Beautiful thing about centre wing versatility is ability to move players around the chessboard. Like the idea to start Henrique at 2W to integrate into the team and especially against a lottery level opponent. Knoblauch will have ability to move Henrique and McLeod between 2W and 3C depending upon game situation and opponent. First game though give Henrique a taste of the good life as a top six wing with an elite centre.
Ha, and the best is that is that he double down on his nonsense (Sasky guy, not my friend).
He plays some of the toughest minutes in the NHL and does far better than Ceci at them.
I know everyone is pissed about Stone and how they are playing with the cap but these rules apply to every team. If we didn't suck out of the gate we could have played that game when McDavid and Ekholm were hurt. Or fake something.
I would say 62% of the GA as Ceci does is a huge difference. 10 GA to 16 GA is absolutely massive. And the fact that their GF is only a difference of 2...with the players Ceci plays with? Yeah, I would say far better.
He's better at everything than Ceci other than being tall.
Both of those players, Carrier and Eberle retained at 50% yeah?
Only teams that have the depth can pull that move. Let’s say we started great out of the gate and somehow we’re able to LTIR Drai or McDavid at the deadline. We don’t have the depth to ensure we could still finish strong. However teams like Tampa and Vegas already having every advantage possible can absorb loosing a guy for a few weeks or a month. This is strictly because their 3rd lines are better than most teams second because of the advantage of a warm climate no state tax and a winning team. Players sign cheaper in those cities for the reasons I listed .
If he is paired with Nurse his size wont matter, especially with him being the only smaller guy on the defence.
The rule would get changed next year if a Canadian team abused it
I’m not a huge Eberle fan at this time, but your lineup makes the whole thing enticing. Also, seeing Henrique and Carrick in place of our usual 3C and 4C really adds to that. Oh, and no Brown….that sold it!
