I don't see how putting Johnson with worse puck retrievers would help his development. If he's with Sillinger and Laine then they'll spend the entire game in their own end.
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"I'll tell you a little story," CBJ associate head coach Pascal Vincent said recently when he was leading the team. "We play Pittsburgh, and after the game I see Sidney Crosby. I coached Sidney with Team Canada, so I've known him for a long time. He stops by and we have a little chat -- 'How are you doing? How's the family?' A regular chat. And then he says, 'That Danforth guy, who is he?' That's coming from Sidney Crosby.
"He said, 'He's a young guy, Danforth?' I said, 'He's not so young, but he's a good player for us. He's on the puck, he works hard, he can shoot the puck.' He said, 'Yeah, I was looking at him, and he's hard to play against.' To me, it tells you everything about Danforth."
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"He said, 'He's a young guy, Danforth?' I said, 'He's not so young, but he's a good player for us. He's on the puck, he works hard, he can shoot the puck.' He said, 'Yeah, I was looking at him, and he's hard to play against.' To me, it tells you everything about Danforth."
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There are likely a number of reasons.
First, the lines are assembled by Brad Larsen. Unless Jarmo and JD are directly telling you to lose games or play the youngsters (they aren't) you want to win whenever you can. Finishing the season on a losing streak and then starting next season 0-5 could instantly cost you your job. Much better to win now if possible.
Second, for coaching purposes, you want to emphasize accountability. A big part of that is rewarding guys who are playing well by putting them higher in the lineup.
Third, perhaps management feels that players develop better by playing lower in the lineup on a team that wins versus high in the lineup on a team that loses.
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Of course Kuraly may well be back for Wed game so I’d expect he’ll be in for Meyer With Gaunce sliding to wing. Of course they may want to give Meyer further look.
Had some thoughts and wondering a trade with Arizona.
Columbus : Jakob Chychrun & Lawson Crouse
Arizona : 2022 CBJ’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick Jake Bean, Emil Benstrom, Eric Robinson.
Thoughts - again just spitballing but could use these 2 players
Columbus : Jakob Chychrun & Lawson Crouse
Arizona : 2022 CBJ’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick Jake Bean, Emil Benstrom, Eric Robinson.
Thoughts - again just spitballing but could use these 2 players
2nd, 3rd, Robinson, Bean and Bem are all minor pieces. To get a 1st pair Dman on good contract you have to give more than a 1st and 5 minor pieces.
So a 2022 1st and 2023 1st instead of 2022 2nd & 3rd round as well as Bean, Robinson and ????
I think they are much more focused on development than winning games. They just put KJ with two of our best possession forwards. That means a lot more time with the puck for KJ than if he was playing with Laine or Sillinger. Perhaps twice as much.
I also don't believe you are seriously suggesting putting him at center? He's at the NHL equivalent of kindergarten, don't give him the quadratic equation yet. Step by step. If he was at center he'd just be chasing defensively all night and wouldn't have the gas to do anything else.
I agree except I'll say in this case that Danforth and Bjorkstrand aren't lower down the lineup. They're two of the best players on the team and they're simply better linemates than Laine and whoever else would be. If that line clicks, they will all play a lot.
I think to get Chychrun we'd either need to dangle the Chicago pick +, OR 2 1sts +, OR a 1st + a very good young player like Texier +.
Honestly, I'm looking forward to Nick "Justin Danforth"
Blankenburg more than Kent Johnson. If his description is true, such a player like him only help the defense.
Blankenburg more than Kent Johnson. If his description is true, such a player like him only help the defense.
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I am looking forward to seeing Blankenburg as well. Again watching Michigan Hockey this past season because of Kent Johnson- he stood out and he stood out with Owen Power being his d partner. I assumed he was drafted and didn’t think about it.
I agree he wont look out of place and will surprise a lot of people. Going to the game to hopefully watch both debut tomorrow
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Does that mean he’ll have poor positioning and make bad passes? Because if he does those things, he won’t look out of place among the Jackets defensemen.
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I think I remember some games where he was at LD. Kukan also plays RD at times.
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JB always working. They have prioritized Euro scouting and rightly so. And it's a position of need. That said, I'm not getting overly worked up about it. We don't even know if the Jackets are interested enough to offer him a contract.
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Know nothing about the player but I’m all for it. These moves have absolutely 0 risk and a potential medium to high reward. To date, I think the only one we have gotten decent value on was Kukan, but you don’t stop trying on “free” prospects.
There's talk that the Avs will unload Erik Johnson in the offseason. 1 year $6m. Sounds kind of perfect for the Jackets?
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I think I might take him for free. He's still good and it's only a 1 year commitment.
Retaining defeats the purpose for the Avs, but maybe they'll be forced to attach a 2nd rounder or something.
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On its face I like it
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