Laval Rocket: Utica at Laval 30 Oct (3rd in a row) 7 PM
- Thread starter Tyson
- Start date
-
HF Sportsbook has been reset for the new season - Click here to play.
EveryDay
Registered User
- Jun 13, 2009
- 13,917
- 6,539
Allright all, let's get behind this young Rockets team
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
Registered User
- Apr 29, 2018
- 32,881
- 36,116
A team I actually have faith to be coached well despite what people said about Vincent in Columbus
As of now, his team seems a lot more structured defensively than Houle's.
Obviously early but right now it's 2.17 GA versus 3.36 GA last year.
Offence is 3.33 GF vs 3.26 GF so around the same.
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
Registered User
- Apr 29, 2018
- 32,881
- 36,116
The defensive structure was terrible and Dobes was too aggressive, or just moved way too much and ended up out of the net a lot
At the end of the year he was a completely different goalie. Sounds like he's still improving which is awesome.
Better d, with Wortherspoon being so reliable. The youngsters are a year older, too, so that helps.
ChesterNimitz
governed by the principle of calculated risk
- Jul 4, 2002
- 5,792
- 12,569
Superior talent seems always to lead to better coaching.
This Laval team has been infused with a wave of promising talent: Beck, Tuch, Florian, Mesar, Engstrom, Kidney, Farrell & Davidson. Some other key players like Roy and Trudeau are one year older. Support them with AHL level competent defencemen like Wotherspoon, Hayes and Jacobs and you have a competitive team and an environment where your youth can develop winning habits.
montreal
Go Habs Go
we'll see what Laval is in time, as with the AHL, there's usually so much roster turnover year to year that you need to see how the league unfolds to see what teams are good this year vs which ones suck.
Right now Laval is doing great at 5-1 but 4 of those wins have come against teams that have combined for 2 wins out of 12 games so far. They did beat the Crunch in 2 games though and they are right behind us in the division. Tonight and the next 2 after against providence give them a chance to build up some points as after that from Nov 8th to Dec 14th the schedule will get tougher vs Sens, Crunch, Rochester and Marlies plus 1 vs Hershey, Pens and Hartford. During that span they play only 1 game vs a sub .500 team (based off today's standings), the flyers on 11-30
By the end of that run we should start to have a clearer picture of how good this team is.
Right now Laval is doing great at 5-1 but 4 of those wins have come against teams that have combined for 2 wins out of 12 games so far. They did beat the Crunch in 2 games though and they are right behind us in the division. Tonight and the next 2 after against providence give them a chance to build up some points as after that from Nov 8th to Dec 14th the schedule will get tougher vs Sens, Crunch, Rochester and Marlies plus 1 vs Hershey, Pens and Hartford. During that span they play only 1 game vs a sub .500 team (based off today's standings), the flyers on 11-30
By the end of that run we should start to have a clearer picture of how good this team is.
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
Registered User
- Apr 29, 2018
- 32,881
- 36,116
I think it's more the team and how their system doesn't suck.
We saw improvement in the team last year after their horrendous start.
Farrell wasn't very good last year and so far this year (stats wise) he's still not good.
The others have either had a decent start, or aren't that high-end of a prospect, but have tools that should help them make the NHL.
It will become evident soon that Pascal Vincent is an excellent coach.
Ezpz
No mad pls
- Apr 16, 2013
- 15,256
- 11,747
We had these waves for the last three years and guys didn't look this good. I'm not sure this crop is any better than the one a few years back. Coaching definitely helps guys become better pros. Other guys had three years under the previous coach and didn't work any of their bad habits out of their game.
