Pre-Game Talk: Week to Heal (@NSH, STL)

[tigervixxxen]

Get ready for a lot of days off. Only 8 games the next three weeks before they head to Sweden with basically a week off before and after the weekend set there. They only go on one more trip before they depart east before they head to Sweden so they turned this game in Nashville into a road trip and went there after the Dallas game instead of going home. So, it remains to be seen what media presence, if any, will be in Nashville for practice Monday.

Nemeth left the game on Saturday following his fight with Seguin. Hopefully an update on his condition is forthcoming. Jost should also practice on Monday. Andrighetto seems to be playing through something too.

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[McMetal]

I think all three get in. Jost will be back, Lindholm in for Nemeth, and Mironov needs a game for once. I know he looked brutal when he did play, but he needs to get a game in, playing time is the only way to develop him if he won't give SA a shot. It would probably be best for him if he did that (although big minutes isn't a guarantee in that crowded forum), but I guess one or both parties is reluctant to go that route.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Get ready for a lot of days off. Only 8 games the next three weeks before they head to Sweden with basically a week off before and after the weekend set there. They only go on one more trip before they depart east before they head to Sweden so they turned this game in Nashville into a road trip and went there after the Dallas game instead of going home. So, it remains to be seen what media presence, if any, will be in Nashville for practice Monday.

Nemeth left the game on Saturday following his tight with Seguin. Hopefully an update on his condition is girth coming. Jost should also practice on Monday. Andrighetto seems to be playing through something too.

I bet that means the second half of the season is going to be nuts. You can't have that sort of schedule and not have it impact things later.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I bet that means the second half of the season is going to be nuts. You can't have that sort of schedule and not have it impact things later.

Pretty much. They basically have what is an AHL schedule right now with the weekdays off and b2b weekends.

 

[Vaslof]

Andrighetto was one of the slashing victims in the Ducks game, could be that.

 

[Nalens Oga]

Steve Hetze Petros is a f***er for screwing up the scheduling for so many teams, guy seems to not give a shit and just throw whatever will stick without a conflict and not bother to re-arrange and decrease things like back-to-back or space out games or avoid long road trips.

Anyways, yeah Mironov needs to start getting some games here and there, Lindholm if healthy might even be ahead of Barbeiro but coaches generally never change the line-up until injury or bad results. I really wish they valued squad rotation more but you just know they'd play a guy all 82 games if they could if he was playing well and healthy.

 

[Balthazar]

Get ready for a lot of days off. Only 8 games the next three weeks before they head to Sweden with basically a week off before and after the weekend set there.

Yeah the schedule really sucks.

 

[Foppberg]

Yeah the schedule is dog shit for the next month +

 

[forsbergavs32]

If Nemeth is out, I'd like to see Lindholm and Mironov come in. Barberio hasn't played well enough to warrant staying in and Mironov has sat long enough to observe the NA game, he needs to get into some games.

Zads-EJ
Bigras-Barrie
Lindholm-Mironov

 

[McMetal]

Bigras has clearly earned a shot on Barrie's left side with his play so far. I'd love to see how he handles top 4 minutes.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

What happened to Nemeth? I missed most of the Dallas game and the parts I saw I was heavily intoxicated.

 

[UncleRisto]

What happened to Nemeth? I missed most of the Dallas game and the parts I saw I was heavily intoxicated.

It's undisclosed for now but he did smash the hell out of Seguin's helmet.

 

[The Kingslayer]

If Nemeth is out, I'd like to see Lindholm and Mironov come in. Barberio hasn't played well enough to warrant staying in and Mironov has sat long enough to observe the NA game, he needs to get into some games.

Zads-EJ
Bigras-Barrie
Lindholm-Mironov

Agreed. Barberio is pretty useless when hes not on the PP. If hes going to stay in the lineup I would use him as the Dman on that second unit over Johnson. EJ just has no clue on the PP it seems.

 

[dahrougem2]

EJ plays a ton of minutes, we can afford to give him a rest on the PP. He doesn't have a bomb of a shot, most of the time he actually can't even get his shot through, he isn't a great passer, and he doesn't have great offensive awareness when manning the point.

I think Barberio actually has a harder shot than EJ does. I have no problems playing him there with the 2nd unit instead of EJ. The extra 3-5 minutes of rest could serve EJ well later in games.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Bigras should be on the pp before Barberio.

 

[Ceremony]

Looking forward to embarrassing Cueball again.

 

[Thepoolmaster]

With the schedule like it is hopefully Mironov can get acclimated to the game over here, so later on in the year he can rotate in during these heavy back to back weeks.

 

[Nalens Oga]

Actually firing from the point is definetely a big bonus if the guy has the threat of a shot even if he doesn't use it but I'd probably say that in 2017, the PP needs to get most of its work done down low. Point pivot needs to be better at handling the puck under pressure and dishing quickly rather than shooting, the best PP's are very aggressive down low (like the Leafs one) and make their chances around the net nowadays.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Actually firing from the point is definetely a big bonus if the guy has the threat of a shot even if he doesn't use it but I'd probably say that in 2017, the PP needs to get most of its work done down low. Point pivot needs to be better at handling the puck under pressure and dishing quickly rather than shooting, the best PP's are very aggressive down low (like the Leafs one) and make their chances around the net nowadays.

Big bonus is just a nice way of saying said trait is low down on the priority list.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Nemeth not practicing as per Chambers.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

 

[McMetal]

I agree that a cannon from the point isn't a requirement in the modern game. Shot blocking is too good. Nobody is scared to stand in front of Shea Weber bombs anymore, and going for the big slapper just telegraphs your intention to shoot so they have time to get in the way. The best thing you can do on the power play as a defenseman is pass well and get the puck down low, or else fire wristers that can be tipped/screened.

As for Bigras vs. Barberio vs. Johnson, while it's true that Barberio is pretty good on the PP, he's not going to be here long term, and I'd like to see what Bigras can do there. He's got the tools, but he's an unknown there until we try it. I hope he gets a chance there so we can have him as an option there in future years when Barberio is elsewhere.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Nemeth flew back to Denver. I'm no doctor but if they couldn't wait two days for him to fly back with the team, there has to be concern that it's serious.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Nemeth flew back to Denver. I'm no doctor but if they couldn't wait two days for him to fly back with the team, there has to be concern that it's serious.

Chambers says it's a shoulder injury. I tore my rotator cuff in a fight once ironically. Was a season ending injury for me which happened in December. Think it was 5 months before I could do any push exercises at the gym. Wishing for better luck for Nemeth.

 

[dahrougem2]

I assumed it would be hand-related but if it's shoulder, it could be worrisome. Hopefully it's not serious.