Recalled/Assigned: David Van der Gulik Recalled from Lake Erie

[chet1926]

I personally like DVG, he has played hard for us every time he gets a chance.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

I personally like DVG, he has played hard for us every time he gets a chance.

Well, what else can you expect from borderline NHL player? That's his only option.

 

[Mr Serious]

or Bordy benched for good.

One can only wish.

 

[henchman21]

Hishon? Really? IMO, he should just play big minutes in AHL and try to stay healthy..

Hishon has played more games than DVG this season.... Not the reason though. Adding some skill back onto the team would be the reason. If MacKinnon and ROR were both out (thankfully that isn't the case) the skill would drop tremendously on the team.

 

[member 116861]

Good for DVdG. This might also mean that we get more Mitchell so that is awesome.

 

[RockLobster]

Not sure why this is good news for O'Reilly...wasn't Tanguay originally stated as "Out day-to-day"? I'm concerned, hopefully I'm just being overly pessimistic, but I'm still concerned.

 

[henchman21]

Not sure why this is good news for O'Reilly...wasn't Tanguay originally stated as "Out day-to-day"? I'm concerned, hopefully I'm just being overly pessimistic, but I'm still concerned.

He came back to play last night. If it was really serious, I don't think that would have happened.

 

[tigervixxxen]

He went back in the game and they only called up one person. I don't like the thought of O'Reilly out, it is a bit of a surprise. I don't think Tanguay was ever day to day, it got changed to indefinitely pretty quick if it was. Roy was maybe optimistic that night but I don't think he was the next day.

 

[MvpKinnon]

He came back to play last night. If it was really serious, I don't think that would have happened.

It could also mean he's at 95% and they want him at 100%..

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

This attitude, and it's not just you, is wrong to me.

If a first liner finesse type guy goes down with an injury, you do no call up a guy to take his place. You call up a guy who the coach thinks is playing well and you slot him onto the 4th line. The guys who are already playing in the NHL are better than the guys in the AHL or they would be in swapped positions. The guys already playing will get moved up and the call up in their place.

I don't see the big deal. Plenty of teams do it and it works out well. The Avs didn't here, and that's fine, but I don't really agree with it. We just lost a guy who plays on our top line and a top PP unit, and lost a lot of skill to replace it with a journeyman minor league guy. The skill level on the team takes a serious hit. I'd much rather replace it with a skilled forward when were already missing Tanguay and Parenteau on top of ROR.

Tanguay wasn't day to day. He was announced as two weeks then would be reevaluated.

 

[member 116861]

I don't see the big deal. Plenty of teams do it and it works out well. The Avs didn't here, and that's fine, but I don't really agree with it. We just lost a guy who plays on our top line and a top PP unit, and lost a lot of skill to replace it with a journeyman minor league guy. The skill level on the team takes a serious hit. I'd much rather replace it with a skilled forward when were already missing Tanguay and Parenteau on top of ROR.

Tanguay wasn't day to day. He was announced as two weeks then would be reevaluated.

The way I see it is that we now have a top 6 and a bottom 6. Van der Gulik won't take O'Reilly's spot. MacKinnon will take his spot and Van der Gulik will play on the 4th line.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I don't see the big deal. Plenty of teams do it and it works out well. The Avs didn't here, and that's fine, but I don't really agree with it. We just lost a guy who plays on our top line and a top PP unit, and lost a lot of skill to replace it with a journeyman minor league guy. The skill level on the team takes a serious hit. I'd much rather replace it with a skilled forward when were already missing Tanguay and Parenteau on top of ROR.

Tanguay wasn't day to day. He was announced as two weeks then would be reevaluated.

Plenty of teams do it because they have guys in their farm who's good enough to play NHL top 6. They are often better suited than the bottom 6 guys who are already in the NHL ex: Palmieri for the Ducks last year. That's not the case for us. John Mitchell is a better top 6 player than anybody in the AHL.

 

[viach]

pffff

adater ‏@adater 1'
Sorry, Ryan O'Reilly may actually play tomorrow. Day to day, not practicing today, but not out of question he's in tomorrow

 

[Pokecheque]

DVG is perfect for a 4th line scrapper role. I do hope Roy uses him in a 3rd or 4th line capacity and (assuming everyone save Tanguay is healthy) and benches Bordy.

 

[viach]

stupid dater


adater ‏@adater 4 min
O'Reilly day-to-day with bizarre shoulder injury

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

John Mitchell is a better top 6 player than anybody in the AHL.

That may very well be the case, but we've all seen John Mitchell in a top 6 role and on the PP, and it's not a pretty sight. Holding onto the puck, not passing to his far more talented line mates, etc. Mitchell is fine in a reduced role, not in a top 6 role. At least give a minor league guy a shot who has skill to play in the top 6. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out, but we know Mitchell in the top 6 doesn't work well.

If ROR plays, none of this matters though.

 

[hockeyfish]

pffff

adater ‏@adater 1'
Sorry, Ryan O'Reilly may actually play tomorrow. Day to day, not practicing today, but not out of question he's in tomorrow

Good god Dater. This is just getting embarrassing.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

The way I see it is that we now have a top 6 and a bottom 6. Van der Gulik won't take O'Reilly's spot. MacKinnon will take his spot and Van der Gulik will play on the 4th line.

We have a top 6 with Talbot or Mitchell in it, so it doesn't exactly even out.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

I'd rather see Sgarbossa, Hishon, Agozzino, Smith... Malone, hell even McLeod get a top 6 shot before Mitchell.

It isn't pretty, he just puck hogs, skates to the blue line and there's a 50/50 chance he turns it over trying to dump it back in.

 

[Pokecheque]

I totally see the logic in calling up Hishon with our scoring depth taking such a big hit, but really, the kid missed over a year of hockey and is still chipping away. I'm okay with them keeping him down and seeing if he can stay consistent and healthy before throwing him into the big leagues.

 

[captaincheese]

Everyones got Arnasons scapegoat glasses on.

Saying you rather see Mcleod in the top 6 over Mitchell? [MOD EDIT ~ BT]

 

[AvsfanJack]

Too bad we didn't hold onto Aaron Palushaj. I actually liked that kid

 

[Pokecheque]

Too bad we didn't hold onto Aaron Palushaj. I actually liked that kid

Eh...he was a good interim guy, but he's not really anything apart from a fringe NHLer at best. I'm not sure he's better than anyone currently on the roster.

 

[Sheet]

EJ 2 stronk 4 O'Money. too much man

 

[hockeyfish]

Eh...he was a good interim guy, but he's not really anything apart from a fringe NHLer at best. I'm not sure he's better than anyone currently on the roster.

Is he even on an NHL roster.