Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XIII

[Good Intentions]

Russian. KHL is a joke. Go home to mama

Seriously?

 

[RGY]

So after 2 periods it didn't work so it's over? We were winning the entire game.

Is there no patience with Quinn? Did Kakko have to score a goal on his first shift with that line?

Devils stuck with him Hughes in that position to succeed, didn't work the first handful of games but now he looks comfortable out there.

But that is the simple way of looking at it.

The game had a lot of special teams time involved. We took penalties. That throws things off. Then Kakko took that hard hit in the 3rd from Miller and it looked like he missed a couple shifts after that.

Either way Quinn is not going to force feed him minutes

 

[haohmaru]

Broke a five game losing streak, won 6-2, played our most complete game of the season, Trouba, Buchnevich, Hajek, Fox, etc... played the best games of the season, Kakko saw his firsts shifts on the first line, Lundqvist looked good, and on and on and we're dissecting Kakko's ice time vs. Hughes? Why?

 

[Fitzy]

Broke a five game losing streak, won 6-2, played our most complete game of the season, Trouba, Buchnevich, Hajek, Fox, etc... played the best games of the season, Kakko saw his firsts shifts on the first line, Lundqvist looked good, and on and on and we're dissecting Kakko's ice time vs. Hughes? Why?

Hockeys different here.

 

[Irishguy42]

Broke a five game losing streak, won 6-2, played our most complete game of the season, Trouba, Buchnevich, Hajek, Fox, etc... played the best games of the season, Kakko saw his firsts shifts on the first line, Lundqvist looked good, and on and on and we're dissecting Kakko's ice time vs. Hughes? Why?

Because I hate myself and needed to distract myself from work.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Broke a five game losing streak, won 6-2, played our most complete game of the season, Trouba, Buchnevich, Hajek, Fox, etc... played the best games of the season, Kakko saw his firsts shifts on the first line, Lundqvist looked good, and on and on and we're dissecting Kakko's ice time vs. Hughes? Why?

Because it's a message board where people discuss things?

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Broke a five game losing streak, won 6-2, played our most complete game of the season, Trouba, Buchnevich, Hajek, Fox, etc... played the best games of the season, Kakko saw his firsts shifts on the first line, Lundqvist looked good, and on and on and we're dissecting Kakko's ice time vs. Hughes? Why?

Exactly...just hope it's a sign of turning the corner.

 

[Irishguy42]

Strome confirmed to have flu today.

 

[bl02]

Great Strome playing great hockey and he comes down with the flu. And I guess kakko is gonna get bottom 6 mates now and basically no pp time

 

[Kovalev27]

So apparently after our best complete game performance Quinn decided to mess with Howdens line after he and Lemieux just played their best game taking Fast off it.

buries Kakko after getting 10 whole mins in ONE game as a top line player

and took tony D off pp 2 where he’s been great.

only idiots mess with a winning lineup just keeps blenderizing the lineup win or loss

 

[Ken Lund]

Would not take him no matter the attachment if it means Webster is a part of the deal.

Can you add a NWC (no Webster clause) to an existing contract?

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Why change the lines after a good win?

Makes zero f***ing sense.

 

[Kovalev27]

Can’t wait to have byfield or Perfetti between Smith and McKegg next season and killing penalties. Have to learn to be checkers first. We’re always learning to defend instead of using our talent to just go attack. Kakko Byfield should be a solid pk3

 

[Leetch3]

Why change the lines after a good win?

Makes zero ****ing sense.

kakko played the 3rd least amount of ice time last game...so the lines were changed during that win

 

[Ken Lund]

Great Strome playing great hockey and he comes down with the flu. And I guess kakko is gonna get bottom 6 mates now and basically no pp time

They had free flu shots at my job. Players need a better union.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Kakko next to the KHL.

/s (kinda)

 

[tomobson]

I figured Kakko would get sheltered against the bruins. Maybe he'll get some offensive zone starts on the first line.

 

[LORDE]

Broke a five game losing streak, won 6-2, played our most complete game of the season, Trouba, Buchnevich, Hajek, Fox, etc... played the best games of the season, Kakko saw his firsts shifts on the first line, Lundqvist looked good, and on and on and we're dissecting Kakko's ice time vs. Hughes? Why?

Because we should’ve taken Hughes... our scouting blows!

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

Strome is sick and they've still only played 8 games. Not even the 10 game mark.

If KK is still sheltered by Game 30 THEN we have the right to complain.

 

[Avery16]

Strome confirmed to have flu today.

Strome had one good game and is thinking, “f***, I should retire right now”

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Strome confirmed to have flu today.

Me gusta Tony D on the PP. Trouba is not a good QB , even though he has the hardest shot .

 

[aufheben]

Strome confirmed to have flu today.

“Oh, wow, I really like these—wait, is that a 14?”

I like the 3rd line. Not a fan of taking Trouba off the PP1. Doesn’t he lead the team in shots? And we’re replacing him with DeAngelo’s muffin?

 

[Irishguy42]

“Oh, wow, I really like these—wait, is that a 14?”

2C Greg McKegg DA GAWD

 

[Mac n Gs]

“Oh, wow, I really like these—wait, is that a 14?”

I like the 3rd line. Not a fan of taking Trouba off the PP1. Doesn’t he lead the team in shots? And we’re replacing him with DeAngelo’s muffin?

I actually support that move. I've liked Trouba a lot at ES, but he shoots absolutely way too much from the point on the powerplay for him to be a good PPQB since they're mostly low-percentage shots. I know this seems a bit hypocritical since Tony has an iCF/60 of almost 30 right now on the powerplay , but he also has a higher ixGF than Trouba because he aggressively rotates through the zone. Besides, we've seen Tony be a really good facilitator on the powerplay in the past, and I think having him move the puck quickly between Mika and Panarin is going to open up a crazy amount of room for Buch and Kreider down low.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Also, since it'll inevitably happen with Fast getting bumped up, here are the stats for Kreider-Zibanejad-Fast as a line since 2017:
CF%rel: 9.06
FF%rel: 13.57
GF%rel: 9.86
xGF%rel: 13.35
SCF%rel: 16.51
HDCF%rel: 14.38

They're an incredibly effective line, and them being together helps balance out the 2nd and 3rd lines. I was happy to see Kakko get the nod on line 1, but even Kakko himself admitted he wasn't good enough and clearly understood why Quinn put him down to L3 for tomorrow.