2014 Training Camp Thread

[Raikkonen]

kuz/bura/wilson

I'd like to see that happens there

you know, you can't have 3 rookies on the same line in Trotz's team, you know?

 

[Raikkonen]

Anyway, Kuz never struck me a speed demon, he's more deliberate -- kind of like Backstrom, but he's gonna need to step it up. He needs to get to the point where he can make decisions fast enough while his feet are moving..

- more muscle mass
- new position
- new coach

He is playing slow atm.

Anyway he is much faster than Backstrom for all I know.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Does Liam O'Brien get a contract? I like his game, just not sure if he's redundant with guys like Brown and Latta already in the organization. I'd rather O'Brien get a sweater than Volpatti though.

 

[moosii]

Does Liam O'Brien get a contract? I like his game, just not sure if he's redundant with guys like Brown and Latta already in the organization. I'd rather O'Brien get a sweater than Volpatti though.

I'd be pretty shocked if he didn't get a contract at this point. He's fought, and fared pretty well, against some legit tough guys.
If Latta and Brown stick with the Caps then maybe that opens up a spot for him in Hershey.


And he wears no.87 which is worth a contract on its own.

 

[SimplySensational]

you know, you can't have 3 rookies on the same line in Trotz's team, you know?

Wilson isn't a rookie.

 

[Raikkonen]

Wilson isn't a rookie.

He got 2x less icetime per season than Chimera and Ward who both not exactly known as minute eaters. I mean 3rdliners.

So he got around 35-40 games worth of 3rdliner icetime. All of which came as 4thliner icetime. Yeah, no way he is a rookie.

 

[artilector]

- more muscle mass
- new position
- new coach

He is playing slow atm.

Anyway he is much faster than Backstrom for all I know.

Let's hope these things get worked out.

I agree that Kuz seems to have pretty good top speed (faster than Backstrom), but in NHL you want to be able to accelerate fast, stop/change direction, repeat.. I don't know how he is in that regard.

 

[Dream Big]

I've been out of the loop. What happened to Beagle?

Upper body injury. It happened early in the first period a couple of games ago.

 

[SimplySensational]

Let's hope these things get worked out.

I agree that Kuz seems to have pretty good top speed (faster than Backstrom), but in NHL you want to be able to accelerate fast, stop/change direction, repeat.. I don't know how he is in that regard.

Uhhh probably the best...

 

[Dream Big]

- more muscle mass
- new position
- new coach

He is playing slow atm.

Anyway he is much faster than Backstrom for all I know.

Faster than Backstrom at what?? Certainly not thinking the game.

I've really wanted him to be great but Kuznetsov hasn't blown me away. Other than his nice shoot out goal yesterday. He's definitely not living up to any of the hype I heard for years.

If he were a North American he would definitely not be making the starting line up, IMHO. Is he going to be another Euro silver spoon?

Hershey would be where he'd start and put in some time like Orlov did. He's not hungry. Johansson could have started there too. It would not have killed him.

We'll see if coaching staff have the canastas to send him to Hershey. We're watching. Should be interesting.

 

[Dream Big]

Uhhh probably the best...

Ambiguous. What are you referring to? accelerate? Chimera is the fastest. Johansson is probably 2nd. OV he's not fast?

 

[Raikkonen]

Faster than Backstrom at what?? Certainly not thinking the game.

We were talking about skating. Hard to find a Capital thinking faster than Backstrom I guess. Only Schultz maybe because 1) rings 2) texting is a serious skill