He makes 1-2 awful plays per game, but his skating clearly makes him a marked upgrade on Timonen/Rundblad.
I wouldn't mind Q having a bit more faith in him.
If he makes 1-2 bad plays in his first couple games in how does that compare to the vets who are well adjusted to the team and still make some awful plays game in and game out?
Assuming you don't mean the top 4, I'd put him at #6 behind playoff Rozy
He can definitely play 3rd pair in this league. That can't be said about 5 or 44.
Just to be clear here, I wasn't ripping on the guy. As I said he is way better than Timonen/Rundblad.
But he has made a couple iffy-ish plays (that really awful turnover at the end of 2OT in G2, getting caught behind his own net trying to skate the puck out a couple times over the last two games when the team really needed a change) that does beg the question if he starts getting 14-16 mins per night will it help him get his legs more or will those types of plays increase as he gets a bit more tired?
At this point he's pretty much a Leddy replacement from last year. If we still had Rozy he would be an absolute fantastic #6 guy playing 7-8 minutes per night.
5 can play 3rd pairing in this league, but it has to be on a team that will: play him consistently as well as play him with someone that can skate better. Before TVR got hurt, he and Rundblad played very well together once Rundblad got through that 5 game stretch.
Some guys need time to get going and get back in the flow of things. 5 is one of them.
The dichotomy is most guys need some time to feel comfortable on the ice (Rundblad), a luxury we don't have at the moment. I think Cumiskey has looked much better than I thought he would and really hasn't made any more ridiculous plays than most of our other, regular dmen.
The time excuse for Rundblad again
He ####### is awful in his own end and soft. No amount of time will change that and playing him just potentially kills Hawks (Or in case of game 1 ,, Actively gives away game)
The Hawks will be 4th team to give up on Rundblad since he was drafted. How many more chances do you expect he will get?
Just to be clear here, I wasn't ripping on the guy. As I said he is way better than Timonen/Rundblad.
But he has made a couple iffy-ish plays (that really awful turnover at the end of 2OT in G2, getting caught behind his own net trying to skate the puck out a couple times over the last two games when the team really needed a change) that does beg the question if he starts getting 14-16 mins per night will it help him get his legs more or will those types of plays increase as he gets a bit more tired?
At this point he's pretty much a Leddy replacement from last year. If we still had Rozy he would be an absolute fantastic #6 guy playing 7-8 minutes per night.
I agree with the above. Cumiskey has a lot of talent but his small stature hurts his game. If he's not pressured immediately, he's pretty dam good out there.
5 can play 3rd pairing in this league, but it has to be on a team that will: play him consistently as well as play him with someone that can skate better. Before TVR got hurt, he and Rundblad played very well together once Rundblad got through that 5 game stretch.
Some guys need time to get going and get back in the flow of things. 5 is one of them.
When did he go down?
Wasn't it when Stan acquired his boy's BFF Erixon? And then of course after dumping Erixon Stan brought in Timonen I believe
So really on Stan the bungling of Cumiskey. I am sure Q would have been fine with Stan waiving Rundblad and retaining Cumiskey all year