bleedgreen
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multiple tweets saying canes have no intention of sending him down, that teams have shown interest and that if he clears still a good chance he gets traded though the team is hoping he gets picked up.
Adam Hall is taking his place. Adam Hall is the 4th line right wing. He does everything Tim Wallace does better than Tim Wallace (or at least he used to).
This is utter nonsense. Tim Wallace rarely touches the ice against the players that the "soft goalscorers" play against, so how is he wearing them down? Are you seriously suggesting that the success of players like Staal and Semin is dependent even in the slightest on some 4th liner throwing a hit against the other team's 4th line and bottom pairing D?
Out of curiousity, how much Center has Jussi Jokinen played in his career?
oh god, eklund has us on the front page headline - saying something is going on with us.
generally that means we are not even close to doing something but with a day like this going on....
No, but generally a team's 4th line isn't going to spend much time against the same players that his team's 1st line does, unless neither coach is matching lines.Oh, so the 1st line always plays against 1st line, and 2nd against 2nd, etc.? Silly me for knowing nothing of hockey or team sports in general!
No, but generally a team's 4th line isn't going to spend much time against the same players that his team's 1st line does, unless neither coach is matching lines.
Looking at the last game Wallace played, Eric's line played the bulk of their even strength shifts against the McDonagh-Girardi pairing---about 15 minutes out of 18 total. Tim Wallace played...1 minute against that pairing. I doubt that much wearing down was accomplished during this time. I don't see how Wallace hitting Anton Stralman helps Eric Staal score against Dan Girardi.
But why not have both?
Whatever, agree to disagree. I'm interested to see what our 4th line looks like tonight.
What would this team look like if we waived everyone who was bad for 30 games or if we signed everyone who looked good for 30 games to 5 year deals.
To act like he won't bring any grit or a physical element is off-base.
I'm not going to name posters but check the prior page or two where a couple of posts suggest the absence of Wallace will leave no physical presence on the 4th line. I don't believe some know that much about what Hall brings.Who is acting like that?
If there is a general agreement here, it's that Hall is just fine where he is.
I'm not going to name posters but check the prior page or two where a couple of posts suggest the absence of Wallace will leave no physical presence on the 4th line. I don't believe some know that much about what Hall brings.
First I simply pointed out it was a couple of posts. And never contended anyone said anything negative about Hall. But rather that some were implying that by losing Wallace the fourth line was losing its only physical forward. The point being that imo some don't see yet what Hall can bring in terms of a physical edge. Has nothing to do with one or the other.Actually, most of the posts I've read the past couple of pages haven't said anything negative about Hall, and nobody has said he doesn't bring a physical game plus more, just that most would prefer having both of them on the 4th line together. Don't know why it has to come down to one or the other?
So I predict Edmonton or Boston picks up Jussi.
Why exactly couldn't we have traded him again?