Player Discussion: Bryan Little

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

I’d rather go with

Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler
Connor - Little - Roslovic

4th line Laine plus 2:00 PP and in rotation for OT and shootout.

Connor and Roslovic have chemistry in bunches.
They should be together.
But we need Ehlers back first and by then Laine may find his Feb / March groove.

Nice problem to have.

 

[Gil Fisher]

I’d rather go with

Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler
Connor - Little - Roslovic

Just adding...

Perreault Copp Laine
Lemieux Lowry Tanev / Appleton

Could swap Little and Copp too.

 

[Duke749]

Just adding...

Perreault Copp Laine
Lemieux Lowry Tanev / Appleton

Could swap Little and Copp too.

So our best defensive center is gonna get 4th line minutes?

EDIT: Actually, I could see our 2nd-4th lines getting relatively equal 5on5 time.

 

[WickedPegJets]

I don't know how anyone who knows even a little bit about hockey or played hockey doesn't appreciate Little and how Little plays the game . I know that sounds arrogant but i just don't get how you couldn't be a fan of this guy .

If Bryan Little is so good a centerman, why all this TSN talk about Chevy needing to trade for a centerman to anchor the Jets' 2nd line and for Little to move down to the third line and that the Jets might trade their 2019 first round draft pick for such a centerman.

 

[DRW204]

If Bryan Little is so good a centerman, why all this TSN talk about Chevy needing to trade for a centerman to anchor the Jets' 2nd line and for Little to move down to the third line and that the Jets might trade their 2019 first round draft pick for such a centerman.

Little is a fine 2C but some consideration should be taken there is a legit better C available. For instance - Duchene, is putting up legit 1C numbers and can really transform your team into having 2 x 1st lines. Little is around 50th for 5v5 p/60 league-wide according to NSS (i counted 7 guys that have been playing Wing this year but are categorized as C) and Duchene is 6th. it's not that Little is bad, it's that if you move a 1st do it for a legit upgrade over him.

 

[rubikscube]

If Bryan Little is so good a centerman, why all this TSN talk about Chevy needing to trade for a centerman to anchor the Jets' 2nd line and for Little to move down to the third line and that the Jets might trade their 2019 first round draft pick for such a centerman.

Because it means literally nothing what they say.
Media analysts also say, "I don't necessarily see [Laine] staying in Winnipeg for a very long period of time"

 

[rkp]

Which media analysts? Does anybody really believe the Jets will win the cup with Little as a second line center on the Jets...need someone who is more of a driver than Little who is too submissive as a driver.

 

[rkp]

Little is a fine 2C but some consideration should be taken there is a legit better C available. For instance - Duchene, is putting up legit 1C numbers and can really transform your team into having 2 x 1st lines. Little is around 50th for 5v5 p/60 league-wide according to NSS (i counted 7 guys that have been playing Wing this year but are categorized as C) and Duchene is 6th. it's not that Little is bad, it's that if you move a 1st do it for a legit upgrade over him.

Why not move Little for a legit #2 Center...and throw in a pick or a petan , etc

 

[rkp]

We need a top six winger at the deadline, to replace Laine on Little's line. Laine is killing our second line lately. Amazing how well Little is doing given the handicap that is Laine on the wing.

Who was the handicap the previous 2 seasons when Laine was scoring all the goals and this past 3 months before December????

 

[DRW204]

Why not move Little for a legit #2 Center...and throw in a pick or a petan , etc

not sure what you mean? he has produced at a legit #2C rate this year (both in totals and efficiency). if we can traded him id consider another "1C" to play on the 2nd line

 

[Ukkosenjumala]

If they go out and get another center to play 2C, do people prefer playing Little with Lowry or just bumping Lowry down and putting Little as 3C?

 

[Neuf]

Bryan deserves a stretch of games with some more dependable players. Give him Wheeler or Schiefele or Lowry or Copp for a few just to give him a break.

He's played with first or second year players a lot the past few seasons.

 

[Ukkosenjumala]

Bryan deserves a stretch of games with some more dependable players. Give him Wheeler or Schiefele or Lowry or Copp for a few just to give him a break.

He's played with first or second year players a lot the past few seasons.

I did suggest some months ago playing Little with Scheifele and Wheeler, would make more sense if Jets traded for another center and it would spread the wealth on the roster.

 

[Daximus]

If they go out and get another center to play 2C, do people prefer playing Little with Lowry or just bumping Lowry down and putting Little as 3C?

