Hopefully this forces Boone back to center for awhile.
Hopefully this forces Boone back to center for awhile.
That;s not the case right now. Lines from practice.Hopefully this forces Boone back to center for awhile.
Honestly, I thought that did pretty well. Of course, I think his scoring slump is independent of his time at C, seeing as though it's also ongoing while he's at W.Not a bad idea. Can't go worse than the Foligno experiment
Luckily, center is a position of strength & depth on this team...
I'm ok with Sedlak taking his spot... Although I wonder if Torts is going to go back to his "roll 3 lines forever and toss out the fourth line once or twice a period" routine.
There are a lot of assumptions here.There was discussion on this type of situation occurring at the beginning of the year. I warned of something exactly like this happening. Having Prout on the roster and using him when needed would not have been a waste. Would have been the perfect guy to have as the 7th d man in a 11f/7d deployment. He would have absolutely been out there and would HAVE NOT allowed that fight to happen. 3rd man in/suspension or not.
We don't need Dubi and Foligno fighting the Kassians of the league. This time its 1 of the redundanteers, next time it could possibly be 40 goal scorer Josh Anderson.
Whatever, hope EVERYBODY IS HAPPY
Same reason I.never hated Boll getting extended... in late game like that with Kassian not really giving you an option... He shouldn't be in that spot late game. People want us to have 4 offensive lines but we.miss that old blue jacket style in times like this. I don' mind Foligno dropping because the guy is a genuine sweetheart but you can see it when he fights the lights switch. I laughed hard when I read in the oilers section guys saying look at the man's eyes he's crazy haha. But Dubi is more bark then bite. He won't back down but he's not a great fighter. Even a Scotty Hartnell would be a better late game option. There's a reason the 2 time champs spent a 1st for an enforcer... just a thought.
Why do people associate physical with dirty? The dirtiest play Dubi ever committed was on a ***** diving on the ground pretending he was just shot in the back of his head and was in the most pain he's ever been in. And the dirty part wasn't the original hit... that check was shoulders and clearly accidentally slid up... the dirty bit was frustration that that baby would have the nerve to be a pro and drop like that so he out of frustration cross checked his back. But find his dirty plays that don' happen in every game or that every player hasn't committed. But search YouTube for "dirty Sidney Crosby plays" and you will find a hundred videos of slashes and slewfoots. Look up stuff from Malkin who has never thrown a punch without a ref in between and a players arms not held back.
And yes I'd rather have a Calvert the Boll but the more skilled player isn' as effective of a fighter and is a bigger load when off the ice. Anderson and Foligno are more then enough with their hands to not need a fighter but they are much more valuable not sitting out for 5.
I just can't figure out people's obsession with associating physical and dirty as the same thing. Going back to the playoff thing we didn't play dirty at all... It's bad enough pens/any team in Canada's fans say that but I'd expect better from a CBJ fan. I honestly have no problem saying **** like what Calvert did last year was dirty or when a scum move happens from our team but finishing a check or throwing 40 guys a game isn't dirty it's just physical.
I don’t think you get your own t shirt when you drop your gloves , not wanting to really go , and get blasted in process . Although I feel bad for himDoes Dubinsky get a tee-shirt too?