I figure all I have to do is post every once in a while and folks will understand the standard "you spoiled children don't know true suffering" rant is automatically implied.
Hynes makes as few changes after a win as possible. Novak will be out until someone either does something so stupid they have to be pressboxed or we lose
That's true and thinking about it he usually sits guys for two games. If you make a trip to the pressbox you're probably going to watch at least two. Still would have been a good opponent to get him back in the lineup but can't argue with the way the beast line is playing.
You turning on tomasino after his first NHL game of the season? I’m high on evangelista too but we can’t just keep bleeding scoring wingers out of this organization. Hynes has to go first before anybody on this roster is shipped out.
We have 3 young centers in the roster, and Tomasino is our only current young top 6 winger. Sometimes I wonder if you’re trying to figure out what color the letter seven smells like.
We don't have a true 1st line center though (maybe Parsinnen).
None of the wingers you listed have made a game night roster for the Preds
I wouldnt call any of them top 6 wingers at the moment. Lots of potential but the closest one tomasino hasnt even cemented himself into that position yet.
Seems pretty early to pull the plug on a 21 year old player. Its still really early for his draft class. There arent alot of players after the top 15 of the 2019 draft that are regular NHL contributors right now and next to 0 once you get past 17th overall
And, I still say we're doing ourselves an injustice if we try to force ourselves into thinking of a "top 6" and "bottom 6". We've got a killer 4th line with some PKers in the Herd. We don't have any big superstars up front. If we can fill 3 other lines with players who have some skill and can chip in on the scoreboard, let's have a "top 9" and "bottom 3". If we had started the season with that Tolvanen-Glass-Tomasino line, and let them play and grow together, make mistakes and learn from them, we'd be in a better spot today. Whether you called it a 3rd line, a 4th line, or it became your 2nd line. Who cares. If we have enough decent players to have lines like that, let's have lines like that. And a "better spot" doesn't have to mean "in the standings" either.
I agree here. We dont have the superstar goal scorers needed to run the bottom 6 as we are. We have to score more by committee. For the most part, the top 6 is one target with career goal rates or atleast the rates theyve typically run with hynes coaching.And, I still say we're doing ourselves an injustice if we try to force ourselves into thinking of a "top 6" and "bottom 6". We've got a killer 4th line with some PKers in the Herd. We don't have any big superstars up front. If we can fill 3 other lines with players who have some skill and can chip in on the scoreboard, let's have a "top 9" and "bottom 3". If we had started the season with that Tolvanen-Glass-Tomasino line, and let them play and grow together, make mistakes and learn from them, we'd be in a better spot today. Whether you called it a 3rd line, a 4th line, or it became your 2nd line. Who cares. If we have enough decent players to have lines like that, let's have lines like that. And a "better spot" doesn't have to mean "in the standings" either.
The Kraken are a great example of a team that has built three lines that are contributing on the score board with a line that can bang with a bit of scoring as well.
Yes, if we have combinations with demonstrated chemistry, then please, let's leverage that chemistry. Don't break them up just to try to kickstart some other failed experiment elsewhere, which is what Hynes seems to continually do. Over, and over, and over again.
