Prospect Info: C Dillon Dube, 56th overall

[Deen]

Have a feeling this kid will be a bust.

 

[YourAverageFan*]

Have a feeling this kid will be a bust.

You can literally say that about any player drafted

 

[Anglesmith]

You can literally say that about any player drafted

Not if he doesn't have a feeling, he can't.

 

[StreakingRed]

Not if he doesn't have a feeling, he can't.

 

[Taranis]

I haven't seen lines yet for todays game but should be fun watching what we have.

Edit: ...or not

Guess I'll have to wait for next game.

 

[Sean Monahan]

man these new Canada jerseys are sexy

 

[Anglesmith]

Poor Crouse and Juulsen. Haven't even earned capital letters.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Why is this in Dube's thread, Taranis?

 

[Taranis]

Why is this in Dube's thread, Taranis?

thought he was playing this afternoon but he didn't as per my edit.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

thought he was playing this afternoon but he didn't as per my edit.

Ah, gotcha!

 

[Sean Monahan]

i dont want to overreact but Samuel Girard is the best defenseman ever

 

[Taranis]

Dube is playing with Howden and Stephens today.

 

[Sean Monahan]

Dube is playing with Howden and Stephens today.

Jost Strome and Marner

god damn what a sexy line

 

[Lunatik]

Dube Dube Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Jost Strome and Marner

god damn what a sexy line

You're sexy!

 

[Tkachuky]

Have a feeling this kid will be a bust.

Say wot mate?

 

[Skobel24]

This guy is making the team and will be on the third line opening night.

 

[Siignal]

This guy is making the team and will be on the third line opening night.

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/ps-1-oilers-flames-sept-17-7-pm-mst.2541917/page-14

Even more legit when the Oilers board is dishing out this praise.

 

[Qubax]

The trouble with fitting Dube in - is who does he replace?

And to be clear, I want to fit him in. I would fit him in, but then again I would be willing to make a couple of choices on forward that others are not:

Gaudreau - Monahan - Neal/Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Neal/Lindholm

I think most would agree that the above is our top 6 forwards.

The only way to make the below work is to either cut/trade Frolik or play he and Bennett on the 4th line. Well not the only way, but here are some 3rd and 4th line options.

Bennett - Jankowski - Ryan (Not unlike Lindholm taking some Right Circle faceoffs so can Ryan. This is the line I envisioned back in July.
Frolik-Dube-Czarnik

or

Dube-Ryan-Czarnik (very nice skill and skating on this line)
Bennett-Jankowski-Frolik

I prefer Czarnik being in the Top 9, but also Janko

Dube - Janko - Czarnik
Bennett-Ryan-Frolik

I guess Peters loves Ryan too much for the 4th line.

No room for Lazar, Hathway, Foo, Rychel, Mangiapane

One or two of the above would be healthy scratch extras. I think Hathaway makes sense since we are less concerned with his development.

 

[CraigsList]

I think it would make sense for Dube to get top line AHL time, and then be the first call up when someone’s injured. The goal would be for him to make Frolik expendable.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

If he earns a spot opening night, and maintains his performance seen so far, I could see something along these lines

Gaudreau - Monahan - Neal
Tkachuk - Backlund - Lindholm
Dube - Ryan - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Czarnik
x - Hathaway, Lazar/Peluso/etc.

And really many of those bottom six players are interchangeable.

 

[Baxterman]

The trouble with fitting Dube in - is who does he replace?

Ideally, Bennett plays well enough and Lindholm is good enough at center that they can play with Tkachuk on the 2nd line and we could go with a bottom 6:

Dube-Backlund-Frolik
Ryan-Jankowski-Czarnik

Might not work with Ryan being more a RW than LW but I think we could make it work or switch Ryan and Frolik but I don't thikn Ryan is a good enough defensive guy to really make that line work as well as it could.

More realistically a bottom 6:

Dube-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Jankowski-Ryan

I hate dragging down Bennett with Jankowski again and having him with "4th" lines minutes but I also don't like Dube in that role either and would prefer he gets help with Backlund and Frolik doing the heavy lifting on that line. I also doubt Peters lets his golden boy Ryan sit on the 4th line even if the plan is to even out the minutes.

Edit; Forgot I had Backludn in the top 6 in the 2nd scenario!! So it works out better:

Dube-Ryan-Frolik
Bennett-Jankowski-Czarnik

 

[Mr Snrub]

I don't want to play Frolik on the fourth line but for the purposes of argument this is the best case scenario in my opinion for a roster with Dube.

Gaudreau - Monahan - Tkachuk
Neal - Backlund - Lindholm
Dube - Ryan - Czarnik
Bennett - Jankowski - Frolik

 

[JPeeper]

Have a feeling this kid will be a bust.

 

[Deen]

I like salt and pepper on my crow.