Player Discussion: Cedric Paquette

[CarpeNoctem]

He projects most ideally as a tweener, e.g. between 2nd/3rd lines. He's a nice change of pace on a second line if he's playing with two finesse players or a 3rd liner with better than average offensive ability. It's win/win.

 

[Todd1a]

I can't wait to see him and erne together in the nhl one day!

 

[BOLTMAN]

I can't wait to see him and erne together in the nhl one day!

too bad we can't go in a time machine and take a peek into the next season or two.

 

[chasespace]

I can't wait to see him and erne together in the nhl one day!

Dump Truck and a Full Erne? Dear god...

 

[DFC]

Dump Truck and a Full Erne? Dear god...

Erne-Paquette-Callahan

Name that line.

 

[chasespace]

Erne-Paquette-Callahan

Name that line.

The Bash Brothers.

 

[zeykshade]

Erne-Paquette-Callahan

Name that line.

Demolition Crew: Wrecking Ball - Dumptruck - The Foreman

 

[DFC]

Demolition Crew: Wrecking Ball - Dumptruck - The Foreman

Winner. 1-3 years in advance.

 

[Coopers Gum]

That line will never happen, there'll always be someone injured on it.

 

[DFC]

That line will never happen, there'll always be someone injured on it.

But if it does happen? It will always injure someone.

 

[Damifino]

Erne-Paquette-Callahan

Name that line.

EPiC

 

[HoseEmDown]

He projects most ideally as a tweener, e.g. between 2nd/3rd lines. He's a nice change of pace on a second line if he's playing with two finesse players or a 3rd liner with better than average offensive ability. It's win/win.

Do you think he has the skating to be viable on the 2nd line? His shot is good enough and he has a nose for the net but I think his skating holds him back. Killorn can be a tweener because he's a much better skater, same with Connolly. Think he becomes an above average 3rd liner.

 

[EXTRAS]

I wish they would keep him at center. Good face off numbers.

 

[EXTRAS]

Paq seems to have fallen off in play a bit as the season has gone on.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Paq seems to have fallen off in play a bit as the season has gone on.

He missed almost three weeks of play due to an injury.

 

[EXTRAS]

He missed almost three weeks of play due to an injury.

Believe or not I wasn't including the time he was injured in his play falling off. Most guys don't produce while on the ir.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Believe or not I wasn't including the time he was injured in his play falling off. Most guys don't produce while on the ir.

Very well then. Just wanted to make sure.

 

[EXTRAS]

My Goodness. I am a huge fan, but I am not in love with his play of late. I am beginning to think he needs more time preparing for the NHL, or that he is extremely fatigued from this long season.

 

[DFC]

My Goodness. I am a huge fan, but I am not in love with his play of late. I am beginning to think he needs more time preparing for the NHL, or that he is extremely fatigued from this long season.

He struggles on the wing. His play is night and day from wing to center. I'm thinking maybe we should stick him down on 4C and promote Boyle to a 3W slot and see what happens.

Something's gotta give when Killer gets back either way.

 

[The Macho King]

Paquette to the fourth line, and if he struggles I'd be okay with him scratched. He's laying some big hits, which is nice, but the rest of his play - both offensively and defensively - has been pretty bad.

 

[Hoek]

Let him center and move Flip to wing. We need Boyle's faceoffs.

 

[c_robio]

Let him center and move Flip to wing. We need Boyle's faceoffs.

Worth a shot but Filppula is not good at wing either

I'm convinced that the 3rd line will struggle unless Callahan is put there with Filppula.

Paquette looked fine as a winger with both Filppula and Callahan so I think it's just the overall chemistry of Namestnikov-Filppula-Paquette that doesn't work.

Could try Killorn there but I think only Paquette has played any RW so Namestnikov would probably be the odd man out in that scenario

 

[Leonardo87]

Paquette and Callahan have no chemistry.

When Killorn gets back, I think the lines should be...

Killorn - Stamkos - Callahan
Palat - Johnson - Kucherov
Names - Flip - Drouin
Paquette - Boyle - Brown
Morrow

 

[DFC]

Paquette and Callahan have no chemistry.

When Killorn gets back, I think the lines should be...

Killorn - Stamkos - Callahan
Palat - Johnson - Kucherov
Names - Flip - Drouin
Paquette - Boyle - Brown
Morrow

Third line is still really, really bad. Probably worse than last night's third line.

We should either leave the current top unit together or go back to KFC. The top line looked great against Florida but all three of them looked completely disinterested against NJ. Stamkos seemed to click on after he took the stupid penalty, trying to make up for it.

We're running into a problem where two of our centers aren't converting well to the wing. Both Paquette and Namestnikov have looked great at C and mediocre at best on either wing.

I still think Brown is an interesting option for a promotion, and I think he played some of his best games this year with Drouin, and vice versa. I wouldn't mind seeing:

Drouin - Stamkos - Callahan
Palat - Johnson - Kucherov
Killorn - Filppula - Brown
Namestnikov/Morrow - Paquette - Boyle (with Boyle taking D-zone draws)

 

[The Macho King]

Top line as it is now shouldn't change. It's been too damn good keeping possession, and they're actually setting up chances. Second line obviously doesn't change.

Third I'd do Killorn - Flip - Namestnikov. Not the best possible, but all three players are solid, two way guys, and Flip is the only East-West guy on the line.

Fourth I'd do Morrow - Boyle - Paquette/Brown

Paquette had a couple of hot streaks, but he hasn't been consistent producing offense at all. But Morrow/Boyle/Him would be a ****ing pain to play against.