Player Discussion: Welcome to Winnipeg, Nick Shore

[Holden Caulfield]

How is he at faceoffs ?

He's pretty good at faceoffs. 4th line C's don't take many though, and because of Maurice's usage most of them are NZ or OZ so it matters very little overall.

Shore was a guy in LA that always looked like he should have had more to give but never could break out. The puck just died on his stick. Not sure how's he's looked this year in TOR, but he was an ok 12/13 forward in LA and probably could still be that. Likely still a big upgrade on Letestu/Bourque/Shaw/Luoto/etc that the Jets have been throwing out there on the 4th line. However not much more than a placeholder still that can play 6-9 mins with some PK time. I'm not opposed to this move considering how thin Jets are up front.

 

[Gm0ney]

Is Gus going back for the WJCs?

 

[Jets 31]

I once saw Chevy driving around my neighborhood on Free Day looking for D men - true story.

If he can play on the 4th and actually be trusted to kill penalties, then it's a good pick up.

This was very funny good one .

 

[Holden Caulfield]

Is Gus going back for the WJCs?

Swedes have saved a spot for him on their camp roster for him so they think it's at least a possibility. I would if I was the Jets to let him get a feel for the offensive side of the game again, but we'll see I suppose.

 

[John Agar]

Oh my goodness! Chevy is George Costanza!!

Yes Chevy is...

 

[ThinIce61]

I "Shore" do like the cut of your jib, Chevy.

We seem to be doing pretty good with inexpensive waiver pickups so why not.

I'd like us to get healthy so maybe we can get some scoring out of our bottom 6 though.

 

[Gil Fisher]

Healthy, our 4th line is probably Perreault-Shore-Appleton. That seems pretty good.

Also a good reminder if your 50 to get your prostate checked.

 

[Flair Hay]

Picking this cat up and saving Gus from 5 mins a night seems like a win win.

If he is a guy Maurice will trust for more 4th line mins it should help the whole team a wee bit.

 

[kylbaz]

He's better than our entire 4th line (hard to accurately rate Gus tho) so that's a positive.

It's so weird to go from having guys like Lowry, Copp, etc on our fourth line to guys I can't even remember.

 

[Buffdog]

Hearing the scouting reports on this guy is bringing back James Wright flashbacks. Did that guy ever score for us?

 

[KingBogo]

It's so weird to go from having guys like Lowry, Copp, etc on our fourth line to guys I can't even remember.

Except They were on the 4th line at earlier points in their careers not as the players they are today. That is what the organization is hoping from guys like Appleton Gus and Luoto. Otherwise those roles get filled with NHL journeyman on NHL minimum salaries.

 

[GaryPoppins]

Healthy, our 4th line is probably Perreault-Shore-Appleton. That seems pretty good.

Tbh, they gotta keep the third line as constructed. It's been great

 

[Jet]

It's an improvement on Luoto and Shaw and costs us nothing

If he can regain some form this could turn out well for us. We seem to be doing great with reclamation projects so this could be the perfect environment.

He's a positive on face offs, will improve our pk, and hopefully prevent us from being pinned in our zone the entire time the 4th line is out.

He can also allow us to use our skilled guys less on the pk which will lower their minutes and reduce risk of injury from blocking a shot

 

[Ggg99]

The Moose ran roll 3 pretty good lines now with
Chibisov-Harkins-Griffith
Vesalainen-Spacek-Lipon
Mc Kenzie-Suess-Poirier

and 8 of those 9 are battling to be the next man up.

And Poirier gets the next call.

 

[Jets 31]

I will wait to watch him play as a Winnipeg Jet before saying anything about Shore . If Sbisa tells us anything it's apparent crap players aren't so crappy .

 

[KingBogo]

I will wait to watch him play as a Winnipeg Jet before saying anything about Shore . If Sbisa tells us anything it's apparent crap players aren't so crappy .

Agreed. I see no need to pass judgement before actually watching him play. Also don't mind Chevy taking free rolls of the dice to "shore" up holes before spending assets to do the same thing.

 

[JetsFan815]

It's so weird to go from having guys like Lowry, Copp, etc on our fourth line to guys I can't even remember.

I remember when we were so deep we had Perreault and Joel Armia on the 4th line

 

[JetsFan815]

He can't be worse than what's already on the 4th line although Leafs fans don't have a particularly positive opinion of him. Get him in the lineup and send Gus to the minors to develop.

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

We are a three line team. Nick doesn't change that.

 

[Jets 31]

He can't be worse than what's already on the 4th line although Leafs fans don't have a particularly positive opinion of him. Get him in the lineup and send Gus to the minors to develop.

What do Leafs fans know ? They also thought Babcock was a great coach and Dubas was a young genius .

 

[RustyCat]

Personally I have been quite content with Bourque so to have him, Shore, and Appleton do forth line duties is a reliable and responsible bunch. Keep 85 with Lowry and Copp, they seem to be a royal pain in the ass for other teams.

 

[sipowicz]

No one currently on the 4th line has stood out including slow Gus but to be fair 5 minutes of ice time isn’t going to let any player do much of anything.

ideal 4th line would include Copp and Lowry...

 

[rkp]

according to the leafs board, he wasn't much of anything.

 

[Gm0ney]

Hearing the scouting reports on this guy is bringing back James Wright flashbacks. Did that guy ever score for us?

Wright's 5v5 G/60 while in Winnipeg was 0.15

Shore's 5v5 G/60 over his last two NHL seasons is 0.39

Shore's closest G/60 comp on the current team: Bourque (0.40)

 

[Jets 31]

I really don't think the Jets picked up Shore for his scoring , probably faceoffs , PK and defense . Also what if Little doesn't come back or the Jets know Little is very far away from coming back . Plus the 4th line is getting beat down every game so giving Shore a peek can't hurt .