m1a2lt
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We'll have 4 good PK guys, but after that its very bad. So Sundqvist will fight #11-#12 spot on and maybe get it. He's only Guy who can play PK minutes so he'll get advance against them, Zandford, Soshnikov, Barbashev, Thorburn, Kyrou, Thomas.
#1 ROR - Steen
#2 Schenn - Schwartz
#3 Sundqvist - Perron
Yeah jaskin is physical but other than that, I’ll take Sundqvist over jaskin. Sundqvist is wayyyy smarter positionally and could be an important PK’er for us, which helps save the likes of ROR, schwartz, schenn etc....and minimizes the chance of one of our big guns gettin injured on a shot block etc...I don't think his ability to play PK would keep him on this team over others. Barbashev, Jaskin, and Soshnikov are all better options on the 4th line and to contribute on a wider margin than just PK. Maybe I'm being too harsh on him, but watching the kid last season, he'll always be a #13-14 forward.
Yeah jaskin is physical but other than that, I’ll take Sundqvist over jaskin. Sundqvist is wayyyy smarter positionally and could be an important PK’er for us, which helps save the likes of ROR, schwartz, schenn etc....and minimizes the chance of one of our big guns gettin injured on a shot block etc...
I remember seeing him on wing last year and thought he was fine. Every puck got out of the zone, every puck got deep, I remember thinking wow he’s really good along the wall in the d-zone as well etc...he plays a perfect 4th line C or W Imo and kills penalties which I think your really underrating the value of. To me, he’s in the realm of a poor mans Jay BeagleI don't think Jaskin's only trait over Sundqvist is physical. Sunny has never played W. Sunny's offensive abilities are behind Jaskin's, Barbashev's, Soshnikov's, etc. Sundqvist is an excellent defender, but I guess I'm arguing that the others could be coached up.
Winning out over Barbie?I won’t be even remotely surprised if he wins the 4th line C spot. He’s allergic to offense but he’s really solid defensively and that is pretty big for a 4th line guy.
I remember seeing him on wing last year and thought he was fine. Every puck got out of the zone, every puck got deep, I remember thinking wow he’s really good along the wall in the d-zone as well etc...he plays a perfect 4th line C or W Imo and kills penalties which I think your really underrating the value of. To me, he’s in the realm of a poor mans Jay Beagle
Winning out over Barbie?
+1 that. Barbashev is 3rd line offensive forward more then 4th line defensive what we're missing right now. Sundqvist is easily better fit on 4th line then Barbashev.Yes.
Don’t get me wrong, Barbs clearly is more skilled, but Sundqvist plays a grinders style and I can easily see Yeo preferring that. And I don’t know that Sundqvist would be bad in that role. He shouldn’t have an overly high bar offensively in that role.
Sundqvists PK ability didn't help him stay in the line up last year. I highly doubt it will this year. Again, he's not a bad #13/#14 player but I think he'll start as an extra or in the minors.
We no longer have 6 of our top 7 players in terms of overall TOI while shorthanded from last season. Not only that, we lost our #1 killer, who led in SH TOI by a mile (141 minutes compared to 93 minutes for our #2 killer. Steen and Schenn are the only 2 players we are returning who had more SH TOI than Sundqvist.
ROR can eat a lot of SH TOI and Perron can kill some. But there is a major vacuum that needs to get filled. His PK ability didn't keep in the lineup lasy year because we had an abundance of guys who could do it as well as him throughout the forward group. That's no longer true and his PK ability is a much bigger need than it was last year.
Based on what Beagle, Roussel, and Komarov got compared to Brodziak, I think he wanted to play at home and took a hometown discount.Bolded: it makes me sad, 'cus him winning roster spot jsut for that is laughable. I don't know what wen't wrong with Brodziak, but man ****.