Player Discussion Dominik Kubalik

[Adele Dazeem]

Worse than Chiasson somehow.

 

[Sting]

One of, if not the most forgettable player we've had on our roster. Hard to believe Dorion thought he would be an asset worth trading for.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

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[Icelevel]

One of, if not the most forgettable player we've had on our roster. Hard to believe Dorion thought he would be an asset worth trading for.

I actually thought he’d be a better fit than debrincat. Guess I was wrong. Should have known better than to judge a Dorion trade favorably.

 

[Boud]

He's pacing 15-20 goals and playing 3rd/4th line minutes most nights. I don't know what you guys were expecting. He's a shooter who's not good enough to fit in a top 6 and he's not a good fit in a bottom 6 either.

It was a dissapointment from day 1 to get this guy. We didn't really get anything for Debrincat. A late first and that's it. That's what? A 15% chance of getting a player who plays 100 NHL games?

Should've pushed for someone like Rasmussen who can actually play a role on a team even if we didn't get a late first. Now we're gonna pay a premium to grab a guy who can play a bottom 6 energy role.

I have a feeling he finishes the year here. No one will want a guy like him in their bottom 6 for playoffs.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

 

[bicboi64]

I have a feeling he finishes the year here. No one will want a guy like him in their bottom 6 for playoffs.

Maybe a team like NJD can use him given the injuries they've had. Or Vegas, they're always able to squeeze the most out of their bottom 6.

 

[DrEasy]

Just not a good fit on this team. Watch him get traded and go on a scoring streak.

 

[bert]

One of, if not the most forgettable player we've had on our roster. Hard to believe Dorion thought he would be an asset worth trading for.

Maybe he was just a salary dump. Did he lose a step? He's so slow and always behind the play. No one takes him for free.

 

[PlayersLtd]

He's pacing 15-20 goals and playing 3rd/4th line minutes most nights. I don't know what you guys were expecting. He's a shooter who's not good enough to fit in a top 6 and he's not a good fit in a bottom 6 either.

It was a dissapointment from day 1 to get this guy. We didn't really get anything for Debrincat. A late first and that's it. That's what? A 15% chance of getting a player who plays 100 NHL games?

Should've pushed for someone like Rasmussen who can actually play a role on a team even if we didn't get a late first. Now we're gonna pay a premium to grab a guy who can play a bottom 6 energy role.

I have a feeling he finishes the year here. No one will want a guy like him in their bottom 6 for playoffs.

Berggren has looked flat out dominant in the Grand Rapids games I've seen and that was a name a lot of people were calling for.

 

[jbeck5]

He's pacing 15-20 goals and playing 3rd/4th line minutes most nights. I don't know what you guys were expecting. He's a shooter who's not good enough to fit in a top 6 and he's not a good fit in a bottom 6 either.

It was a dissapointment from day 1 to get this guy. We didn't really get anything for Debrincat. A late first and that's it. That's what? A 15% chance of getting a player who plays 100 NHL games?

Should've pushed for someone like Rasmussen who can actually play a role on a team even if we didn't get a late first. Now we're gonna pay a premium to grab a guy who can play a bottom 6 energy role.

I have a feeling he finishes the year here. No one will want a guy like him in their bottom 6 for playoffs.

Not that I want him back or anything, but I wonder if part of him not looking that good is due to usage.

We like to stack our top 6 so when we have just 1 or 2 injuries, our bottom 6 is void of talent.

So we've either been putting him on the 3rd or 4th line with players who don't have offensive game...

OR

We put him with Tarasenko where he's obviously not the main trigger man.


I wonder how he would look on a team that spreads out their offense to have 3 offensive lines AND he's the main trigger guy.

Like how would he look on the third line with a playmaker and a 2 way grinder.

Right now we've only tried him with grinders or other snipers.


I wish we ranked our 3 best passers and 3 best scorers and spread them across 3 lines to make duos and then penciled in a grinder on each. Just roll lines. Stack up your powerplays.


Then I feel he could contribute on the third line as a sniper.

 

[DrEasy]

Not that I want him back or anything, but I wonder if part of him not looking that good is due to usage.

We like to stack our top 6 so when we have just 1 or 2 injuries, our bottom 6 is void of talent.

So we've either been putting him on the 3rd or 4th line with players who don't have offensive game...

OR

We put him with Tarasenko where he's obviously not the main trigger man.


I wonder how he would look on a team that spreads out their offense to have 3 offensive lines AND he's the main trigger guy.

