Duke749
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The PP is a f***ing mess. Can’t understand why Ehlers NEVER gets the same opportunity. He is clearly ahead of Connor in his development.
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The PP is a f***ing mess. Can’t understand why Ehlers NEVER gets the same opportunity. He is clearly ahead of Connor in his development.
Never going to happen but it would be interesting to swap him with Wheeler.
It would open up two one time shots from each side.
Ehlers plays like a beast for 5 periods. After one medicore period when it was Fefe who was sucking hardest it's Ehlers who gets demoted.
Ehlers should just hit Maurice with a puck. That joke of a coach is so horrible that he needs to be fired.
And before Fefe can win a faceoff we need Ehlers to carry the puck.
Ehlers should just hit Maurice with a puck. That joke of a coach is so horrible that he needs to be fired.
And before Fefe can win a faceoff we need Ehlers to carry the puck.
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Having a goalie for a son, who played pretty high level hockey for most of it, I can tell you if he felt confident he played confident and if he didn't beach balls were going to go in. So I have some empathy for what Helly is saying.
Glad Niku gets the call up hope he steps in and plays well
Glad Niku gets the call up hope he steps in and plays well
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I have been wanting to see Connor - Copp - Ehlers for a while, so I am actually excited to see what they can do. Looking forward to watching Ehlers on his off side, I think it can unleash his goalscoring beast
Duke749
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I have been wanting to see Connor - Copp - Ehlers for a while, so I am actually excited to see what they can do. Looking forward to watching Ehlers on his off side, I think it can unleash his goalscoring beast
I’m ok with this at 5on5 for now. It’s just irritating he doesn’t get the same opportunities on the PP while we pointlessly waste Connor’s shooting ability by putting him down low.
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At least it is an interesting combo.I have been wanting to see Connor - Copp - Ehlers for a while, so I am actually excited to see what they can do. Looking forward to watching Ehlers on his off side, I think it can unleash his goalscoring beast
Think Connor and Ehlers could work very well together.
Maurice has an obvious hard on for the dump and chase players. He doesnt understand modern era hockey and the value in someone like Ehlers!
Duke749
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Starting to become tolerable.
Thought the same thing.... We may have to give it some time though.
I was listening to a Penguins beat writer talk to day about Tanev and how much the Penguins love him. He said both Crosby and Malkin were fighting over who got to play with him.
Duke749
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I played goalie as a kid and never got too up or down on myself. When teammates would say stuff about a bad goal here or there, I'd just keep a running tally of all their mistakes in one game and it shut them up.
Confidence is a goalie's best friend and I'd never say anything out loud about how I'm playing terribly. Don't want to put that into the universe.
Guardian17
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YEAH DAMMIT! WHY ISN'T EHLERS PLAYING ON THE TOP LINE, GETTING LOTS OF MINUTES?
Oh, wait.
That Crosby and malkin may know more about hockey then the analytics crowd who say tanev has no value.
Gotta say if Helly wasn't a Jet i'd want to slap him sometimes , well even as a Jet i want to slap him .
Duke749
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There were a few people here dissing on Tanev, saying the reason why he zooms all over the ice is because he was always out of position.
I dunno. I always liked the guy but yeah, salary cap and the contract he got was very surprising.
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Ehlers or Connor from KC's spot doesn't really matter - both are too small to be anything other than rebound collectors or pivots between the strong side and the slot man.
We run a 1 - 3 - 1 but I'd try moving the players around:
Scheif to Wheels spot - sets up another one timer and will likely provide more opportunity for 55 to get involved. I also think he's better with the puck and won't allow the defenders to cheat on Laine as much.
Wheels to KC's spot - provides a good passer down low and a net front presence with some size.
KC to Scheifs spot - he's a shooter and he's very mobile. He should be able to move around the slot and also pick up tips and rebounds - also a good shooter and a good rebounder.
This format sets up all your shooters in shooting positions and provided net front presence and screening
The downside is you lose Wheels as the QB and rely more on the point and Scheif to set things up.
Our point position needs to be much better and moving the puck, setting up both one timers and getting pucks through when things are clogged up.
Laine needs to move higher on occasion so the the PP doesn't become this one dimensional thing where we are always looking for a seam pass. He's also a good passer but doesn't play enough of a passing role on the PP as he's always waiting on that telegraphed on timer.
Regarding Hellebuyck... ehhh, I don’t mind his interview shtick. He almost always bounces back big.
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