Post-Game Talk (GBU): The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - What a Difference a Bai Makes (#6)

[Icicle]

Pretty sure Jack has had defensive games just like last night, people just forget because they're few and far between. If it becomes his normal play that would be nice.

Shifts, but not games

 

[Der Jaeger]

What BG said.

Combo Girgensons and Eichel. Combo Reinhart and O'Reilly. Two centers on a line. Then add the appropriate winger.

Eichel-Girgensons need a winger who is positionally smart, defensively responsible, and who can score. Paging Jason Pominville. And in the future, Alex Nylander fills this role perfectly. So does Rasmus Asplund.

Reinhart-ROR need a winger who can be in the right position, help maintain possession, and score off the set-ups he'll get. When Okposo gets healthy, this is him. For now, I'd let Reinhart and ROR swap LW and C as they need to according to the flow of the game, but I'd try ROR at wing to see if that gets him going.

Then create the "Kane" line with Larsson and Bailey. Eventually, build this line around Mittelstadt or split up Reinhart and ROR.

Girgensons - Eichel - Pominville
ROR - Reinhart - Okposo
Kane - Larsson - Bailey
Pouliot - Josefson - Nolan/Moulson

 

[brian_griffin]

What BG said.

Combo Girgensons and Eichel. Combo Reinhart and O'Reilly. Two centers on a line. Then add the appropriate winger.

Eichel-Girgensons need a winger who is positionally smart, defensively responsible, and who can score. Paging Jason Pominville. And in the future, Alex Nylander fills this role perfectly. So does Rasmus Asplund.

Reinhart-ROR need a winger who can be in the right position, help maintain possession, and score off the set-ups he'll get. When Okposo gets healthy, this is him. For now, I'd let Reinhart and ROR swap LW and C as they need to according to the flow of the game, but I'd try ROR at wing to see if that gets him going.

Then create the "Kane" line with Larsson and Bailey. Eventually, build this line around Mittelstadt or split up Reinhart and ROR.

Girgensons - Eichel - Pominville
ROR - Reinhart - Okposo
Kane - Larsson - Bailey
Pouliot - Josefson - Nolan/Moulson

This works too, but in the short term, I'd not saddle Larsson defensively with both Kane and Bailey. Plus it concentrates, rather than splits, the speed of #9 and #95 between the 2 lines. But it's not a bad option.

 

[Buttons85]

I think a line with Kane and Bailey screaming up both wings would be fun as hell to watch.

 

[haseoke39]

Girgensons - Eichel - Pominville
ROR - Reinhart - Okposo
Kane - Larsson - Bailey
Pouliot - Josefson - Nolan/Moulson

I'd like to see Reinhart and Larsson swapped. Reinhart could really complement speedy wingers. Give him two guys who can get to the danger areas in a hurry, and he will get the puck there.
ROR and Okposo can play shutdown for a minute with Larsson until they get their shit together.

 

[cybresabre]

I think a line with Kane and Bailey screaming up both wings would be fun as hell to watch.

For the fans of both teams!

 

[Kyndig]

What BG said.

Combo Girgensons and Eichel. Combo Reinhart and O'Reilly. Two centers on a line. Then add the appropriate winger.

Eichel-Girgensons need a winger who is positionally smart, defensively responsible, and who can score. Paging Jason Pominville. And in the future, Alex Nylander fills this role perfectly. So does Rasmus Asplund.

Reinhart-ROR need a winger who can be in the right position, help maintain possession, and score off the set-ups he'll get. When Okposo gets healthy, this is him. For now, I'd let Reinhart and ROR swap LW and C as they need to according to the flow of the game, but I'd try ROR at wing to see if that gets him going.

Then create the "Kane" line with Larsson and Bailey. Eventually, build this line around Mittelstadt or split up Reinhart and ROR.

Girgensons - Eichel - Pominville
ROR - Reinhart - Okposo
Kane - Larsson - Bailey
Pouliot - Josefson - Nolan/Moulson

That's the exact lineup I mentioned in the roster speculation thread, minus Bailey since he wasn't called up at the time (had Griffith there instead)..but that's where I'd put Bailey. If the 2nd line still doesn't get it together swap Bailey and Okposo. But since Josefson is injured now I expect Housley will put Reinhart back on the 3rd line and Larry centering the 4th.

 

[AustonsNostrils]

 

[Ness]

How did Bailey play? I missed the game last night.

 

[brian_griffin]

And with that simple scoresheet change, I'm sure the silence of Reinhart's critics will be forever deafening...

 

[Chainshot]

For heaven's sake, give it a rest.

 

[stokes84]

How did Bailey play? I missed the game last night.

Good throughout, but he was a standout in the first period. Even ignoring the goal, he brought a ton of energy.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Good throughout, but he was a standout in the first period. Even ignoring the goal, he brought a ton of energy.

Agreed. He's had similarly good games in the past but has never been able to consistently perform. If he has two or three more games in a row like the last one (even sans goal), he might be here to stay.

 

[Ace]

Sam Reinhart is so slow it took half a day for his goal to count.

 

[hizzoner]

So now we have the story of the tortoise and the hare. Sam the tortoise but who is the hare? Delayed satisfaction in any event...

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Sam Reinhart is so slow it took half a day for his goal to count.

Quip of the day!! Very funny!

 

[couture23]

Jack needs to shoot more.

 

[AustonsNostrils]

Jack needs to shoot more.

He surely does, that's the coaching staff's job. Jack loves passing, he's amazing and imaginative at it but he's working with less than amazing teammates and many of his passes go for naught and then there's the fact he has one of the most lethal shots in the league so there's the huge opportunity cost his preference for the pass comes with.