Man i cant wait for pageau and tkachuk to come back to push mccormik and pyaat out of the lineup
So much this. Pyatt tries really hard but his days as a regular NHLer are coming to an end. 0 pts and -10 in 15 games perfectly reflects his game right now. The team has been scored on 18 times (8 times on the PK, but that's also the most on the team, with guess who, Boro) and
not even one goal was scored when he was on the ice
I can tolerate McCormick as the cheap 13th forward who sits most games. I'd rather have him in the pressbox than Chlapik or even Tambellini.
If I had my way and everyone was healthy, that would be my line-up :
Dzingel-Duchene-Stone
Tkachuk-Tierney-Ryan
Boedker-Pageau-White
Smith-Paul-Paajarvi
McCormick
Chabot-Jaros
Lajoie-Ceci
Wolanin-DeMelo
Harpur
Anderson
Goodgoalie
Pyatt and Wideman out, they're way too soft. Boro out (won't happen though), I like the guy but he should be the 7th who sits most games. Condon out too because I don't believe in his ability to be a consistent NHL goalie.
New coaching staff and adjustments made and this team could be better than people think (not necessarily they'd make the playoffs this year)
That Batherson, Norris and Bernard-Docker are solid prospects.
Wondering how the future will shape out but there's a lot of potential there. First questions we have to answer are obviously what is going to happen with Duchene, Stone, Dzingel and even Ceci
Tkachuk-Duchene-Stone
Dzingel/Balcers-Norris/Brown/Chlapik-Batherson
Formenton-Tierney/Pageau-White
Paul/Nurmi/Etc
Chabot-JBD
Lajoie-Jaros/Ceci
Wolanin/Tychonick-DeMelo/Harpur
Gustvasson/Daccord/Hogberg/Hollett/Mandolese
Ryan, Boedker, Smith, Anderson, Condon, Pyatt, Paajarvi, McCormick, Wideman are all probably gone in the near future.
Edit alert : could have removed Stone, Duchene, Dzingel and Ceci but gotta keep them there for now, as if they were traded, there would be a return coming. Impossible to speculate on that.