spockBokk
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So, it appears that the NHL is steaming ahead towards a season re-start in the summer months. A lot is still up in the air of course, and who knows where everything will be in a few weeks in terms of a global pandemic, but I think we will have some semblance of NHL hockey back in a month or two.
With that in mind and as a needed distraction for myself, I want to start up a thread about what the Canes may look like if they actually end up back on the ice this year. If the speculation I’ve seen is true-that players might start informal workouts by mid-May and that there will be 2-3 week training camps (virus-permitting), I think CAR might be uniquely set up to take advantage to have all that time to fully integrate Skjei, Trocheck and Vatanen, as well as getting Hamilton back. Conversely, teams in direct competition for a playoff spot like CBJ and NYR will also get key pieces back like Jones and Krieder, thus giving them a similar boost.
So, onto post-season pause/post-worst-of-COVID lines:
Svechnikov-Aho-Teravainen
Dzingel/Niederreiter-Trocheck-Necas
Foegele-Staal-Williams
McGinn-Geekie-Martnook/Niederreiter/Dzingel
I think that Dzingel is the odd man out at the moment, but I’d also really like to see him line up with Necas again. Assuming Geekie has a good camp, I don’t see how you could bump him.
Also, I wonder if any AHL guys will come to a camp as well. Guys like Lorentz and Bishop could provide depth as you’re sure to have someone get hurt.
On D:
Slavin-Hamilton
Fleury-Skjei
Gardiner-Vatanen
That’s probably quite unrealistic, but it’s what I’d want to see. I’d keep Gardiner in for his PP
contributions alone, and Fleury had certainly been outplaying Edmundson and TVR up to the pause.
Here too, you have interesting AHL options in Bean and Keane who will very likely not be playing anywhere else until next season.
In goal is where there’s really no controversy-Mrazek and Reimer, both healthy as 1a and 1b
Assuming there is not a rash of injuries from guys not playing for 2-3 months, I really like this team’s chances at a playoff spot and their chances once they get there, on paper at least.
With that in mind and as a needed distraction for myself, I want to start up a thread about what the Canes may look like if they actually end up back on the ice this year. If the speculation I’ve seen is true-that players might start informal workouts by mid-May and that there will be 2-3 week training camps (virus-permitting), I think CAR might be uniquely set up to take advantage to have all that time to fully integrate Skjei, Trocheck and Vatanen, as well as getting Hamilton back. Conversely, teams in direct competition for a playoff spot like CBJ and NYR will also get key pieces back like Jones and Krieder, thus giving them a similar boost.
So, onto post-season pause/post-worst-of-COVID lines:
Svechnikov-Aho-Teravainen
Dzingel/Niederreiter-Trocheck-Necas
Foegele-Staal-Williams
McGinn-Geekie-Martnook/Niederreiter/Dzingel
I think that Dzingel is the odd man out at the moment, but I’d also really like to see him line up with Necas again. Assuming Geekie has a good camp, I don’t see how you could bump him.
Also, I wonder if any AHL guys will come to a camp as well. Guys like Lorentz and Bishop could provide depth as you’re sure to have someone get hurt.
On D:
Slavin-Hamilton
Fleury-Skjei
Gardiner-Vatanen
That’s probably quite unrealistic, but it’s what I’d want to see. I’d keep Gardiner in for his PP
contributions alone, and Fleury had certainly been outplaying Edmundson and TVR up to the pause.
Here too, you have interesting AHL options in Bean and Keane who will very likely not be playing anywhere else until next season.
In goal is where there’s really no controversy-Mrazek and Reimer, both healthy as 1a and 1b
Assuming there is not a rash of injuries from guys not playing for 2-3 months, I really like this team’s chances at a playoff spot and their chances once they get there, on paper at least.
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