Player Discussion Jacob De La Rose II

[Habs76]

I can’t wrap my head around why people are pencilling Peca into the top 6 , let alone the line up. Guy has like 20 NHL games played, let’s see if he can even make the roster

Because he's honestly a pretty good player, who's just been buried down depth charts and hasn't had the opportunity to prove himself. Not saying he's top six quality but he might be our best option

 

[1909]

Because he's honestly a pretty good player, who's just been buried down depth charts and hasn't had the opportunity to prove himself. Not saying he's top six quality but he might be our best option

DLR centering a bottom two lines is allright. If he is playing top-two lines this coming here, it means Habs is a very weak team.

 

[Tyson]

DLR and his size, speed and defensive awareness need to take it up a notch this season. Same with Lernout, McCarron, Scherbak.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

DLR and his size, speed and defensive awareness need to take it up a notch this season. Same with Lernout, McCarron, Scherbak.

Lernout and McCarron are unlikely to ever provide anything useful. I still have hope for DLR

 

[BehindTheTimes]

This is post is a bit insulting to Tom Pyatt. Whatever Pyatt's faults, he was legitimately an NHL level talent, if not much better than a 3rd/4th line tweener at his very best.

DLR has thus far failed to even show notable skills at the AHL level. He's never been close to showing the base level of effectiveness expect of a full time NHL forward. Tom Pyatt is at least two or three tiers higher in ability level, which is how he has a multiple year NHL career with 3 organizations and lasted in the NHL up to his 30s.

Don't agree with this one bit. I'd bet money that DLR peaks higher than Tom Pyatt

 

[Hostile Offer]

Lernout and McCarron are unlikely to ever provide anything useful. I still have hope for DLR

They are really not even in the same discussion, DLR is definitely a useful bottom six, PK specialist centre, he's already proven that. Lernout and McCarron haven't proven anything in the NHL level, more of the opposite if anything. Lernout hasn't been given much of a chance in the NHL but I can comfortably say he was the worst player who put on the Habs jersey last year, while McCarron was probably the worst forward.

 

[SOLR]

DLR showed how he should be used at the Worlds this summer. When I he played between Arvidson and Forsberg he allowed them to play all out offence and create space for them while he covered for them defensively. He did the same last year here when playing with more talented wingers. He gained some confidence and didn’t look out of place at all in a middle 6 role. I just hope that with bring back Plex, DLR gets the 3rd or even 2nd line duties and Plex stays bottom 6. Ideally, I think that would work and allow others to play their natural positions and benefit.

Patches Danault Gally
Drouin DLR/Peca Lehkonen
Domi Peca/DLR Scherbak
Hudon Plex Armia

Plekanec should be a winger. There. problem solved.

Domi- Drouin - Gally
Lekhonen - Danault- Plekanec
Hudon - DLR - Armia
Sherback (he will go up the lineup at the first injury) - Peca - Deslauriers or McCarron or Shaw

When Byron will be back, he can replace Armia on the 3rd line.

Notice that I'm still ignoring Patch.

 

[Dagistitsyn]

Plekanec should be a winger. There. problem solved.

Domi- Drouin - Gally
Lekhonen - Danault- Plekanec
Hudon - DLR - Armia
Sherback (he will go up the lineup at the first injury) - Peca - Deslauriers or McCarron or Shaw

When Byron will be back, he can replace Armia on the 3rd line.

Notice that I'm still ignoring Patch.

0% chance of this happening. Plekanec is our most proven center, played 1000 games there, and is the best defensive center we have. Makes no sense. His offensive game is gone, but he's still a way way better option at center than DLR / Peca. Especially in the bottom 6.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

DLR centering a bottom two lines is allright. If he is playing top-two lines this coming here, it means Habs is a very weak team.

Habs -are- a very weak team.

I look at the lineup, there's a lot of NHL bodies, but not a lot of quality ones. Real quality ones I mean.

There are some 'hopefuls', some 'perhaps', but most are 'meh'.

DLR to me is a 'perhaps', not that I expect him to become a top 6 at all, but in our current situation, why not play him there ? We have nothing to lose anyway.

Otherwise, we have a skilled winger miscast as a center, a quality 3rd line center miscast as a top 6, a now bottom 6 defensive center playing way too much, a tiny but insanely fast C that barely played in the NHL, the aforementioned DLR, a huge guy who don't know what to do cause the organization f***ed his development and who should be a winger anyway, an AHLer who I hope won't see too much this season... oh, and a very recently drafted kid who I have high hopes in and wish MB don't screw up and let play in the Liiga...

Way to go MB, way to go !

 

[417]

0% chance of this happening. Plekanec is our most proven center, played 1000 games there, and is the best defensive center we have. Makes no sense. His offensive game is gone, but he's still a way way better option at center than DLR / Peca. Especially in the bottom 6.

More proven doesn't always mean better.

The Habs would benefit a ton more out of using DLR than they would Plekanec moving forward.

 

[Dagistitsyn]

More proven doesn't always mean better.

The Habs would benefit a ton more out of using DLR than they would Plekanec moving forward.

I agree, but they didn’t resign Plekanec to come play wing. It’ll never happen.

 

[Pietrangelo]

What going on with DLR right now? Some sort of heart problems? Poor guy...

 

[Scintillating10]

What going on with DLR right now? Some sort of heart problems? Poor guy...

Could see signs of his skill at times but he did not develop as he should. Maybe that was a reason.

 

[Belial]

Was nice to know you Jacob... Good luck!

 

[Adam Michaels]

I'd be shocked if he goes unclaimed if he's out on waivers.

 

[EveryDay]

I prefer DLR on waivers instead of Scherbak....

 

[theghost1]

horrible asset management by the idiot bergevin.

 

[Wats]

People were hyping him as one of the draft successes late last season, will be interesting to see the 180.

 

[llamateizer]

horrible asset management by the idiot bergevin.

lol, 19 pts in 4 season isn't that impressive. you can get tons of players of his kind.


I really liked him and hoped that he cracks the lineup

 

[Adam Michaels]

Although he's still on IR and you can't send someone on IR on waivers.

horrible asset management by the idiot bergevin.

It may very well be for a conditioning stint. And his heart issue may turn other teams off from claiming him.

So it MAY just be good asset management.

 

[Habs Halifax]

If DLR gets put on waivers and gets claimed, it's not a major loss but it is disappointing. However, at the end of the day, he is a 3rd line center at best and at the moment, he is a fringe 4th line guy. I haven't lost hope in him yet and I do think he will get claimed if put on waivers. A big body that can skate and does the little things well? Hard to imagine other GM's pass on this.

 

[Adam Michaels]

If he is put on waivers, it will be worth it only to see Grant McCagg go on a rant.

 

[1909]

horrible asset management by the idiot bergevin.

What is your solution, genious ?

 

[Whitesnake]

Didn't expect that. He has to be claimed.

 

[DXStriker]

Would it not have been better to sneak him earlier when teams are setting their rosters and claims are rarely done .

It's not a huge loss but it could have probably been done better . Even if he turns into an elite shutdown 3 C we have a bunch of Middling forwards but seems like there could have been value retrieved .

I could be completely wrong just how I feel