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They acquired Beagle to free up Sutter for a "more offensive role."
It's a pretty safe bet Sutter will get a more offensive role as a result, no?
I kinda like this if Goldobin and Gaudette were in there somewhere.
Player Discussion #40 Elias Pettersson, Pt. VI
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They acquired Beagle to free up Sutter for a "more offensive role."
It's a pretty safe bet Sutter will get a more offensive role as a result, no?
I kinda like this if Goldobin and Gaudette were in there somewhere.
Hopefully he is so he puts up decent numbers and is moved at the TDL. No idea if they will/ want to move him.
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i think the quote was if Green wanted to use him that way.
Pettersson Baertschi Eriksson..........Virtanen Boeser Gagner Dahlen
Horvat Leipsic Boeser......................Baertschi Virtanen Goldobin
Sutter Roussel Virtanen....................Granlund Eriksson Gaudette
Beagle Schaller Gagner.....................Granlund Gaudette Gunce
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Well that's interesting...
I'm even more sure he'll never see center now, those are winger goals for sure, but wow! with him and Brock the team should have two legit scoring wingers going forward.
I agree that for some the AHL could do more harm than good, so long as the assignment is based on the team's decision.
Personally, I think they should move drafting age up by one year and have a minimum one year tour of duty in the AHL for EVERY player entering the NHL,
This would help the development league exponentially, giving those markets a year of
Mc David ect. would be a huge boost to their business and help EVERYONE polish their game. Drafted at 19, AHL at 20, NHL at 21,
Under that system having to play in the AHL for a year doesn't affect anyone confidence or strain the relationship with the team, and everyone enters the NHL more mature, hockey-wise and personally.
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What i like most about him is his training moral (dont know if its called that in english, just directtranslated it , dont know if directtranslate is a word either).
He said he is always worried he traines to little to be as good as he can be. So therefore he arrives first and goes last from the training.
That would probably be smart,
It doesn't matter if we overload one line to the exclusion of all others, the important thing is to getbPettersson up and running, scoring at will and confident, it should also push Horvat into a straight playmaker mode and make a real #1 center out of him.
Covering Brock only would no longer be an option.
I say get Jett Woo out there with them as well, in case anyone needs a fist down their throat, I think Woo was an excellent pick and have a really good feeling about him, that kid can't not make it, he's too perfect.
Uhh, help them?
I said move the draft age up to 19, that would have meant Elias would be entering him AHL service this year, No?
If not, then I say have an import rule too.
Import players need one year in the top league at home, then one year of the AHL, that would give them time to physically mature before they come over and learn the smaller ice, which can sometimes be an issue.
Plus it supports ALL the development leagues, which I think is important, I think NHL players should have to do a year in all of them, no skipping any steps. North American players can do Jr. or NCAA, or USNDP then AHL than NHL at 21 (legal adult age, what a concept, physically grown up and legally before you start handing out boatloads of money)
For imports, their National Jr. league, then their Sr. Leauge then AHL than NHL at 22.
This makes HOCKEY stronger all over in my opinion and will lead to fewer draft busts, and hopefully less shattered lives for the poor kids who are supposed to make it but don't
"Work ethic" is the term, so the translation works, as "Training moral" could be used in its place.
That's really good to hear. No matter how talented prospects are it always seems to be the one who are addicted to training and love to get better that are the really successful ones.
I don't think there's much doubt that Elias will establish himself as a top player in the same way that Brock did last year.
Another reason I like the idea of a Pettersson/Horvat/Boesser line.
Get him scoring right away, leave no doubt in his own mind how good he is.
Unfortunately, our coach Travis Green seems to have a habit of trying to sabotage prospects and turn them all into checkers (I think it's because he was supposed to be a top offensive player but failed and was turned into a checker himself, whether he sees it or not, I think he's acting on subconscious jealousy.)
I think Green is Elias's #1 enemy, he will have to give Green no choice but to treat him as a top guy.
I think Virtanen could have scored 20 last year but Green has him second-guessing his
every move, Both Pettersson, AND Virtanen would be smart to not listen to the coach and go balls to the walls this year.
That's another line combo that could be interesting: Virtanen/??/Pettersson, might be horrible or it just might be crazy enough to work.
I am very suspicious that Petterson will be put at center and hounded non-stop about how he isn't handling the "3rd defenseman" duties that a center has, I.E Greem will put him in a position to fail
and have a built-in excuse "Hey, we need another center" even though Elias has CLEARLY shown that he is 100% winger.
Beware, coach Green Elias, he's the guy who has been asking for all these veteran F.A's he doesn't like rookie scorers.
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By the way Benning should be fired.
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ZEBROA
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Yeah work ethic. Sometimes i dont have the work ethic to search on how you spell stuff, so i just translate on the go. Sometimes it works but mostly not.
Its realy sad when when coaches hinder players development. So stupid and contraproductive. Dont they want there team to be the best it can be?
And this checking crazyness , let the players exel in there own playing style.
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