Pre-Game Talk: Jets vs Fish Stick Men, Thurs Oct 17, 7pm, BellMTS Place

[tbcwpg]

Practice is over today, might as well move it here.

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[ICdave]

Practice Audio:

Players: Bryan Little, Jack Roslovic and Kyle Connor.

Coach Maurice scrum topics: Update on Bryan Little's status? On Little's role if he plays. What can he bring to the team? Comparing Copp and Little. How much of a factor is fear based for shot blocking? Injury updates. What did he know about Anthony Bitetto before the season and what has he learned about him? What did he think of David Gustafsson's NHL debut? What has the coaching staff done to integrate Carl Dahlstrom? What are some of the biggest (off ice) challenges for a player like Dahlstrom? What makes Jack Roslovic a good fit with Lowry/Copp? Is there one thing specific from the Islanders games that he wants to rectify this time around? Is Ville Heinola back in? Is his concern regarding shot blocking for 5 on 5 or PK? What does the PK need to do better?

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[PaulPooley]

Last night’s game really opened my eyes to how flawed this team ultimately is.

 

[macmaroon]

Surely we can beat Captain Highliner and the gang

 

[Ducky10]

Jets are going to have to match the Isles work rate and commitment level. They've seen it firsthand from them and more recently Arizona, it's not going to come easy and it likely won't be pretty.

 

[AlphaLackey]

Question: as I put together the GDT for tomorrow, where might I find the anticipated starting lineups for the Jets and Islanders? Are they posted somewhere today so I can get everything ready for tomorrow morning? Or do I have to jump up early in the morning to catch them and art like a madman?

 

[tbcwpg]

Question: as I put together the GDT for tomorrow, where might I find the anticipated starting lineups for the Jets and Islanders? Are they posted somewhere today so I can get everything ready for tomorrow morning? Or do I have to jump up early in the morning to catch them and art like a madman?

Practice would generally give a good indication. Any of the Jets usual twitter people would be good for that. Visiting teams is a bit tougher, you can go by their lineup in their last game.

Czizkas and Eberle are both OUT for the Isles tomorrow.

 

[peg]

Question: as I put together the GDT for tomorrow, where might I find the anticipated starting lineups for the Jets and Islanders? Are they posted somewhere today so I can get everything ready for tomorrow morning? Or do I have to jump up early in the morning to catch them and art like a madman?

Ken Wiebe
@WiebeAthletic
2h
Early #NHLJets line rushes:
Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault/Bourque-Gustafsson-Appleton

D pairs:
Morrissey-Poolman
Dahlstrom-Pionk
Heinola-Kulikov

Gustafsson is playing according to Maurice so either Bourque or Appleton will be the odd man out on the 4th line. My guess would be Appleton sitting, but that is just my guess, not Wiebe's.

 

[tbcwpg]

Ken Wiebe
@WiebeAthletic
2h
Early #NHLJets line rushes:
Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault/Bourque-Gustafsson-Appleton

D pairs:
Morrissey-Poolman
Dahlstrom-Pionk
Heinola-Kulikov

Gustafsson is playing according to Maurice so either Bourque or Appleton will be the odd man out on the 4th line. My guess would be Appleton sitting, but that is just a guess.

I'd guess Bourque because he's sharing rushes with Perreault.

 

[Jets 31]

Ken Wiebe
@WiebeAthletic
2h
Early #NHLJets line rushes:
Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault/Bourque-Gustafsson-Appleton

D pairs:
Morrissey-Poolman
Dahlstrom-Pionk
Heinola-Kulikov

Gustafsson is playing according to Maurice so either Bourque or Appleton will be the odd man out on the 4th line. My guess would be Appleton sitting, but that is just my guess, not Wiebe's.

Yay Little is back , as much as people like to rag on the guy he is sorely missed right now on that 2nd line . Heinola back too , guess Potato is hurt . We are a better team with Little and Heinola playing that's for sure .

 

[antiqueslivers]

no bitetto no letestu and possibly no bourque... aaaaaalright

 

[nabby12]

Finally the right players and combinations. A shame it takes injuries for Maurice to do the logical thing.

Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault-Gustafsson-Appleton

 

[GeorgeJETson]

Finally the right players and combinations. A shame it takes injuries for Maurice to do the logical thing.

Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault-Gustafsson-Appleton

Only took Maurice 1.5 seasons (or possibly longer?) to move Laine away from Little!

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

Only took Maurice 1.5 seasons (or possibly longer?) to move Laine away from Little!

And it might take only 1.5 shifts tomorrow for Maurice to move Laine back with Little.

 

[Guffman]

Yay Little is back , as much as people like to rag on the guy he is sorely missed right now on that 2nd line . Heinola back too , guess Potato is hurt . We are a better team with Little and Heinola playing that's for sure .

Yeah, Little is a quality player. He seemed to unfairly get blamed because of Laine’s disinterested play.

Glad to have Copp back with Lowry.

 

[GeorgeJETson]

And it might take only 1.5 shifts tomorrow for Maurice to move Laine back with Little.

Sadly, you're probably right

 

[Hulide]

Only took Maurice 1.5 seasons (or possibly longer?) to move Laine away from Little!

And it Will only take 1,5 season more to move Wheeler away from Scheifele.. but I Like the bottom 6 more

 

[Joe Hallenback]

It is a shame most posters don't realize that injuries are what forced the coach to have the lineup the way it was. Having Gus on the 4th line isn't some kind of solution to our .500 start to the season either

 

[1OApick]

Expecting to see some effort. Hopefully don't see any shift lenghtening and stupid penalties.

 

[GNP]

Finally the right players and combinations. A shame it takes injuries for Maurice to do the logical thing.

Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault-Gustafsson-Appleton

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I really don't understand pairing up Roslovic with Copp and Lowry, as it makes zero sense to me. Roslovic has been playing really well lately, and driving the play somewhat, and needs guys that can score on his line, and Copp and Lowry are not good at scoring. What I'd like to see are as follows -- for the bottom 2 lines :

Perrault -- Roslovic --Appleton ( 3rd line - decent scoring here)

Copp ------- Lowry ---- Gustafsson ( more of a checking line)

If we went this route --we'd get a lot more scoring with 3 good scoring lines.

 

[LowLefty]

And it might take only 1.5 shifts tomorrow for Maurice to move Laine back with Little.

Yup - it's pretty much up to Laine actually -
And to some degree, Ehlers
Which ever is on top of their game
Right or wrong, that's the way Mo is going to play it (IMO)

 

[BatVader]

I’d like to see them try a top 6 of...
Ehlers-Scheifele-Laine
Connor-Copp-Wheeler

 

[The Big M]

no bitetto no letestu and possibly no bourque... aaaaaalright

This sort has a War of the Worlds ironic twist....
Nature has taken down the old farts....something that Maurice was hesitant to do.

 

[204hockey]

Surely we can beat Captain Highliner and the gang

drown em in tartar sauce and swim to victory!

 

[PhilJets]

Ken Wiebe
@WiebeAthletic
2h
Early #NHLJets line rushes:
Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault/Bourque-Gustafsson-Appleton

D pairs:
Morrissey-Poolman
Dahlstrom-Pionk
Heinola-Kulikov

Gustafsson is playing according to Maurice so either Bourque or Appleton will be the odd man out on the 4th line. My guess would be Appleton sitting, but that is just my guess, not Wiebe's.

That Dahlstorm and Poolman

We hope soon it can be
Niku and Byfuglien

Then defense is not so bad.

Sooooooo mobile except for Kulikov