As of right now I'd be surprised if Smith get's a look on the PP.
But that speaks to a bit of the redundancy on defense. Greene's going to play 4 minutes on the PK, while Smith and Butcher, who both would likely do well on the PP, may get only limited minutes there combined.
Terrible is an overstatement, him not getting pp time is not going to majorly curtail his development, but yeah, it would be a spot where you would like to see him get some play.That would seriously be a terrible thing for him not to see any PP time. By all accounts his ability to run a PP is one of his best attributes.
I don't think it is an overstatement at all...Imagine if Will Butcher got no PP time his rookie season...Half his points and 300 minutes of playing time would be gone....Severson? Severson would have lost 7 of his 17 points in 51 games and 160 minutes of his 1120 playing time. You are taking away a significant portion of time and opportunityTerrible is an overstatement, him not getting pp time is not going to majorly curtail his development, but yeah, it would be a spot where you would like to see him get some play.
I don't think it is an overstatement at all...Imagine if Will Butcher got no PP time his rookie season...Half his points and 300 minutes of playing time would be gone....Severson? Severson would have lost 7 of his 17 points in 51 games and 160 minutes of his 1120 playing time. You are taking away a significant portion of time and opportunity
That’s a solid deal, more than alright with it.
Smith will inevitably get a chance on the power play due to injuries and penalties and whatnot. I don't think he should be starting there when you already have excellent PP defensemen Subban and Butcher, a forward in Palmieri who often plays point, and two pretty good offensive D in Severson and Vatanen.
I would probably expect something like:
Hall-Hishier-Simmonds
Butcher-Subban
(It's pretty obvious Simmonds will be a net front presence on the PP)
Gusev-Zajac-Hughes
Palmieri-Severson
(Zajac will certainly be getting PP time given his faceoff ability, and he's consistently produced on the PP)
Two right handed point shots on that 2nd unit, but Palms will want to be on his off side anyway for one timers. So I guess you could swap Severson with Smith if you wanted to.
yeah I could see that happening but I was just doing that because this way Hughes can still play on the half-wall. We'll probably see different variations of it and Bratt will probably get a chance too at some pointSwitch Hischier and Hughes - Hischier was not very good on PP1 last season and I don't think that will be a strength of his. But yeah, that's mostly how I envision it going too.
For some reason I don’t see the Devils coming to terms before arbitration. I actually don’t see Zacha as a long term Devil. Just a feeling.
yeah I could see that happening but I was just doing that because this way Hughes can still play on the half-wall. We'll probably see different variations of it and Bratt will probably get a chance too at some point
For some reason I don’t see the Devils coming to terms before arbitration. I actually don’t see Zacha as a long term Devil. Just a feeling.
I actually don’t see Zacha as a long term Devil. Just a feeling.
I'm not sure whats funny about that?
If he had taken more years and eaten up UFA years, he absolutely would have gotten a much higher AAV. Probably $1+ million/year
Subban is probably a lock for the top PP spot, which I'd think will be 4F 1D.It is going to be interesting to see what happens on the PP. With Subban, Smith, Vatanen, Severson all having legit claims to PP time...
Especially interested in how they handle Smith. I couldn't imagine this staff not working him onto the PP somehow? They have traditionally given rookies a lot of opportunities. We'll see.