I'd bump him down. Hypothetically if we get Duchene I'd go.


Connor/Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler
Ehlers/Connor - Duchene - Laine
Perreault - Little - Roslovic
Copp - Lowry - Tanev

That is two very explosive offensive lines that would be havoc to defend and two very dependable defensive lines that are good at cycling, winning faceoffs and applying pressure. Have Lemieux and Appleton in the PB for injuries. We could roll 4 lines with relative ease and are equipped to deal with any situation or matchups thrown at us.

 

[Duke749]

I'd bump him down. Hypothetically if we get Duchene I'd go.


Connor/Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler
Ehlers/Connor - Duchene - Laine
Perreault - Little - Roslovic
Copp - Lowry - Tanev

That is two very explosive offensive lines that would be havoc to defend and two very dependable defensive lines that are good at cycling, winning faceoffs and applying pressure. Have Lemieux and Appleton in the PB for injuries. We could roll 4 lines with relative ease and are equipped to deal with any situation or matchups thrown at us.

Yeh you def bump them down. If Little and Lowry are your 3rd and 4th center, you have the deepest centers in the league.

 

[Daximus]

Yeh you def bump them down. If Little and Lowry are your 3rd and 4th center, you have the deepest centers in the league.

Yeah that is a matchup nightmare for opposing teams.

 

[PhilJets]

If they go out and get another center to play 2C, do people prefer playing Little with Lowry or just bumping Lowry down and putting Little as 3C?

If they get out a Duchene .

Little and Lowry will center 2 different lines.
But if the games on the line in the playoffs.

And they need to shut it down.

I see

Copp Lowry Little as the 3rd line to shutdown towards the end of the game.

 

[Duke749]

If they get out a Duchene .

Little and Lowry will center 2 different lines.
But if the games on the line in the playoffs.

And they need to shut it down.

I see

Copp Lowry Little as the 3rd line to shutdown towards the end of the game.

That would be interesting late in a game.

 

[Ukkosenjumala]

I'd bump him down. Hypothetically if we get Duchene I'd go.


Connor/Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler
Ehlers/Connor - Duchene - Laine
Perreault - Little - Roslovic
Copp - Lowry - Tanev

That is two very explosive offensive lines that would be havoc to defend and two very dependable defensive lines that are good at cycling, winning faceoffs and applying pressure. Have Lemieux and Appleton in the PB for injuries. We could roll 4 lines with relative ease and are equipped to deal with any situation or matchups thrown at us.

I'd bump him down too, while a Perreault Lowry Little would be a killer line I don't like the idea of Tanev without Lowry. Only reason why I would even consider playing them together is that Lowry could get more minutes but I suppose that's something you can just work around.

 

[NotCommitted]

Copp needs more attention, he's a stud.

 

[lanky]

Not injured last night?

 

[Jets 31]

Copp needs more attention, he's a stud.

He's good but he's not better than Little .

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

Who was the handicap the previous 2 seasons when Laine was scoring all the goals and this past 3 months before December????

Two years ago. Goaltending was a handicap and lhd. Last year there was no real player handicap, but coaching utilization decisions and inability to make proper adjustments was a handicap.

You put four question marks but I have the same answer for each so just read my answer 4 times.

 

[NotCommitted]

He's good but he's not better than Little .

Maybe he isn't, but maybe he is. We don't really know. All we know Copp has done very well in the bottom-6, but then again when Little "got" to play bottom-6 last season, he also did very well. Copp could very well be a better fit though - the 2nd line has looked bad all season long except for that November, and during the very short stint Copp centered Ehlers and Laine last season, it looked great. IF (and that's a big if) Ehlers/Connor - Copp - Laine could really be a thing, that would be huge for the Jets - it could make both top and bottom-6 stronger.

It's a tall ask but IMO Copp has earned a look.

 

[ffh]

Copp needs more attention, he's a stud.

Copp is a bottom 6 player that's it. If copp plays with laine it will be on the bottom 6. Anybody that thinks the team would cut littles minutes in half by moving copp to 2nd line to get laine going are fooling themselves. Best thing they can do is get a winger for little at trade deadline and play them with ehlers / connor. Laine needs to move down the line up. Laine on 3rd line is best option. Either that or start pulling his own weight on 2nd line. He should be scoring 70 points a year with Hendricks as his centre.