GREMLIN
Tanking enthusiast
- Sep 19, 2013
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"Wah wah wah, Desharnais sucks!"
"Wah wah wah, Parenteau can't work on a line with Pacioretty and Desharnais"
"Wah wah wah, it was just an intra-squad scrimmage, against AHLers and junior players..."
Newsflash haters, EVERY other line was playing against AHLers and junior players, and they didn't do half as good as this line. It's a very good combination that's going to be very productive for us, whether you like it or not.
Otherwise, Galchenyuk has to get his head straight. Didn't look "there" every shift today, whiffed on easy passes and just looked disinterested at times.
We saw the best and the worst of Gilbert. When he has a man on his back, man is it tough for him to get free and win his battles. Whenever he has the puck on his stick though and that we're in possession, he's a clever player.
Our 4th line is going to be lovely, but I'd like coaches to remind Prust he's a blue-collar, not a finesse player.
Among Pateryn, Tinordi and Beaulieu, I couldn't single out one player who did significantly better than the other 2 today, even though I think Tinordi looked more "NHL-ready" than the other two. Beaulieu didn't do too bad neither. Pateryn had a couple of bad turnovers.
Among forwards, I think JDLR showed what he could give to this team today. Sekac is clever with the puck, but looked nervous at times. Andrighetto was MIA.
Fucale looked very good today. Kid looks focus all the time.
I wish Scherbak would've played.
Agreed. If it was chuckie who made that play by DD on PAP's second goal everyone here would be raving about how unreal that play was and how he's so much better than DD.
The fact of the matter is DD dominated the last two scrimmages and provided Patches like only he can. I think it's likely he has his best season yet. His one knock was the play where he had a grade A scoring chance and didn't even shoot.
Chuckie didn't show much more than he did at wing the last two days, that's it. He's also 20, ITS FINE.