Like how would he look on the third line with a playmaker and a 2 way grinder.

Right now we've only tried him with grinders or other snipers.


I wish we ranked our 3 best passers and 3 best scorers and spread them across 3 lines to make duos and then penciled in a grinder on each. Just roll lines. Stack up your powerplays.


Then I feel he could contribute on the third line as a sniper.

We just don't have enough good passers unfortunately.

 

[jbeck5]

We just don't have enough good passers unfortunately.

I agree. We're lacking some secondary playmaking.

Maybe identify Norris, Tkachuk, and Tarasenko as your 3 main goal scorers. Identify Giroux, batherson, and stutzle as your main playmakers.

Tkachuk-stutzle-(joseph)
Giroux-norris-(greig)
Batherson-(Pinto)-tarasenko

Plug in your obvious holes... So Pinto 3rd line center. Then Joseph and Greig on the top 2 right wings.

Gives you a sniper, a playmaker, and a grinder on each line. And each grinder is capable of 40-60 points in theory so you should have a lot of offense from that set up.

Then the 4th line should just be guys who can crash and bang. Guys like Kelly or kastelic when their on their game. Maybe crookshank?

 

[Butchy Dakkar]

I agree. We're lacking some secondary playmaking.

Maybe identify Norris, Tkachuk, and Tarasenko as your 3 main goal scorers. Identify Giroux, batherson, and stutzle as your main playmakers.

Tkachuk-stutzle-(joseph)
Giroux-norris-(greig)
Batherson-(Pinto)-tarasenko

Plug in your obvious holes... So Pinto 3rd line center. Then Joseph and Greig on the top 2 right wings.

Gives you a sniper, a playmaker, and a grinder on each line. And each grinder is capable of 40-60 points in theory so you should have a lot of offense from that set up.

Then the 4th line should just be guys who can crash and bang. Guys like Kelly or kastelic when their on their game. Maybe crookshank?

He would be useful as a “depth” sniper in case of injuries though. I’m not advocating for keeping him if we can get any asset back, but depth is good, he can be a 13th until we need him

 

[bert]

I'd take literally anything for him. Too slow can't get open to get his shot off. Easy to play against. Like Brannstrom he is not a player any contending team has in their lineup.

 

[Cosmix]

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Correction: Buy when I'm high; sell when I'm low!

 

[otown]

I actually thought he’d be a better fit than debrincat. Guess I was wrong. Should have known better than to judge a Dorion trade favorably.

Dorion got fleeced on that trade!

 

[dumbdick]

Anyone willing to resign this guy for a few pennies and see if he can rebound, or we done here?

 

[Golden_Jet]

No interest

 

[Dionysus]

Anyone willing to resign this guy for a few pennies and see if he can rebound, or we done here?

No chance. Actively makes the bottom 6 worse. Does not have the pace or physicality to effectively forecheck or cycle. Can't PK. Lots of guys can take his 2nd PP spot. A real shame they couldn't ship him out early in the season.

 

[Good in Osgoode]

Anyone willing to resign this guy for a few pennies and see if he can rebound, or we done here?

 

[bicboi64]

Anyone willing to resign this guy for a few pennies and see if he can rebound, or we done here?

If he wants to extend for $1.5 million, that's fine. He's not a liability and a good depth option.

He's played in the bottom 6 and has double digit goals.

 

[Micklebot]

If he wants to extend for $1.5 million, that's fine. He's not a liability and a good depth option.

He's played in the bottom 6 and has double digit goals.

If he was a good depth option at 1.5, he'd have been traded at the deadline, he's terrible, not a fit in the bottom 6 and not good enough to fit in the top 6 on a winning team.

With 1.5, we should be able to find a better fit for a bottom 6 role, someone that can defend, provide energy and kill penalties would be a much better fit.

 

[Dan Patrick]

I expect him to follow in the tradition of underperforming Senators and have a bounce back year next year on a team like Bolts or Cats. He clearly just doesn’t care enough to try very hard here.

 

[dumbdick]

If he wants to extend for $1.5 million, that's fine. He's not a liability and a good depth option.

He's played in the bottom 6 and has double digit goals.

I'm not sure he's a net positive value on the roster, despite the goals.
I'd be willing to keep him on, but he needs to be cheap and be willing to work on filling out his game.

I doubt he's going to do that though, since he's put up really bad numbers with us. I expect he'll want a fresh shot somewhere else.