Speculation: The Pierre Engvall Dilemma

[Ulysses31]

Curious watching skinny dudes like him and klingberg skate and play

 

[Teeder Keon]

There’s no dilemma what so ever ...!
It couldn’t be any clearer !
Go Leafs Go

 

[Griffin76]

There’s no dilemma what so ever ...!
It couldn’t be any clearer !
Go Leafs Go

You've finally come around?

 

[Cor]

There's times where Engvall looks like a great option to play on a third line with Robertson and Mikheyev next year.

There are other times where he looks completely lost being in the NHL.


I like Engvall. I am still not sure what he actually is.

 

[Teeder Keon]

Lol

 

[egd27]

For a team that spends to the cap, IMO he is well worth his $1.25M cap hit.

 

[Griffin76]

I wonder if he's a little more prominent on the Seattle radar with his good play lately.

 

[LeafSteel]

When Brooks came up and did well I honestly thought that was it for engvall.

never say never

 

[VanW27]

I kinda view him like the forward version of Marincin. Tall lanky guys who are both incredibly good neutral zone players.

Marincin is terrific at defending and breaking up plays blue line to blue line. Engvall is also great at disrupting plays in the neutral zone, and offensively his speed and size allows him to carry the puck up ice with ease.

On the other side, both make terrible decisions with the puck in the defensive zone at times. Fortunately for Engvall there are 4 forward lines to only 3 d pairs, and for me he's a 4th liner fairly easily. If he cleaned up the d zone play he'd be a quality 3rd liner.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

He's not among our 12 best forwards there is no dilemma

 

[crump]

Hopefully Engvall's dilemma is which side of the press box to sit in. If he plays it means we either burned through 2 bodies or we are losing the series.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I kinda view him like the forward version of Marincin. Tall lanky guys who are both incredibly good neutral zone players.

Marincin is terrific at defending and breaking up plays blue line to blue line. Engvall is also great at disrupting plays in the neutral zone, and offensively his speed and size allows him to carry the puck up ice with ease.

On the other side, both make terrible decisions with the puck in the defensive zone at times. Fortunately for Engvall there are 4 forward lines to only 3 d pairs, and for me he's a 4th liner fairly easily. If he cleaned up the d zone play he'd be a quality 3rd liner.

Marincin is good at nothing

 

[VanW27]

Marincin is good at nothing

I get people hate Marty, but that's completely untrue. The guy is absolutely terrific at breaking up plays in the neutral zone, holding both the offensive and defensive blue lines.

 

[DarkKnight]

When Brooks came up and did well I honestly thought that was it for engvall.

never say never

I think watching him steal his spot lit a fire under the kid.

 

[ShaneFalco]

He's not among our 12 best forwards there is no dilemma

Everything is so black and white with you

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Everything is so black and white with you

No not everything but this is

 

[Dreakmur]

For a team that spends to the cap, IMO he is well worth his $1.25M cap hit.

He’s replaceable by a league minimum contract. If they’re trying to save money, this is an easy place to do it.

 

[egd27]

He’s replaceable by a league minimum contract. If they’re trying to save money, this is an easy place to do it.

If you can find a reasonably effective forward that can play centre for league minimum....sure.

 

[Dreakmur]

If you can find a reasonably effective forward that can play centre for league minimum....sure.

Adam Brooks has already replaced him, right?

 

[egd27]

Adam Brooks has already replaced him, right?

Has he? Ok

 

[Joey Hoser]

There's times where Engvall looks like a great option to play on a third line with Robertson and Mikheyev next year.

There are other times where he looks completely lost being in the NHL.


I like Engvall. I am still not sure what he actually is.

I don't think he knows either, and that's probably most of his problem.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Adam Brooks has already replaced him, right?

He'll be looking for 1+ on his next contract then too. Most years we'll be spending more the same money or more to fill out that C spot.

 

[Dreakmur]

He'll be looking for 1+ on his next contract then too. Most years we'll be spending more the same money or more to fill out that C spot.

If Brooks wants more than he's worth, he should be replaced too. We're talking about 4th liners here, so they shouldn't be costing more than league minimum.

Dubas has shown a good ability to bring in cheap veterans, unsigned UFAs, and young ELC players. We should take advantage of that.

 

[Martin Skoula]

If Brooks wants more than he's worth, he should be replaced too. We're talking about 4th liners here, so they shouldn't be costing more than league minimum.

Dubas has shown a good ability to bring in cheap veterans, unsigned UFAs, and young ELC players. We should take advantage of that.

Reliable Cs come at a premium, there isn't a Spezza available every year willing to sign at less than half of what his production warrants. If anything we should be looking to get the 3C under 3 mil and budgeting 1-1.5 for a PK specialist 4C. The wingers and #5-7 D are where you can get good value at league minimum.

 

[Dreakmur]

Reliable Cs come at a premium, there isn't a Spezza available every year willing to sign at less than half of what his production warrants. If anything we should be looking to get the 3C under 3 mil and budgeting 1-1.5 for a PK specialist 4C. The wingers and #5-7 D are where you can get good value at league minimum.

I thought we were talking about Pierre Engvall.... why are we also talking about reliable centres coming at a premium? The guy is a 4th liner.

I do agree that we should be looking for a good #3 centre to replace Kerfoot at a cheaper price.