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If we don't call up Sprong soon, I bellerive I'm going to burst!
If we don't call up Sprong soon, I bellerive I'm going to burst!
ZAR injured?
He was a healthy scratch...at least that's what they listed him as
Wilson had the other goal.
I'd be completely fine with waiving Kuhnhackl and calling up Sprong, to be honest. Play Sprong with Malkin, Kessel with McKegg and Hagelin on the 4th line with Rowney and Reaves. At least with that lineup, your 4th line isn't as bad as what it was before.
Honestly, a Sheary-McKeeg-Reaves fourth line would be good once we trade for a 3C. Rather Hags play with Kessel i’m top 9.I'd be completely fine with waiving Kuhnhackl and calling up Sprong, to be honest. Play Sprong with Malkin, Kessel with McKegg and Hagelin on the 4th line with Rowney and Reaves. At least with that lineup, your 4th line isn't as bad as what it was before.
We shouldn't waive anyone. Injuries will hit and we'll be glad we have these guys, who are all solid NHL 4th liners.
We shouldn't waive anyone. Injuries will hit and we'll be glad we have these guys, who are all solid NHL 4th liners.
That's assuming we'd lose someone like Kuhnhackl or Archibald to waivers.
Pretty good chance of that, and not a chance I'd be willing to take just to shoehorn Sprong into the big club's line-up. His opportunities will come, and we need the depth.
For those keeping track of the goalie situation down there (Niemi related), it looks like DeSmith has been outplaying Jarry early on.
Ultimately what will (or at least SHOULD) happen is good ole JR will trade for a true 3C, using a winger on the big roster as part of the package, which will free up a spot for Sprong AND allow us to move McKegg down to the 4C which is where he really should be on a title contender.
Sounds good, but what winger has enough value for a true 3C? Sheary is the only one that comes to mind and I don't know if I want to trade him unless the 3C is young and has a fairly high ceiling (high end 3C, low end 2C)
Well obviously we're talking about a package, which is what I said originally. I'm not saying a bottom 6 winger will net us a 3C but if you asked me to choose between Rust and Sheary I'm taking Rusty every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Guy is a big game player and produces regardless of where he is put in the lineup (relative to his talent). Sheary is expendable IMO, IF it were in conjunction with a big upgrade at the 3C, which is going to be vastly more important this year in terms of repeating. We need depth down the middle. Right now we have none. I'd trade Sheary and a pick for a 3C and bring up Sprong in the near future, provided we get a legit 3C in return.
I would too, but it needs to be a legit good 3C. I'm struggling to think of anyone realistic that I'd trade Sheary for.
Yup. Also, people forget that Sprong is learning Sully's system right now. His NHL stint was under MJ's system. No matter how much he scores, he's still gaining valuable experience and should be able to make the jump seamlessly when the time comes.Agreed. Kuhn and Archie are NHL players. Maybe nothing special relative to what other teams have in the 13th hole, but there's no reason to risk it. Scoring hasn't been a problem in the early going and we will have injuries. Let Sprong dominate for 20 games and when the first top 9 winger injury happens, then recall him.