Recalled/Assigned: Gabriel Bourque

[Dave is a killer]

Alright time to let this team gel a bit ... I'm giving it 5 games

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[AtlantaWhaler]

Alright!

 

[Cashville]

Nice; is he playing tonight? Josh Cooper said Goose is there and skating as well.

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

Erat-Fisher-SK
Wilson-Legwand-Hornqvist (our best line last night)
Smith-Spaling-Bourque
Yip-Gaustad-Halischuk

That lineup is 100x better

 

[Cashville]

Erat-Fisher-SK
Wilson-Legwand-Hornqvist (our best line last night)
Smith-Spaling-Bourque
Yip-Gaustad-Halischuk

That lineup is 100x better

Definitely needs more Richard Clune; need those PIMs / unnecessary boardings.

 

[nomorekids]

Thank god.

 

[triggrman]

Replace Yip with Watson please...

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

Definitely needs more Richard Clune; need those PIMs / unnecessary boardings.

I haven't seen a good look at his hit, just saw it live with a bad angle, but other than that, I liked the energy. Don't mind him as a 13th forward playing instead of McG.

 

[StarvinArvyn33]

finally. He will add some much needed physicality along with secondary scoring.

 

[Byrddog]

Clune is like a knot on a dogs wang. You don't know why its there it just is.......

 

[triggrman]

Why are you looking at dogs wangs?


Anyway, is their really anyone we can use to replace Yip? I've yet to see his value.

 

[Byrddog]

Trigg, Yip does an adaquate job as a 4th liner, his weakness is taking penalties. The 4th line is not the place to develop top six talent so Watson on the 4th is just a terrible idea. With that said Trotz uses the 4 line for alot. He has negitively effected many players over the years working them on the 4th line, while other players with far less talent have been placed on the other three lines.

 

[I Will Son]

Thank the gods

 

[triggrman]

Ahh but here's the fault in that. Trotz rolls his lines, all are built the same way, and all are supposed to be playing the same system, meaning there's no "checking line" or "crash line" or lol "scoring line".

 

[I Will Son]

Ahh but here's the fault in that. Trotz rolls his lines, all are built the same way, and all are supposed to be playing the same system, meaning there's no "checking line" or "crash line" or lol "scoring line".

It still gives us an extra line. No mcg or "goon" clune

 

[Shea Weber]

Great to see Bourque back and playing well. Love his game.

 

[predfan24]

The bottom 6 is so much better when Borky is in there. You got to love his mix of speed, aggressiveness,grit and talent.

 

[I Will Son]

His play style is perfect for us. And he's good. I love him, he makes players around him better.

 

[adsfan]

His play style is perfect for us. And he's good. I love him, he makes players around him better.

Always the sign of a good player, like Bobby Orr, or Larry Byrd in basketball.

Since Bourque was called up, the Admirals signed Brad Winchester, former UW Badger and Dallas Stars player, to a PTO. His 390 NHL games and 6'5" frame should help the team in a few areas.

 

[nomorekids]

Always the sign of a good player, like Bobby Orr, or Larry Byrd in basketball.

Since Bourque was called up, the Admirals signed Brad Winchester, former UW Badger and Dallas Stars player, to a PTO. His 390 NHL games and 6'5" frame should help the team in a few areas.

There's quite a bit of speculation that this a tryout for Winchester to take that fourth line LW spot in Nashville. I don't think he'll be in Milwaukee for very long. Much more useful player than Clune.

 

[triggrman]

Not a fan of Clune or Yip honestly....

 

[AintLifeGrand]

Is the jury still out on his Ceiling??

Feistier Martin St. Louis or a top 6 tweener??

 

[Dave is a killer]

Is the jury still out on his Ceiling??

Feistier Martin St. Louis or a top 6 tweener??

possible tweener, hopefully the first suggestion ... I'd have loved it if he'd scored on that outlet pass from Ryan Ellis last night ... damn that was a beaut

 

[token grinder]

Is the jury still out on his Ceiling??

Feistier Martin St. Louis or a top 6 tweener??

I think he will end up a tweener. Great 3rd line/energy/tenacious/pk guy, but won't embarrass himself if having to play top 6 for a small stretch

 

[TootooTrain]

Seeing alot of the northeast division here, he reminds me of a Brad Marchand. Fiesty, will hit anyone no matter the size differential, top6/top9 scoring potential.

Glad to have him back, this team really misses his physical presence more than anything.