Roster Building thread - Part IX - (2024 edition)

[LOFIN]

Kakko in a non-contact jersey skating with the team. Looks like we will be getting him back sooner than expected, which is good.

 

[NYR Viper]

Getting a healthy Kakko back would be a big improvement for this team

 

[Savant]

I hate this bottom six. How are going to call up Othmann and stick him on the 4th line with Bonino and Brodzinski? What’s the point?

 

[TominNC]

Really shaking things up

 

[IDvsEGO]

I hate this bottom six. How are going to call up Othmann and stick him on the 4th line with Bonino and Brodzinski? What’s the point?

That’s the third line not the fourth…
Cuylle got slid down.

I don’t love it but I actually understand it. We’re having an issue with depth, and we all see it. Wheeler is not good on the third line, so rather than making a bigger depth issue, he’s adding depth.

 

[MrAlmost]

My disappointment in this team is immeasurable.

 

[Savant]

That’s the third line not the fourth…
Cuylle got slid down.

I don’t love it but I actually understand it. We’re having an issue with depth, and we all see it. Wheeler is not good on the third line, so rather than making a bigger depth issue, he’s adding depth.

If Bonino and Brodzinski are on it, it’s the 4th line

 

[McRanger92]

That’s the third line not the fourth…
Cuylle got slid down.

I don’t love it but I actually understand it. We’re having an issue with depth, and we all see it. Wheeler is not good on the third line, so rather than making a bigger depth issue, he’s adding depth.

Id swap Cuylle and Othmann but no one shouldve expected the rookie to be in the top 6 from minute 1.

 

[NYR Viper]

Othmann and Brodzinski have some chemistry from the AHL earlier this season. Putting them together for Game 1 isn't a bad idea.

 

[IDvsEGO]

If Bonino and Brodzinski are on it, it’s the 4th line

And Goodrow and vesey suddenly are 3rd line players?

 

[SA16]

It's so weird. I would make the argument that both expected goal % and actual goal % matter. You're asserting that expected goals matter and actual goals don't. Just seems contrarian.

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Neither matter much in 110 minutes but xG is more likely to have meaning than G. This is fairly obvious considering in your chart of the 20-93-24 line in 120 minutes there was a total of 3 goal events but 197 events that would generate some sort of xG (pulled from NST since the chart didn't show it).

 

[McRanger92]

And Goodrow and vesey suddenly are 3rd line players?

Vesey is probably better than a 3rd line player

 

[IDvsEGO]

Vesey is probably better than a 3rd line player

Let’s keep the takes reasonable here.
Vesey is a very good 4th line player who can occasionally play 3rd line minutes. His numbers reflect that.

 

[Savant]

And Goodrow and vesey suddenly are 3rd line players?

Relative to Bonino and Brodzinski, yes I would say so. It’s not a very high bar to clear

 

[IDvsEGO]

Relative to Bonino and Brodzinski, yes I would say so. It’s not a very high bar to clear

and yet everyone was screaming for brodz in the top 6 a week ago.
Bonino has been 3c for a month now.
He’s adding depth, and pushing cuylle down helps.
It may not be what we want, but it is creating depth.

 

[Savant]

and yet everyone was screaming for brodz in the top 6 a week ago.
Bonino has been 3c for a month now.
He’s adding depth, and pushing cuylle down helps.
It may not be what we want, but it is creating depth.

I simply would not call up my top prospect and play him with someone whose only use is penalty killing and a generously put quadruple AHL guy. You have to give this kid a chance; not anchor him with Bonino

 

[IDvsEGO]

I simply would not call up my top prospect and play him with someone whose only use is penalty killing and a generously put quadruple AHL guy. You have to give this kid a chance; not anchor him with Bonino

so we potentially make our depth worse, by shifting wheeler down.
When we’re having depth issues.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Kakko in a non-contact jersey skating with the team. Looks like we will be getting him back sooner than expected, which is good.

According to reports, he's been skating for some time now...

 

[MrAlmost]

And Goodrow and vesey suddenly are 3rd line players?

Vesey is.

so we potentially make our depth worse, by shifting wheeler down.
When we’re having depth issues.

You get better depth by having better players at the top of the lineup pushing others down. Othmann, Cuylle, and Vesey should be in the top 9. Bonino, Wheeler, Goodrow, Brod, Pitlick, etc. should not. Some of them you can argue shouldn't be on an NHL roster.

 

[McRanger92]

Let’s keep the takes reasonable here.
Vesey is a very good 4th line player who can occasionally play 3rd line minutes. His numbers reflect that.

Machinehead is going to come after you for this

 

[duhmetreE]

and yet everyone was screaming for brodz in the top 6 a week ago.
Bonino has been 3c for a month now.
He’s adding depth, and pushing cuylle down helps.
It may not be what we want, but it is creating depth.

Bonino is not a 3C

he's easily the worst skater on the team.

 

[MrAlmost]

Bonino is not a 3C

Or a 4c.

 

[Rangers in 7]

if you thought after playing zero minutes at RW in hartford all year the rangers were just going to throw him there on the 1st line you were out of your mind

ive been on the train of players can play either wing for years and i still believe they can, but in your first nhl game? if he had played like 20 games or so on the right at hartford id be more inclined to agree that he should play on the right on the 3rd line

 

[Avery16]

That’s the third line not the fourth…
Cuylle got slid down.

I don’t love it but I actually understand it. We’re having an issue with depth, and we all see it. Wheeler is not good on the third line, so rather than making a bigger depth issue, he’s adding depth.

Cuylle’s been pretty consistent, hustles. Way to reward good play and set an example for others.

 

[Machinehead]

Kakko coming back soon