Luchanko brings what they need ...fast center.Lycksell has been really good in camp. Baffling move just to give Luchanko 9 games.
Lycksell has been really good in camp. Baffling move just to give Luchanko 9 games.
This organization is poo-poo.
Lycksell just turned 25 and hasn't proven a lick at the NHL level because he's never been given an actual opportunity. He's already been around PP/G in the AHL in the two years he's played there. Playing 8-9 minutes a night with Deslauriers, Hathaway, Poehling, Atkinson, and occasionally Couturier (where he actually had good results in a tiny sample size) is not an actual opportunity for any player that actually prefers to play with the puck on their stick.Talk about an overreaction to the Flyers waiving a pair of guys in their mid-to-late 20s who haven't proven a lick at the NHL level. Every team has a player or two at their level.
Luchanko brings what they need ...fast center.
The other two are what they already have...mediocre wingers.
Where do you see a hole in the roster for Lycksell? He’s a small scoring winger with zero defensive awareness and a propensity for turnovers. He’s not going to bump TK, Konecny, Tippett, Foerster, Farabee, or Brink for top-9 minutes on the wing. And he isn’t well suited for 4th line minutes.Lycksell just turned 25 and hasn't proven a lick at the NHL level because he's never been given an actual opportunity. He's already been around PP/G in the AHL in the two years he's played there. Playing 8-9 minutes a night with Deslauriers, Hathaway, Poehling, Atkinson, and occasionally Couturier (where he actually had good results in a tiny sample size) is not an actual opportunity for any player that actually prefers to play with the puck on their stick.
Rebuilding teams should be giving these types an opportunity, not scrubs like Hathaway, Deslauriers, Atkinson, etc that this franchise is so fond of.
He also made several skilled offensive plays this preseason and had 4 points in 5 games versus 2 in 4 for Luchanko. Pre-season points might not mean anything, but I need a lot more than that to keep an 18 year old in the NHL whose major question mark is offensive ability. There is zero reason to keep Luchanko on the roster over Lycksell besides "we need centers!" which is a mind numbingly dumb reason to keep an 18 year old on a lottery team.
That's what the 9 games will determine.He just turned 18. He's not NHL ready. His position is irrelevant.
Do you guys think Lycksell should make the team over Luchanko?
Do you guys think Lycksell should make the team over Luchanko?
Talk about an overreaction to the Flyers waiving a pair of guys in their mid-to-late 20s who haven't proven a lick at the NHL level. Every team has a player or two at their level.
And he likely will be after his nine game audition.Yes. Luchanko should be sent back to his junior team.
And he likely will be after his nine game audition.
Also, I was impressed with Richard's speed during the two exhibition games PHI played against NYI. It seems like Lycksell was the bigger concern, but I didn't notice him at all (it's possible he didn't played NYI though).
He shouldn’t even get the audition.
The last #13 overall pick was smaller and played all season last year in the NHL as an 18 yr old.
Do you guys think Lycksell should make the team over Luchanko?