Player Discussion Ridly Greig (LW) 28th Overall

[Micklebot]

We don't even know if we have a #1C.

I'm pleased with how our prospects have panned out but I still don't see the firepower of a team like Toronto or Tampa Bay.

I guess, but if you compare your teams firepower to two of the highest skilled teams in the league you're setting yourself up for disapointment.

We'll score by committee, look at Vegas, Stone is great but they don't have the firepower of Matthews/Marner/Tavares either yet they are definitely a better team. Or perhaps Carolina, Aho Trocheck and Svechnikov might not be as flashy but they certainly get the job done.

 

[NyQuil]

I guess, but if you compare your teams firepower to two of the highest skilled teams in the league you're setting yourself up for disapointment.

We'll score by committee, look at Vegas, Stone is great but they don't have the firepower of Matthews/Marner/Tavares either yet they are definitely a better team. Or perhaps Carolina, Aho Trocheck and Svechnikov might not be as flashy but they certainly get the job done.

I don't get why people are up in my grill about this.

No team is perfect.

I know Sens fans and when there's a game deep in the season where we don't score enough goals, people will be griping about our "lack of high-end skill" in favour of "character" or "toughness".

And that's ok - I think there are other ways to be competitive.

 

[Cosmix]

Don't care for that punishment at all. One preseason game should've been the absolute max. Kid already got 5 and a game.

He was an easy target for the league to demo their new approach. Hope they consistently stick to it.

 

[bert]

He looks like Darcy Tucker with modern day skill (Tucker being relatively skilled for his day but the bar is much higher these days). He looks pretty slight, so I'm not sure how much muscle he can pack on. I can see Greig being a 15G 45Pts player who can play up and down a line up. He's going to have to pick his spots with the bs but Greig is always going to be a player that will need to walk the line.

Another player that you hate on another team but enjoy when he's on your team.

I see alot of Kadri. Left handed shot, crafty hands, physical play. Tucker seemed like more of a bowling ball.

 

[NyQuil]

I see alot of Kadri. Left handed shot, crafty hands, physical play. Tucker seemed like more of a bowling ball.

Kadri was a pansy though.

 

[Cosmix]

Kadri was a pansy though.

also a cheap shot artist!

 

[The Expert]

also a cheap shot artist!

So the comparison to Greig makes sense.

Can't wait for him to be in the NHL.

 

[NyQuil]

I see less offence from Greig but hopefully a little more tougher to play against than Kadri.

 

[coladin]

Great goal, dumb play. I'm not sure what kind of advice his dad is giving him. Seems right out of Slapshot, the "let him know you're there" type of thing. It is not coincidental that this is three years in a row he does something stupid. Bit of a loose cannon, let's see if he can harness that and mature into a proper player. Seems awfully skilled, would be a shame for him to piss it away

 

[NyQuil]

Great goal, dumb play. I'm not sure what kind of advice his dad is giving him. Seems right out of Slapshot, the "let him know you're there" type of thing. It is not coincidental that this is three years in a row he does something stupid. Bit of a loose cannon, let's see if he can harness that and mature into a proper player. Seems awfully skilled, would be a shame for him to piss it away

I guarantee you that the coaching staff loved it behind closed doors.

EDIT: Or with the doors wide open.

 

[coladin]

I guarantee you that the coaching staff loved it behind closed doors.

EDIT: Or with the doors wide open.

In a pre-season game, I guess.

 

[Ice-Tray]

The problem was that the cross check was high, the good news was that the kid went right at a couple top players in the NHL in PLD and Ehlers.

Keep the aggression up and the stick down, that’s the line, and all the while flex on the offence.

Also as an aside, man was Kelly ever hitting like a truck.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I see alot of Kadri. Left handed shot, crafty hands, physical play. Tucker seemed like more of a bowling ball.

Skill with Sandpaper and he punches above his weight... I think he's scrappier than Kadri .. not going to turtle.

 

[Cosmix]

So the comparison to Greig makes sense.

Can't wait for him to be in the NHL.

Grieg should stop his cheap shots and play the game as he has the skill to do it.

 

[branch]

I love it

 

[OD99]

Grieg should stop his cheap shots and play the game as he has the skill to do it.

He should keep playing the same game that made him a 1st round pick and in the running for Team Canada.

 

[Cosmix]

He should keep playing the same game that made him a 1st round pick and in the running for Team Canada.

Shirley, you are not supporting cheap shots to the head?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Shirley, you are not supporting cheap shots to the head?

I think it was a rookie (over)reaction.. I didn't mind it at all. Not advocating for more plays like it through a game but that one time , I'm ok with.

 

[Hale The Villain]

He should keep playing the same game that made him a 1st round pick and in the running for Team Canada.

Doesn't matter much in the pre-season, but Team Canada won't stand for dumb and unnecessary penalties from their depth guys, let alone 5 minute majors.

Greig needs to keep it clean. Darn good player when he isn't hurting his team from sitting in the penalty or press box.

 

[Cosmix]

I think it was a rookie (over)reaction.. I didn't mind it at all. Not advocating for more plays like it through a game but that one time , I'm ok with.

At first I thought it was a reactionary move but Grieg's history makes me think otherwise.

 

[OD99]

Shirley, you are not supporting cheap shots to the head?

Of course not but I also don't understand how this 1 play has now morphed in to Greig being the next coming of Ken "The Rat" Linesman?

Yes he plays physical and in that quick reaction sequence he made a dumb play but come on, 18 years old making space for himself...I am not going to mark him for life.

And don't call me Shirley.

 

[OD99]

Doesn't matter much in the pre-season, but Team Canada won't stand for dumb and unnecessary penalties from their depth guys, let alone 5 minute majors.

Greig needs to keep it clean. Darn good player when he isn't hurting his team from sitting in the penalty or press box.

Time and place...he isn't a completely reckless player so I have no doubt he would play hard and clean for Team Canada.

 

[Cosmix]

Of course not but I also don't understand how this 1 play has now morphed in to Greig being the next coming of Ken "The Rat" Linesman?

Yes he plays physical and in that quick reaction sequence he made a dumb play but come on, 18 years old making space for himself...I am not going to mark him for life.

And don't call me Shirley.

Frankly, I was just being earnest!

 

[Micklebot]

And don't call me Shirley

 

[Hale The Villain]

Time and place...he isn't a completely reckless player so I have no doubt he would play hard and clean for Team Canada.

He's been suspended multiple times now for objectively dirty plays at different levels.

It's something he has to fix, but thankfully it is fixable.

He should look to Brady as an example of how to play hard-nosed physical hockey without going over the line.