Pre-Game Talk: (12/4/22 - 12/10/22) Week of pain and suffering, and now who's hurt?

[Bill Peckerskull]

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[Pokecheque]

I do love hearing "Charles Hudon" pronounced the French way.

Dude was pretty good in his prime. Guess we'll see if he has anything left.

So when is Kaut gonna be free of the plague?

 

[Balthazar]

Career AHLer who's close to PPG in the AHL. Usually doesn't look bad when he gets called up.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Pokecheque]

F***ing hell, FOUDY is hurt too???????

 

[UncleRisto]

Do we have to start forfeiting matches soon?

 

[Pokecheque]

Do we have to start forfeiting matches soon?

Naw, there's a whole mess of reserves in Utah!

 

[Vaslof]

Charles Whodon?

Foudy injury sucks, I was finally getting a glimpse of the potential that our prospect rankers already saw in him.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

This is going to get very ugly, very quickly. Mack, Mikko, Toewser, and Makar are gonna be run into the gound by Bedsy. Georgie and Frank gonna have to step it up even higher and start stoning some teams.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Its the right thing to do. We dont even have enough Top 6 forwards to load up 1 line so we might as well split Mack/Mikko up and at least have two lines that are potentially a threat from one player anyway. Makes it a little tougher to match up against.


I'm guessing(Hoping) we see...


Newhook - Rantanen - Hudon
Galchenyuk - Mack - Kaut
LOC - JTC - Cogliano
Hunt - Megna - Blidh



Good god that is f***ing awful

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Charlie has more talent than Kaut/Foudy. Sure their ceilings might be higher, but right now Hudon is definitely more skilled. He won’t look out of place in the offensive zone on this team.

 

[the_fan]

Charlie has more talent than Kaut/Foudy. Sure their ceilings might be higher, but right now Hudon is definitely more skilled. He won’t look out of place in the offensive zone on this team.

You know everything is great when we're excited to see Hudon

 

[henchman21]

Hopefully we finally get Rants at center.

 

[The Abusement Park]

 

[Avs_19]

I said during the Bruins game the only thing that might save Galchenyuk from getting waived is the injuries. I was wrong, even the injuries couldn't save him after his performance is the few games he has played.

 

[Pokecheque]

I said during the Bruins game the only thing that might save Galchenyuk from getting waived is the injuries. I was wrong, even the injuries couldn't save him after his performance is the few games he has played.

He got booted to the 4th line after that horrible giveaway, I'm guessing he'll be gonzo once players start retur--

--wait, never mind. We all know that's never going to happen.

 

[the_fan]

Two players out Megna and Galchenyuk, one player in, Hudon? Is someone coming back from injury or Kaut maybe?

 

[Hennessy]

Wait.... we've got room to send people down? Are guys coming back or what?

 

[ASmileyFace]

Its the right thing to do. We dont even have enough Top 6 forwards to load up 1 line so we might as well split Mack/Mikko up and at least have two lines that are potentially a threat from one player anyway. Makes it a little tougher to match up against.


I'm guessing(Hoping) we see...


Newhook - Rantanen - Hudon
Galchenyuk - Mack - Kaut
LOC - JTC - Cogliano
Hunt - Megna - Blidh



Good god that is f***ing awful

LOL what a lineup. It's f***ing comical at this point

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

NVM. Already posted

 

[Avs_19]

I really don't think the ice time is an issue. This was a topic all last season as well and they were fine in the playoffs.

Makar is actually averaging less even strength ice time per game than last season. His increase is from special teams, which I don't believe is as taxing.

MacKinnon is averaging like an extra 40 secs per game at even strength with his increase coming from PP time. Ditto for Mikko whose at an extra 22 secs at EV.

Toews is less than last season across the board except on the PK.

They're all playing a lot and among the most in the league at their positions but they were last season too. It's what's required from the best players in the league and they're not alone. They'll also probably get some rest before the playoffs again because they'll have things on lock well before the end of the regular season, even with the slow start due to all of these injuries.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Two players out Megna and Galchenyuk, one player in, Hudon? Is someone coming back from injury or Kaut maybe?

Kaut was on the ice yesterday

 

[henchman21]

I really don't think the ice time is an issue. This was a topic all last season as well and they were fine in the playoffs.

Makar is actually averaging less even strength ice time per game than last season. His increase is from special teams, which I don't believe is as taxing.

MacKinnon is averaging like an extra 40 secs per game at even strength with his increase coming from PP time. Ditto for Mikko whose at an extra 22 secs at EV.

Toews is less than last season across the board except on the PK.

They're all playing a lot and among the most in the league at their positions but they were last season too. It's what's required from the best players in the league and they're not alone. They'll also probably get some rest before the playoffs again because they'll have things on lock well before the end of the regular season, even with the slow start due to all of these injuries.

Makar's increase is mostly PK time... which I'd argue are the most taxing minutes a player can play.

 

[Pokecheque]

Wait.... we've got room to send people down? Are guys coming back or what?

Doubt they're being sent down, this is likely just to get some flexibility, Ain't no one gonna claim those guys. I don't think so at least.

 

[sethro109]

I'm very confused about tonight's roster. We learned that Foudy and Lehky both got injured, plus we waived Chunky and Megna, but then only called up Hudon and now Kaut is back from injury. So that's 4 roster spots down and only 2 filled...... Are we playing without a full roster tonight?