Johnny Hoxville
The Return of a Legend
I do not think our coach is a good motivator at all, if anything I think that is the thing he is the worst at.
I was referring to more than just this season. I think he's had similar amounts of playing time with them in the past two.From naturalstattrick.com - he has 60.33 min with Money and 77.85 with Johnny. So about 4 games-ish. Not sure on points, still sorting through the data set at work.
His most frequent F teammate is Janks with 553.15 min and Hath with 258.67 min (followed by Jagr at 138.93 min, Brouwer at 105.95 min, Lazar at 105.07 and Ferly at 99.95 min)
That tells me he's had a very minimal stint with Johnny and Monahan over the season.
Data set here:
Sam Bennett - Teammates - On Ice - Natural Stat Trick
Am I the only one that thinks Stewart is probably even a downgrade from Brouwer??
It's embarrassing to have a waiver pick up on your first line. GG is just hoping for some lottery luck.
GG doesn't believe in Bennett. They should just trade him if all they want from him is bottom 6
I think Stewart would be a fine 3rd liner with Janks and someone like Mangia.Stewart is essentially Troy Brouwer he scores a little more but he's somehow worse in other areas. I wouldn't play him above the 4th line. So using him as the first line RW while Ferlands out should be "fun".
Everyone glad we tried that experiment for 2.5 periods? Yea, me too.
He was there to start the 3rd period, so that’s at least 2. But good counting.1.5 and sure.
It certainly wasn't a difference in the game.
Plus I thought the concern was that GG was going to keep him there forever and Bennett was designed to rot away with the worst linemates anyone has ever seen.
He was there to start the 3rd period, so that’s at least 2. But good counting.
The concern was never that GG wouldn’t figure it out that he isn’t a top line player. The concern is that it sends a terrible message to Bennett that he’s not worth top line minutes, but waiver fodder is. The other concern is that it comes back to GG being overly concerned and stubborn on handedness.
Stewart definitely seems to be a low-motor player, but he did make a few nifty plays tonight. Had a few almost-assists, but our finishing combined with Bishop's play tonight meant that no one got rewarded for anything.
As expected, the third line was way better with Bennett on it.
I've been saying it for a while.
Calgary's pursuit of a offensive winger was to give Bennett a linemate that could keep up.
After his tier of player, there's a huge drop-off for his line mates. I know this board has a love/hate with Jankowski; people who peg him as sure fire top 6''er, others who think he's AHL fodder... The guy's an average bottom 6'er at this point in his career. In a perfect world he'd be our 4th line centre and we'd have a guy like Brassard who'd fill that 3C slot.
My fear is without Ferland, and Bennett playing on the top line; that our bottom 6 will suck the soul out of this team with their play.
I think BT knows Smith is hooped at this point. So he stood pat with our group...rightfully so. I sound like a broken record, but we won't be making the post season without Smith IMO. Hopefully I'm proven wrong. Not trying to be negative, I just think that's the realistic outcome.
I've been saying it for a while.
Calgary's pursuit of a offensive winger was to give Bennett a linemate that could keep up.
After his tier of player, there's a huge drop-off for his line mates. I know this board has a love/hate with Jankowski; people who peg him as sure fire top 6''er, others who think he's AHL fodder... The guy's an average bottom 6'er at this point in his career. In a perfect world he'd be our 4th line centre and we'd have a guy like Brassard who'd fill that 3C slot.
My fear is without Ferland, and Bennett playing on the top line; that our bottom 6 will suck the soul out of this team with their play.
I doubt that is the case. He already gambled away with the potential lottery pick. He'd do whatever it takes to make the playoff.
He would have traded for another goalie...there are a few of them and they wouldnt cost much.
It would be moronic for him to stand pat without a pick
I doubt that is the case. He already gambled away with the potential lottery pick. He'd do whatever it takes to make the playoff.
He would have traded for another goalie...there are a few of them and they wouldnt cost much.
It would be moronic for him to stand pat without a pick
It may not automatically mean an all-in situation, but there is a huge difference between losing a pick that ends up in the 20s versus top 5. If you're not going to lottery protect a 1st round pick, you should be pretty damn sure you're going to make the playoffs. That's not "all-in", necessarily, but it's more "in" than "out".Not having a first round pick doesn't mean you're automatically in an all-in situation. It means that you have no incentive to lose, sure, but it doesn't add incentive to win. The Flames get nothing more or less out of that deal if we finish dead last vs. first. The Islanders are the ones who should care, but for the Flames, at this point, it makes no difference whatsoever.
It may not automatically mean an all-in situation, but there is a huge difference between losing a pick that ends up in the 20s versus top 5. If you're not going to lottery protect a 1st round pick, you should be pretty damn sure you're going to make the playoffs. That's not "all-in", necessarily, but it's more "in" than "out".
Until the standings are decided, I don't see it as a fully "previous move", though. The full value of the pick isn't decided until the team's playoff status is decided. The team is obviously trying to be competitive right now, and I understand playing a longer game, but if you're not going to commit to better TDL acquisitions than a hugely flawed waiver wire pickup and a 4th line C, you should probably lottery protect the 1st you're trading away.There's a big difference between trading those two picks, but we didn't trade a top 5 pick or a pick in the 20s. We traded a first rounder after being a playoff team on the rise. After making the trade, nothing the Flames do or don't do affects the price they paid at the time, and the position of that pick in the draft doesn't affect the fortune of the Flames in any way.
Whatever the Flames are, it doesn't make any sense to sacrifice future years in order to make a trade look better in hindsight. Of all of the jobs that Treliving is paid to do for the Flames, "making your previous moves look as good as possible" isn't one of them. Winning a Cup eventually is a little bit more important. All you have to look at is moves that Treliving could have made at this deadline, and whether they would have helped or hindered the team accomplishing this goal.
Until the standings are decided, I don't see it as a fully "previous move", though. The full value of the pick isn't decided until the team's playoff status is decided. The team is obviously trying to be competitive right now, and I understand playing a longer game, but if you're not going to commit to better TDL acquisitions than a hugely flawed waiver wire pickup and a 4th line C, you should probably lottery protect the 1st you're trading away.
Really, although I'm arguing that BT should have bolstered the roster more as insurance that the Flames make the playoffs, my fundamental issue with the whole thing is that he inexplicably traded an unprotected 1st for Travis Hamonic, who has always been a 2nd pairing D at best (albeit a good one), and had been struggling in recent seasons.
There's a big difference between trading those two picks, but we didn't trade a top 5 pick or a pick in the 20s. We traded a first rounder after being a playoff team on the rise. After making the trade, nothing the Flames do or don't do affects the price they paid at the time, and the position of that pick in the draft doesn't affect the fortune of the Flames in any way.
Whatever the Flames are, it doesn't make any sense to sacrifice future years in order to make a trade look better in hindsight. Of all of the jobs that Treliving is paid to do for the Flames, "making your previous moves look as good as possible" isn't one of them. Winning a Cup eventually is a little bit more important. All you have to look at is moves that Treliving could have made at this deadline, and whether they would have helped or hindered the team accomplishing this goal.