When Zadina comes in, he very well could push Svechnikov down the lineup, or I could see him slotting on the third line in bumping Erne down. Maybe it results in Helm being traded to a contender, or Glendening, in which case, you could bump Erne to the wing on a 4th line.
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When Zadina comes in, he very well could push Svechnikov down the lineup, or I could see him slotting on the third line in bumping Erne down. Maybe it results in Helm being traded to a contender, or Glendening, in which case, you could bump Erne to the wing on a 4th line.
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IMO, Ehn at #14F might as well be in GR.
Also, Yzerman usually carried 13F and 8D in Tampa, so I'm sure he's going to do the same here.
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I could easily see Zadina bump Svech with a good AHL performance and Svech having a bad start, injuries will also create opportunity. I understand why you see it as a bad thing that Rasmussen, Zadina, Hirose, and Svechnikov have to fight for two top 9 spots but in my opinion I'd rather have that than potentially having two rookies on a top 9 line that would get beat every shift. If they can't play in an NHL top 9 then the AHL won't hurt them. Let whoever looses out dominate the A with Veleno.
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I could definitely see this with how he's made roster moves. Have E and Daley rotate and Bowey and Cholowski rotate. It also leaves a quicker path for young forwards to get an injury call up.
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I think 4 guys fighting for 2 jobs is plenty of competition.
I don't want more than 2 to make the team out of camp.
I would like two in the top 9 to start the season. Hopefully those two stay with the team and the others get a shot with injuries or something, and are ready to go next year.
We've got 4 guys to introduce in the next 15 months at forward. Three first round picks and a Hobey Baker finalist.
This is a rebuild. I'd like to see these guys get an opportunity, while still competing.
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I like Ehn. He's got really good speed, decent size, plays a good defensive game and he has some real skill that he doesn't show much.
I hate the idea of sending him back down at 23 years old.
If Holland can ditch Abdelkader and/or Helm, fine. I love this love this move.
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Agreed. Maybe Yzerman runs 8 D so the forward prospects have a quicker path to an injury call up.
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He'll be 23 in October.
He's played 130 AHL games.
He's coming to camp to win a job. If he can't, then trade him for Puljujarvi or something.
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I think it ends up Kronwall coming back and Daley/Ericsson/Green/DeKeyser/Kronwall naturally rotating on IR until the deadline, or Yzerman brings in another Bowey like reclamation project that's truly suited for part time duty. Doesn't make sense for Cholowski to be in any sort of "rotation"that includes press box time, when he could be playing 20+ minutes a night as a top pairing guy in GR learning how to play better in his own zone.
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This also fills the physicallity void left by Witkowski but is even better because he can play hockey and will be in the lineup most games.
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1. Dekeyser. 2. Green. 3. Hronek. 4. Nemeth. 5. Ericsson. 6. Bowey. 7. Daley.
Maybe Cholowski if ready.
Hicketts? If he's just going to sit in the pressbox.
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I was thinking mostly to start the season. One of our geriatric dmen is bound to get injured and I'd see Cholowski being the first guy to move up into that regular spot.
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Hicketts could be a good choice as an 8th d, allowing more space in the AHL d-corp and having Cholowski be the main guy on the left side.
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....or take a patient approach and let him find his game again in GR after he couldn't play for a year and wasn't exactly tearing up the AHL when he was?
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Hicketts is about the only one that makes sense for a Derek Meech style #8D role... Then again, the Wings also carried him because they thought teams might take him on waivers.
I think Hicketts value in GR will depend on if they have more guys counting against the vet max. They had that issue last year and had to healthy scratch McIlrath more than a handful of times.
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Door's still open for Kronwall, and Yzerman said he was looking at other Dmen after Nemeth was signed.
In the same convo, he said he was interested in a right winger too, and now we have Erne...
Lets see if Yzerman's a man of his word
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Door's still open for Kronwall, and Yzerman said he was looking at other Dmen after Nemeth was signed.
In the same convo, he said he was interested in a right winger too, and now we have Erne...
Lets see if Yzerman's a man of his word
I hope Kronner's done.
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If he's feeling better, I don't. I don't want him to struggle through a season in pain, but Kronner is probably the best low cost option we could add at this point. Would really be cool to see him go out in a farewell tour kinda thing. As opposed to limping to the finish line in 18-19.
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That's hilarious. They need to play together at some point. Bert and Erne with Moose, I don't know if it would score but my god would it be a lot of size and anger on one line
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just what i was hoping for after wiski leaving , we needed some size / physicality and this is a guy yzerman & vrbeek know like a book . has the looks of another nemeth move = cost near nothing to aquire and might become a long term bottom half peice .
I work in Sarasota and I had a few coworkers lay into me a little bit ago that we got this guy. Apparently everyone is really high on him.
