Claimed off Waivers: Bruins claim Gemel Smith

[rocketdan9]

Looked like the Gemel i remember from Dallas. The good and the bad.

He looked better than you negatively advertised..

He is fast as f%#^# ... and drew a penalty and got to Ds quicker because of it. No dummy mistakes

A good 7-10 pound of mass would help him deal with things along the boards better

 

[The don godfather]

He's made bruins 4th line like dogs of war last night they were relentless .

 

[Mick Riddleton]

Damn, I always thought it’d be cool for the Wings to have him and Givani Smith, even if they were playing for the AHL squad. Missed our chance to have a couple “G. Smiths” raising hell down there. They play a very similar game.

In his intro interview he said he was a Wings fan as a kid and his brother was a Bruins fan, lol.

He is already way better then Acciari, Wagner can skate and so can Kuraly, changed the whole 4th line outlook.

 

[PAZ]

Both Elie and Smith had been to obvious candidates to be replaced by better younger player from training camp on. Neither has much upside. Elie was one of Hitchcocks favorites but his absolute inability to score wouldn't fly with any coach that likes well offense. Smith is a limited energy player. Ruff liked him but neither Hitch or Montgomery was a fan. Alot of 5-7 minute games when he was even dressed

Maybe Bruce Cassidy likes Gemels game.

You guys are a weird club to me. For the most part, Dallas often looks like a one-line team but has good enough depth for the players to be claimed on waivers. Is it you guys just have a million bottom 6 players?

 

[MrHeiskanen]

You guys are a weird club to me. For the most part, Dallas often looks like a one-line team but has good enough depth for the players to be claimed on waivers. Is it you guys just have a million bottom 6 players?

The problem is a lack of second line talent, not a lack of third/fourth line talent.

After losing Elie and Smith we still have Gurianov, Hintz in the AHL with a fully loaded 3rd/4th NHL lines.

Janmark-Faksa-Pitlick
Dickinson-Hanzal-Comeau

Those are our 3rd and 4th lines tonight.

 

[Jumptheshark]

truly have no idea who he is

 

[Mick Riddleton]

He's going to be treated well by those great Boston fans!

Please do elaborate, this could easily misinterpreted coming from a Leaf fan directed at Boston fans. I can tell you Jerome Iginla and Anson Carter were fan favourites.

 

[BostonBob]

truly have no idea who he is

But you cared enough to post.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Who names a kid Gemel?

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Delete

 

[M2Beezy]

Who names a kid Gemel?

Theres a guy at my school with that name, from Venezuela, think its like John there

 

[Wiggleboom]

2-0 so far in the Gemel Smith era.

 

[serp]

You guys are a weird club to me. For the most part, Dallas often looks like a one-line team but has good enough depth for the players to be claimed on waivers. Is it you guys just have a million bottom 6 players?

Stars are missing a second line but 3rd/4th liners ? We have a ton of those. Gemel was just the odd man out and before him Remi Elie. They're NHL bottom line players but not better than the ones we still have remaining. Gotta hope some of the prospects become top6 caliber. Jason Robertson maybe i hope as soon as next season ? Couple of guys are doing well in the AHL too but nobody we called up so far has become a consistent scoring threat . Maybe make a trade at the deadline if we're in a decent position but doubt we're the only one looking for scoring.

We now ended up with just stacking the 3 big guns together and forming 3 random 3rd lines that change every game with the first line players double shifting somewhat regularly. Pretty sure we tried every combination by now. Allways ends the same.

 

[rocketdan9]

Who names a kid Gemel?

Who names their kid Joe?

Very creative =P

Who cares what his name is....

 

[Kalamazoo Wings]

Nice to hear Gemel getting some positive reviews from Bs fans. He's a good energy guy and not a bad 4th liner by any stretch. Just the odd man out in Dallas. I still think he should have been given more of a chance in Dallas but that ship has obviously sailed.