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Hope Dumo was just injured. If he’s back to normal I’d really want to see them go with he and Marino again as the top shutdown pair. They were so good in brutal usage.
It would soften up Letang’s minutes so he can feast on inferior competition, and simultaneously limit the 3rd pairing (JJ) to very low TOI.
I think people are going to be very disappointed when there isn't a major shakeup.
Well JJ IS a good third pairing guy who’s great at the PK and shot blocking and is great in the room...we have to make every accommodation to play him as many minutes as we can with a good partner... that’s why Sullivan put him out there at the end of a one-goal game when we needed a goal to tie the game...just a really good hockey player and we’re thankful to have him
If/when this happens I hope it bumps up all of JJ's stats and makes him way more attractive to other teams.
See, isn't life when you learn to stop worry and love the bomb?
I suspect in Jan/Feb there will injuries or a player that blows ass that will allow us to make a swap. I still tend to think that a Rask-JJ swap couldn't be the worst thing for either team.
I don't see how he's going to be more attractive to other teams. The only thing that will make him attractive is a prospect or a pick. Or hell, if we retain.
Or just buy him out and not waste assets just to get rid of him.
Literally no chance I'm reading people have concerns about Jake right? After that injury and coming back in this silly tournament. That would just be next level worry
Realistically, the only way they're getting rid of JJ is if they healthy scratch him for POJ and maybe they'll trade him next off-season.
I'd like to hear JR's plan to acquire a RD he views as being the right guy to play with JJ, because I'm thinking he's only out of here if POJ pushes him out.
No? The only core names I've seen people throw out in here are Hornqvist, Rust and Dumoulin.
I don't think there's even a Status Quo camp right now.
I think there's "We Must Change But Not X" camp, a "We Must Change So Everything's On The Table" camp, and a "We Must Change And They Won't Change Enough" camp.
If we must change, I suspect I'm in the latter. This team's engine is the relationship between Crosby, Malkin and Letang with Sullivan. I don't see how trading Rust or whoever changes that.
But I don't think anyone's made a compelling argument for having to have a bigger change than colouring around the edges, other than that's how we've always done it. Is that how every team that's gone from playoff zeroes to heroes quickly done it? Surely if everything's on the table, that includes the method, right?
Honestly, I'm not 100% what I mean, because I'm not 100% sure what is happening that turns a good regular season roster into a post-season roster that looks like they'd rather not be there. But considering the big swing in performance there, and the extent to which they don't just look bad, they look like they don't care, I suspect a large part of it is some mental issue for the team, and that if you fix that mental aspect you fix a lot of the performance issues.
And I don't know where the mental issue is, but I'd suspect a lot of it is somewhere inside the relationship between Crosby, Malkin and Letang with Sullivan. Bluntly I'd be happier if he was gone like you're suggesting; but since he isn't, we're left seeing whether they can regain what's missing there.
You are aware that team made dramatic changes after firing Therrien, right? You know, when they traded Whitney for Kunitz and also added Guerin at the deadline.
You are aware that team made drastic changes after firing Johnston, right? You know, when they traded Scuderi for Daley and Hagelin for Perron, along with adding Schultz at the deadline and giving expanded roles to numerous young players.
So you really think trading Hornqvist wouldn't have a locker room impact? The guy that was JR's first acquisition and was a big role in the 2 cups? You really think that wouldn't make a difference?
Like I said, it is downright amazing that you're on board with firing the coach but making no significant roster changes. Just scapegoating the coach, that's all you're doing. I don't know if you're in the "fire JR" crowd, but I also do find it funny that there is a crowd that simultaneously says "fire JR because he has done a bad job and will run this team into the ground" while acting like this roster isn't flawed and only needs to trim the fat.
Hopefully it was just his ankle not being 100%, he didnt look himself against MTL, especially game 1. He basically becomes Rob Scuderi if he loses a step or 2....
Im not sure if it was by design but Letang was very tame in the playoffs. He played great defensively, but hes really our only true OFD, and I think offense from the back end was the difference in the series.
So far trading guys to have a locker room impact has made playoff results worse.