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I think Hayes has looked lost at both positions thus far. Not opposed to him finding his game on the wing.
Really dislike Hayes on the wing, in terms of how he looks with that line and because he should be developed as a C.
If Miller slept with AV's wife or something they should have Fast in that spot and move Stalberg to the 4th line.
In my opinion, Fast is the best option to put on Stepan's line. He finished the season there when MSL was moved to the 3rd line and it worked. Don't fix if it isn't broke
Well i mean stoll is an actual hockey player that's good at hockey. Glass is not.Hayes on the wing is a bad idea, especially considering Miller's strong preseason on the wing.
Let Hayes develop into mini-Jumbo Joe.
Also waive Glass already. Management deserves less good will every second this dude is wasting a spot on the roster, especially since the Stoll reclamation project is still on.
what scares me is the statements from Gorts about not wanting to lose a player in waivers. Like, no one is ever going to ever pick up Tanner Glass unless skynet happens and it decided to troll the hockey world. They know that well enough, so they must have meant Glass is currently slotted ahead of Etem as the 13F. They were exploring trade options and I'm guessing for Etem as well. Who would trade for Glass?
I just hope no one under performs on the 3rd and fourth line that results in Glass getting a place.
Then why wasn't Fast on that line during pre-season? Don't recall him getting much time there, if at all. Although I'm sure he'll be an option late in a close game for a couple of shifts.
Look no body wants Tanner Glass here outside of perhaps AV.
All coaches have their guys. Mike Babcock loved Luke Glendening. He played him over guys like Nyqvist, and Tatar early on in their careers.
John Tortorella loved Ruslan Fedetenko.
Barry Trotz has an affinity for Jay Beagle.
Julien loves Chris Kelly.
These things happen. All coaches have their guys, and if you look at any other workplace, you'll see the same with management.
Hopefully they find a taker for him because it sure has hell provides the cap and pain relief that this team needs.
But from AV's POV, he's got 2 presidents trophies, a cup final, and one game away from another cup final with this guy in his line up.
Fast was on that line the 1st PS game. The last game he was not on the ice.
The lines and defense pairs remained the same and likely will to start the season at Chicago.
Rick Nash-Derick Brassard-Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider-Derek Stepan-Kevin Hayes
J.T. Miller-Oscar Lindberg-Viktor Stalberg
Dominic Moore-Jarret Stoll-Jesper Fast
Ryan McDonagh-Dan Girardi
Marc Staal-Dan Boyle
Keith Yandle-Kevin Klein
Henrik Lundqvist
Antti Raanta
Extras: F Emerson Etem, D Dylan McIlrath