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It depends what your TIMETABLE of expectations are. If you want him on the second PP unit by season's end in Boston, you might want to pump the brakes.
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It depends what your TIMETABLE of expectations are. If you want him on the second PP unit by season's end in Boston, you might want to pump the brakes.
C77
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Providence lineup looks like a serious Calder Cup contender with the NHL team getting healthy. All of Agostino, Czarnik, JFK, Cehlarik, and Heinen down there now. I would think that something has to be brewing in the front office at this point.
I mean it was clear by his tone/context he didn't mean that people have too high of expectations of him, he meant that he thinks Senyshyn won't amount to much, so we should lower expectations.
That's why people jumped on him when he literally just started his AHL career, so it's far too early to be thinking that.
GarbageGoal
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But there are already guys taken after Senyshyn who are playing in the NHL. I sometimes wonder if people see that and panic. And is this really about someone thinking the kid has the 1st round talent, or the GM didn't get it right...
So what do the PP units look like down there? Are Zboril and Lauzon getting any play? Just wondering because I see Cross and Grzelcyk as left shots. Cross with a couple PP tallies already. Not to take anything away from those guys, but I think grooming the former is big part this teams future.
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Mark Divver reports that the first line in Providence is rolling and they might be in Boston if they keep it up. They are playing the way the Bruins want, combining skill with relentless pressure on the puck. This experience will be invaluable for rookie center JFK. (Aside—this is where Spooner struggles).
Three games into the season, there is good news and bad news for the Providence Bruins.
The good news is they have arguably the top line in the AHL in Kenny Agostino, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Peter Cehlarik.
Now for the bad news: The chances of the trio remaining intact in Providence diminish with each dominant performance. “Enjoy it while it lasts,″ says P-Bruins assistant coach Trent Whitfield.
Springfield and Toronto, the two teams the P-Bruins have played to this point, had their hands full with the high-powered threesome. “We haven’t seen a line play at that level,″ Marlies coach Sheldon Keefe said after his team’s 3-2 win on Saturday. The Agostino-JFK-Cehlarik combo was involved in both P-Bruins goals that night and has been in on seven of Providence’s 10 goals this season.
“They are relentless. They track the crap out of pucks,” according to P-Bruins coach Jay Leach. “You’ve seen some lines in the past that just have more skill than everyone else. I’m not diminishing (the JFK line’s) skill, but the thing that they are doing so well is they just hound pucks. It’s fun to watch.”
“Kenny obviously drives that ship. For JFK, it’s a great learning tool for him to see how hard (Agostino) works and how hard he is on pucks. Peter Cehlarik, coming off an injury, to come out of the gates the way he has, it’s phenomenal. Good on him. He put in the work. He’s on a mission to get back to the NHL. If he keeps playing like this, I don’t think he’s too far away.″
Worth reading the full story:
http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...-top-line-for-p-bruins-is-off-to-torrid-start
Three games into the season, there is good news and bad news for the Providence Bruins.
The good news is they have arguably the top line in the AHL in Kenny Agostino, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Peter Cehlarik.
Now for the bad news: The chances of the trio remaining intact in Providence diminish with each dominant performance. “Enjoy it while it lasts,″ says P-Bruins assistant coach Trent Whitfield.
Springfield and Toronto, the two teams the P-Bruins have played to this point, had their hands full with the high-powered threesome. “We haven’t seen a line play at that level,″ Marlies coach Sheldon Keefe said after his team’s 3-2 win on Saturday. The Agostino-JFK-Cehlarik combo was involved in both P-Bruins goals that night and has been in on seven of Providence’s 10 goals this season.
“They are relentless. They track the crap out of pucks,” according to P-Bruins coach Jay Leach. “You’ve seen some lines in the past that just have more skill than everyone else. I’m not diminishing (the JFK line’s) skill, but the thing that they are doing so well is they just hound pucks. It’s fun to watch.”
“Kenny obviously drives that ship. For JFK, it’s a great learning tool for him to see how hard (Agostino) works and how hard he is on pucks. Peter Cehlarik, coming off an injury, to come out of the gates the way he has, it’s phenomenal. Good on him. He put in the work. He’s on a mission to get back to the NHL. If he keeps playing like this, I don’t think he’s too far away.″
Worth reading the full story:
http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...-top-line-for-p-bruins-is-off-to-torrid-start
ODAAT
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Thanks for posting, had no idea former and undeserved whipping boy Whitfield is an assistant there
Alan Ryan
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It didn't take long at all. Cehlarik and Agostino have been recalled from Providence.
It's Agostino - Nash - Czarnik at Wednesday practice.
https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bru...nd-peter-cehlarik-from-providence/c-292047172
It's Agostino - Nash - Czarnik at Wednesday practice.
https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bru...nd-peter-cehlarik-from-providence/c-292047172
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He hasn’t been in both places since his playing career ended (as you stated). He left PRO as a player in 2012-13, played a year in Austria, then coached Portland in 14-15, and Calgary (WHL) in 15-16, before returning to PRO as a coach last season.
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I think the issue is when is it reasonable to expect those "high expectations" to bear fruit?. The NHL has any number of players of late that have stepped in as young players that have made an immediate impact (Pasta, Bergie, McDavid, Mathews, Nylander, etc., etc.). However the League is literally riddled with first round picks that took a long time to develop and many many more that never amounted to anything.
I think what you are hearing here is that many think that a couple of camps and 3 pro games is a little early to say that the "high expectations" weren't warranted.
I think we are both saying the same thing right now, just in wildly different ways
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ODAAT
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I imagine no
Heinen and Czarnik down, Cehlarik and Agostonio up- so an even swap-out and with Spooner out also, we'll probably have to see a good bit more of Beleskey. Once Backes and Bergeron are both back maybe he sits? Let's hope (unless he has a massive renaissance, that is)
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I imagine no
Cehlarik was sent down to Providence on Thursday.
Yeah, just saw that- how very strange . . . what was the point of calling him up for two days??
GloryDaze4877
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CapFriendly had the B’s listed with 15 F’s and 24 players (including Cehlarik). I assume that Spooner will be put on IR, but they didn’t have that transaction listed yet.
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Baby B’s at Springfield tonight. Wanted to go, but my son has a game at 7pm also.
Hoping that Heinen and Cehlarik are pissed and take it out on the T-Birds.
Hoping that Heinen and Cehlarik are pissed and take it out on the T-Birds.
Can't figure out the damn multiquote- but thanks guys, makes a bit more sense now.
Malt
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Will post some updates during tonight's game, as long as AHL live cooperates.
Tentative lines, per Mark Divver:
Fitzgerald-JFK-Cehlarik
Heinen-Szwarz-Czarnik
Blidh-Cave-Senyshyn
Gabrielle-Hennessy-Porter
Lauzon-Cross
Grzelcyk-Zboril
Breen-Johansson
Binnington in net, Vladar backs him up.
Tentative lines, per Mark Divver:
Fitzgerald-JFK-Cehlarik
Heinen-Szwarz-Czarnik
Blidh-Cave-Senyshyn
Gabrielle-Hennessy-Porter
Lauzon-Cross
Grzelcyk-Zboril
Breen-Johansson
Binnington in net, Vladar backs him up.
ODAAT
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Malt (or anyone), how has Fitzgerald looked thus far? He seemed to really open some eyes at TC. Thanks
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