerned is that mechanically, he looks bad. Bad passer, slow skater, inconsistent decision-maker. Those things are not all system-dependent.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I was messing around with AI art in our GDT and The Machine accidentally created your new mascot:

So if one of you could email Trotz and make this happen it would be good for the sport

 

[Armourboy]

What comments?

Man I sure wish with all of these blueline injuries we had someone who was proven to be able to play with Josi... Wait didn't we have a guy?

Was on the radio today.

 

[ShagDaddy]

Skjei is clearly lost in trying to learn our system having played in one of the strongest systems in the league for multiple years. But the reason I'm concerned is that mechanically, he looks bad. Bad passer, slow skater, inconsistent decision-maker. Those things are not all system-dependent.

I don’t think it’s the system, I think it’s playing alongside Josi. No one knows where he’s going to be and wherever it is it’s usually not where a defenseman should be.

Bad passing,, maybe he’s passing where someone should be but arent.
Slow skating, maybe he’s questioning where he’s supposed to be skating to within the framework of the system.
Inconsistent decision making, maybe he’s other players aren’t where they’re supposed to be or maybe he’s overthinking where he’s supposed to be going.

I could be completely wrong and he could just be a bad player but I think his time in Carolina and what he was able to do there shows he’s actually a good defenseman.

 

[GoldOnGold]

I don’t think it’s the system, I think it’s playing alongside Josi. No one knows where he’s going to be and wherever it is it’s usually not where a defenseman should be.

Bad passing,, maybe he’s passing where someone should be but arent.
Slow skating, maybe he’s questioning where he’s supposed to be skating to within the framework of the system.
Inconsistent decision making, maybe he’s other players aren’t where they’re supposed to be or maybe he’s overthinking where he’s supposed to be going.

I could be completely wrong and he could just be a bad player but I think his time in Carolina and what he was able to do there shows he’s actually a good defenseman.

I agree. Pretty much our whole team looks awful, and I have faith that the big FAs would look and play better under a different coach (maybe not enough to make their signings worth it, but better).

 

[Viqsi]

Too bad they don't have a legitimate top 4 RHD...

I'm still convinced that if some kind of health miracle occurs Blankenburg can be one. The problem is that those aren't exactly commonplace.

 

[Armourboy]

I don’t think it’s the system, I think it’s playing alongside Josi. No one knows where he’s going to be and wherever it is it’s usually not where a defenseman should be.

Bad passing,, maybe he’s passing where someone should be but arent.
Slow skating, maybe he’s questioning where he’s supposed to be skating to within the framework of the system.
Inconsistent decision making, maybe he’s other players aren’t where they’re supposed to be or maybe he’s overthinking where he’s supposed to be going.

I could be completely wrong and he could just be a bad player but I think his time in Carolina and what he was able to do there shows he’s actually a good defenseman.

I'm convinced this is what is wrong with a lot of the team. Too many guys thinking about where they should be, don't know where they should be, guys not being where they should be, and it all just slows everything down, causes turnovers, bad passes, and inconsistency.

The better games we play you can almost bet that they are the ones the Dmen tend to play more conservative that night for some reason. When they starting diving on the net and trying to make plays you can bet we are going to end up with a ton of breakaways, odd man rushes, and just poor play in general.

 

[EXTRAS]

Wilsby in the house.

 

[Armourboy]

Wilsby in the house.

Wouldn't get too happy, he probably won't get 7-8 minutes unless he just gets lucky.