WreckingCrew
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Injury Report: Pacioretty ruptures his Achilles again - placed on season ending IR
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Nikishin Go Boom
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I hope this doesn’t turn into another Mike Soroka with a guy trying to come back too soon.
Got to give him enough time during the season to hurt something else….
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If he's back and in game shape, that's great news.
Great news. Even if it takes 2 months to get “back” plenty of time before the playoffs.
Our bottom lines could use a shakeup (Patches up with aho and Jarvis, TT to Staal????).
My question is how will the Staal line be used?
If the Staal line is meant to be a defensive stop, TT makes sense there while he gets his offensive game going. But how much use is TT's passing on a line with Staal and Fast?
If the Staal line is meant to be a heavy cycling line like last season, I'd consider putting Svech there and Pacioretty on the second line. Svech can cycle with Staal and Fast and can create his own shot.
You could also shake everything up with Pacioretty on the top line, TT on the second, Svech on the third. Not sure moving TT to the second helps him that much either. Is the issue that TT plays better on the RW? If so, the only way to open a spot is to move Fast down a line.
the halleJOKEL
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separating SSJ martdrei svechas seems like a bad idea imo
Anton Dubinchuk
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I guess his patch is readier than we thought!
If Svech and Necas are this hot, and appear to be playing well independently of each other, doesn't it make sense to spread the focus around a bit?
If it was all chemistry between the two like we often see with TT and Aho, I'd tend to agree. But I feel like they are each playing well with Aho on the PP and each creating their own opportunities as well.
I kind of feel like the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" saying applies here. There are other things that can be tried to improve the other three lines that I would try first before messing with that line.
cptjeff
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Earlier in the process I looked, and Justin Williams came back from his snapped Achilles in 2 and a half months or something ridiculous like that.
My dad went through this- that first 6 weeks after surgery is for the tendon to heal, after that it's all PT to get the joint stable enough to use. You're not going to re-tear the tendon if you come back too early, your ankle just won't have the strength to skate properly. A pro athlete *should* be able to come back on an aggressive timeline- the game is just to work out and stretch all the little muscles in the leg and ankle, and athletes are in great shape and used to working out. They gave us the full 6 month estimate it took my dad to get back on the ice overweight and in his late 50s at the time. That was always conservative, almost certainly just to avoid disappointing both him and us.
Anton Dubinchuk
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Elaborate on this. They're playing together, no? I guess are you referencing them being on different PP units?
Different PP units (although each with Aho at times), and their goals don't have a high % of the other player assisting on them like we sometimes see with Aho & TT.
It's not a lot of Necas setting up Svech or vice versa, which makes me think they could do well separated.
Although I also like the idea mentioned in the EDM game thread: maybe Necas is ready to transition to C with Svech, shift Kotkamieni to 3C and Staal to 4C?
Interesting. I’d roll with jk on 3rd line until it slows down. Line has been fantastic.
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I would assume that if he comes back this soon, Rod will ease him into the line-up and give him a week or two to get into game shape. I suspect we'll see some line combo changes as that happens.
Also, while I agree not to break-up Svech-KK-Necas right now since they are going well, I will be very surprised if there isn't a time when that line cools down some because of normal ups and downs in a season or because other teams may start to put their focus on that line vs. the Aho line.
Also, while I agree not to break-up Svech-KK-Necas right now since they are going well, I will be very surprised if there isn't a time when that line cools down some because of normal ups and downs in a season or because other teams may start to put their focus on that line vs. the Aho line.
Yeah, right now Svech’s shooting percentage is in the mid-twenties percent. I’d take the odds on that regressing back to closer to his average.
I don’t see the Nino on the roster if the goal is to recreate Nino - Staal - Fast. External acquisition in addition to Pacioretty or change the structure of that line (i.e. Fast to the 4th), imo.
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Agree, I think you need to change the structure of that 3rd line. I'd like to see:
Patches - Aho - Turbo
Svech - JK - Necas
Drury - Staal - Jarvis
Stastny - Stepan - Fast
At this point though, barring injuries, it seems very unlikely Drury gets any significant playing time in the NHL, maybe a few games. Martinook really shouldn't be playing and Stastny should bolster an elite 4th line. Kase was looking really solid and should have a place in the lineup if he is able to come back but I'm really not counting on him playing much for us (or at all anymore, frankly).
CandyCanes
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So the guy was skating today. Anyone think this means we might get him back sooner than expected? Like maybe by the end of year?
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