Pre-Game Talk: 2021 Training Camp

[2Minutes4Surging]

Trying not to get my hopes up too much here....

Pumping up Bean's trade value.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Joakim Ryan on waivers. Looks like Nedeljkovic may actually have made the 23-man roster. Geekie and Bean are waivers-exempt, so they can be sent up and down "the squad" for any sort of cap gymnastics.

 

[WreckingCrew]

A motivated Skjei is going to be a force on the 2nd pair and fun to watch. I want to see those Fast-type hits once a week. I think he's going to change a lot of opinions that are largely based on his 1st pairing usage next to a struggling Trouba in NYR.

I don't...THEY'RE TEAMMATES

 

[AD Skinner]

We went years where Skjei - Pesce would have easily been our first pair. I'm excited to see what they can do together

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Jake Bean is going to be an NHL player, I'm now sure of it. No whining or complaining about not being a full-time NHLer yet (cough Saarela cough), just working on his game like a true pro. This type of patient outlook paid off for Haydn Fleury, so I think that it'll also pay off for Bean sooner or later.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

We went years where Skjei - Pesce would have easily been our first pair. I'm excited to see what they can do together

You mean the "Gleason-Corvo shutdown pairing?"

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

You mean the "Gleason-Corvo shutdown pairing?"

You say that Matheson-Ceci is a meme waiting to happen, and we bring up Conboy-Joslin! Two players that could play both forward AND defense on one pair...well?...yeah.

 

[andy500]

Gardiner seems like the odd man out more and more. I think he's the 7th.

 

[AD Skinner]

In my head I was envisioning Gleason and Komisarek

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

You mean the "Gleason-Corvo shutdown pairing?"

*bad shivers*
Don't remind about the before times

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Gardiner seems like the odd man out more and more. I think he's the 7th.

Gardiner's been given main power play assignments throughout camp, while Bean hasn't. He's almost certainly going to be the #5.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

*bad shivers*
Don't remind about the before times

The list of blue line legends from our dark period is truly a sight to behold. Twilight Aaron Ward, Twilight Tim Gleason, Twilight Joe Corvo, Twilight Mike Komisarek, Jamie McBain, Ryan Murphy, Andrew Alberts, Derek Joslin, Tim Conboy, Brett Carson, Bryan Rodney, Jay Harrison, Ian White...True greatness cannot be truly appreciated until you've witnessed it.

 

[spockBokk]

Barring an injury, I don't see anyway Bean starts in the top 6. However, I could easily see him and Gardiner rotating in and out, based on RBA's patience with Gardiner. I imagine Bean will be on the Taxi Squad with Ryan as the 7/8 D, and they'll keep just the 6 NHL D on the active roster.

Question, should we potentially know the makeup of the final roster today, or by 5pm tomorrow after potentially some more waiver activity? I want to say it will be tomorrow...

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Barring an injury, I don't see anyway Bean starts in the top 6. However, I could easily see him and Gardiner rotating in and out, based on RBA's patience with Gardiner. I imagine Bean will be on the Taxi Squad with Ryan as the 7/8 D, and they'll keep just the 6 NHL D on the active roster.

Question, should we potentially know the makeup of the final roster today, or by 5pm tomorrow after potentially some more waiver activity? I want to say it will be tomorrow...

Ryan was waived today, so I think that both Bean and Ryan will be on Da Squad to start the year.

 

[spockBokk]

Reimer waived so who’s the back up ?
Wonder if NJ takes him

Don’t fall for fake tweets

 

[Buenos Necas]

So 13F and Ned on the 23, I think that about maxes out our cap space anyway. No real choice but to waive Ryan, would hate to lose more D depth but with the Panthers claiming Juulsen we might have the chance to get Forsling back pretty soon anyway.

Agreed on Bean starting on the taxi squad. I imagine Rod will look to rotate Bean and the 13F through the first handful of games, at least with the Nashville back-to-back, then reevaluate the best spot for Bean once Chicago starts playing.

 

[Moosetache]

Gardiner seems like the odd man out more and more. I think he's the 7th.

If Gardiner is the 7th for at least a stretch of time, and they pass him through waivers to the taxi squad, that is a decent cap savings that would actually make some decent room. Dzingel/Nino as well.

 

[LakeLivin]

If Gardiner is the 7th for at least a stretch of time, and they pass him through waivers to the taxi squad, that is a decent cap savings that would actually make some decent room. Dzingel/Nino as well.

How is the taxi squad considered with regard to the cap? Same as the AHL?

 

[2Minutes4Surging]

How is the taxi squad considered with regard to the cap? Same as the AHL?

Yes.

 

[FlyguyOX]

How did Rees and Jarvis look?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

How did Rees and Jarvis look?

I'm pretty sure it was closed to the public and there was no streaming service, so other than blurbs online from coaches and reporters that could attend, none of us really know.

 

[spockBokk]

I'm pretty sure it was closed to the public and there was no streaming service, so other than blurbs online from coaches and reporters that could attend, none of us really know.

How did Rees and Jarvis look?

Jarvis scored in the scrimmage, per this recap:

Three Takeaways from Red-White Scrimmage

That’s about the only mention of him or Rees at all since camp began.

 

[bleedgreen]

It’s probably just me and my delay into paying deeper attention this season but it feels like there’s exceedingly little info out there for this camp. I’ve basically read the one article from Sara and not really anything else.

The Rod quote on Bean is fascinating and at the same time completely unsurprising. Doesn’t want to see him in the lineup this season because that means something has gone wrong. In the same article where she says Bean is basically killing it. We know he’s down in the lineup but you could at least say you enjoy watching him play well? Just part of not having that much info, probably just one quote that doesn’t see a bigger picture but still...

He does say he’ll play this season but because Rod expects we’ll have enough injuries to force it.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

The list of blue line legends from our dark period is truly a sight to behold. Twilight Aaron Ward, Twilight Tim Gleason, Twilight Joe Corvo, Twilight Mike Komisarek, Jamie McBain, Ryan Murphy, Andrew Alberts, Derek Joslin, Tim Conboy, Brett Carson, Bryan Rodney, Jay Harrison, Ian White...True greatness cannot be truly appreciated until you've witnessed it.

I still miss Anton Babchuk.

Fun fact: The Anton Babchuk trade is connected to James Reimer. We traded a 4th to Chicago for Babchuk, Chicago traded that 4th to the Leafs when the Leafs wanted to move up to the 3rd round in 2006, and them the Leafs took Reimer with that pick.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

It’s probably just me and my delay into paying deeper attention this season but it feels like there’s exceedingly little info out there for this camp. I’ve basically read the one article from Sara and not really anything else.

The Rod quote on Bean is fascinating and at the same time completely unsurprising. Doesn’t want to see him in the lineup this season because that means something has gone wrong. In the same article where she says Bean is basically killing it. We know he’s down in the lineup but you could at least say you enjoy watching him play well? Just part of not having that much info, probably just one quote that doesn’t see a bigger picture but still...

He does say he’ll play this season but because Rod expects we’ll have enough injuries to force it.

there isnt a lot to go off of with limited access, limited players attending, and limited time to draw conclusions.

Most of the media has to utilize player and coach interviews to get information.