Player Discussion: BIG Adam Lowry
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Dayofthedogs
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Lowry has grown leaps and bounds as a player.
I'm not here to debate what role he should have in the line up but just throw some praise towards a kid who's skill has been greatly debated.
He went from getting sent to the moose 2 seasons ago (mid season) to being a legit NHL difference maker.
His skating has improved a ton. His strait line speed is now very good. His explosiveness is better. His hands have improved (and yes I consider them decent, he makes some excellent passes in the O zone and retrieves pucks well) He makes great reads in the Dzone, His zone exits and entries have improved, He has a half decent snap shot and most importantly he makes the players around him better.
I'd really love to see him play with some more offensive players. Maybe even taking a couple shifts/games with Ehlers and Laine on his wings and giving Little MP and Armia.
Couldn't be happier with his development to date as a 3rd round pick and frankly the less he scores now with questionably offensive players and no PP time the better the contract may become for us.
Good kid. Plays the game the right way. It's easy to see how he became a scholastic player of the year in the Dub.
I'm not here to debate what role he should have in the line up but just throw some praise towards a kid who's skill has been greatly debated.
He went from getting sent to the moose 2 seasons ago (mid season) to being a legit NHL difference maker.
His skating has improved a ton. His strait line speed is now very good. His explosiveness is better. His hands have improved (and yes I consider them decent, he makes some excellent passes in the O zone and retrieves pucks well) He makes great reads in the Dzone, His zone exits and entries have improved, He has a half decent snap shot and most importantly he makes the players around him better.
I'd really love to see him play with some more offensive players. Maybe even taking a couple shifts/games with Ehlers and Laine on his wings and giving Little MP and Armia.
Couldn't be happier with his development to date as a 3rd round pick and frankly the less he scores now with questionably offensive players and no PP time the better the contract may become for us.
Good kid. Plays the game the right way. It's easy to see how he became a scholastic player of the year in the Dub.
Zhamnov5GoalGame
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I believe the answer is that the Jets would have to waive 2 players to do that.
Assuming that is Matthias and Dano I assume you lose Dano if not both.
I'm really fine with that. Dano might have more value than I think but I don't like him. But I like Tanev. Are there improvements available in the same mold of a speedster who can do what Taney can? Definitely. But, if I can only replace one guy it's easily Hendricks.
Nope. Maybe Petan can be resurrected, but, right now he does not have enough NHL speed for the lucky guy who is playing with Perrault and Armia. Plus Roslo can penalty kill and I don't want another option I want the best option.
pucka lucka
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So now Petan is slow? Where do you guys come up with this stuff?
Because he likes to slow the game down some people get fooled into thinking that that is his top speed
You are cherry picking the wrong part. I said if they bring someone up I want Roslo, Petan is irrelevant in this conversation.
pucka lucka
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Cherry picking? You said it. I'm not sure you understand what cherry picking means.
Arthur Fonzarelli
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Petan's speed is perfectly fine.
Does he have elite speed? No, but he's certainly has "NHL speed" in terms of both foot speed & straight line speed.
If you're going to pick on Petan, do so with facts not fiction.
It's his puck retrieval skills that are sorely lacking.
Okay, I'm glad his speed is fine, but, he is not as good as Roslovic for Perrault and Armia and if we are replacing Tanev Lemieux or Appleton would be a much better fit on that line. Dano should be traded for a depth d-man.
I agree with this it’s worth a shot he could help solidify Ehlers/Laine lime defensively and maybe create room for them.Little is a great player but he just does not mesh with them.
Connor/Schiefele/Wheeler
Ehlers/Lowry/Laine
Perreault/Little/Armia
Lemieux/Copp/Tanev
That’s a balanced attack and if Copp cannot handle center duties we should bring in someone for a playoff run a defensive specialist who can win face offs and kill penalties.Pretty much what we have in Hendricks but is still able to keep up with the pace of the game especially in playoffs as the speed ramps up.
Festinator
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Ehlers, Little and Laine don't need to be solidified defensively, they need help offensively. Not sure Lowry will do any better than Little in that department, as he's just as north south as Little.
Ehlers and Laine need to work on their D so I don't think Roslo would work there right now...play Armia with Ehlers and Laine with MP.
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Festinator
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Roslo would definitely help Laine and Ehlers in the offensive zone I think, but I feel like that line would rarely ever leave the defensive zone, due to Laine and Ehlers struggles with leaving the zone.
Maybe it balances out in their favour like ESL did, but I highly doubt it. I'd rather Roslo slot in on the 3rd line wing or 4th line center, where he wouldn't be under such immense pressure defensively.
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Robinson2187
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Lowry has grown his game to a point where people should stop mentioning him in various trade proposals. Dude competes and is the quintessential playoff performer. His upside and value to the Jets as a rugged and versatile bottom 6 player is immeasurable.
Dayofthedogs
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Lowry is and has been excellent for some time now. For anyone who gets upset at the minutes he plays just look who he plays those minutes against.
Stud.
Perhaps we can now put this whole 4th liner rhetoric to bed.
If Lowry is your teams 4th line center you probably have the deepest C group in the league.
Stud.
Perhaps we can now put this whole 4th liner rhetoric to bed.
If Lowry is your teams 4th line center you probably have the deepest C group in the league.
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Lowry’s game is at a different level this season and he and Copp have been gold together. If you can’t figure out how valuable he is to winning games now you need to find another sport to watch.
Mud Turtle
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I’m loving Lowry’s game this year but wasn’t always this big a fan. I’m a convert. I guess that’s why I’m not the one putting an NHL roster together. If I was, I would have a whole team made up of Ehlers clones and we’d win or lose each game 12-11 and the games would be made up of endless breakaways.
EDIT: well I guess if that was the case, the games would actually end up 0-0 because, well, you know...
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