GDT: 9/22/18 - 7:00PM EDT - Nashville VS Tampa Bay [Preseason Game 4 ]

[JoVel]

So no rebuild after all?

 

[These Are The Days]

How did Barre-Boulet look?

Ditto

I saw he had an assist but that's hardly telling

 

[ultra63]

How did Barre-Boulet look?

He got an assist & is fast but he looks like he is 5' 4" not 5' 10". Preds did not budge from his body checks. His name is way too long for the size of his back.

 

[DFC]

How did Barre-Boulet look?

Only caught the 3rd, but he looked good. Instrumental on Yan's goal. Made a couple of moves to get into the zone. Didn't get an assist on it, but he played a bigger part than the two guys who did.

He looks like a kid though. It's gonna take a while to know whether or not he can be something.

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

How did Barre-Boulet look?

Was there at Amalie and he was looking good. Very fast, skilled. Not afraid to get creative and stir things up. Was a little hesitant/nervous at first, which is understandable since it was his first preseason game every. But he got better as the game went on. But I do agree with DFC that he is still too much a kid in his build. I mean, Johnny is short but is built like an adult hockey player. Barre-Boulet could use some more heft of the muscle type.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Love the competition going on for those last few spots.

 

[Tube Skates]

Hard to find anything on Otto Somppi. I see his name on the line up card. Watched him the last few years in Halifax and know he's a good puck carrier. Did he get enough time in the game to make any kind of an assessment?

 

[Rschmitz]

If $$ and age and waiver eligibility did not matter, Cernak would be on the team to start the season. He's one of our top two 5v5 right side defensemen. At the very least give him some playing time opposite of either McD or Hedman late into camp to see how does against quality NHL competition.

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

If $$ and age and waiver eligibility did not matter, Cernak would be on the team to start the season. He's one of our top two 5v5 right side defensemen. At the very least give him some playing time opposite of either McD or Hedman late into camp to see how does against quality NHL competition.

He looked really good last night paired with Mac. And they were playing a lot more Preds vets than I expected. I think he actually has a chance to beat out Koekkoek for the #7 spot. Don't think anything is going to keep Coburn and Girardi from being #5&6 for the season opener.

 

[Shoresy Snipes]

If $$ and age and waiver eligibility did not matter, Cernak would be on the team to start the season. He's one of our top two 5v5 right side defensemen. At the very least give him some playing time opposite of either McD or Hedman late into camp to see how does against quality NHL competition.

Agreed (just saw your post in the other thread about this too)

Either way, I think he's going to have a better career than KK, at least on this team. KK still looks soft to me, no grit, more of an onlooker in our zone than any of our other D. Great skater... yes... so there is always a career at Disney On Ice for him if he wanted.