Just the Hayton points and TOI. A 1C between Keller and Schmaltz can’t have zero points in 10 games. Yeah, they’ll come and probably in bunches but 0 for 10?!?!
Well, as it's NASCAR championship weekend, like they say in NASCAR "it's just one of them deals!'
...but we'll need to sign Willie Nylander just to make it to the floor.
I am thinking we use some of our picks to move up a handful of slots to get a prime C or D. Geekie style.
To be honest, what is Bear or Schmaltz going to say? IF we had someone with more talent, Hayton would have been pulled off that line a long time ago. Hayton, McBain or Bjugstad are all very close talent wise, and with the other three lines pulling the weight the last few games I don't think Bear would have been wise to shuffle the lines. My wife answered your question by saying it's only a matter of time. It's when, not if.Of course he does, Bear actually knows the game. All three interviewed know the game better than this forum combined.
Bear also addressed adversity and that is what I tried getting through your cranium, regarding your quickness to juggle lines…. Bear was teaching/coaching. The big picture supersedes a single game, particularly with a young team at this stage of the season.
Had to laugh, Morgan apparently reads this forum and addressed the absurdity of a knee jerk move to remove Hayton from Schmaltz/Keller.
Schmaltz (yet again), also addressed the value of Hayton.
Is it sinking in yet buddy?
Edit: now that the genuine prick in me is somewhat satisfied: Your McBain idea wasn’t terrible, just premature…. I’m sure you can ask your wife about that!
The same answer would apply when asking how long Hayton remains on the first line.
I agree. I think Cooley will be at worst a very good 2C, not sure what to think of Geekie yet.
God no. The last thing we need is for Kels, Cools and Schmaltz to form the "1/2 pint line." They will get beaten into submission. Cooley needs at least one big/physical winger. Keller and Schmaltz need a bigger center than Cooley..
That's because we don't have half of our arena filled with #Leafs fans like in Montreal.
Cooley will get better in time and we seem to be building a lot of our size on the back end. If we had multiple pint sized lines I'd be concerned, but many of our forwards are bigger, with other big guys in the pipeline. If that trio can dominate offensively, and force teams to put their best defending players on the ice, it creates space for the other 3 lines to also dominate.
I’d be less worried about that as other teams would be unable to keep up with the speed and precision of a true first line. More worried about the offensive imbalance across the other forward lines.
One thing I was able to glean from your incoherent rant is that you're discussing this forum with the wifeTo be honest, what is Bear or Schmaltz going to say? IF we had someone with more talent, Hayton would have been pulled off that line a long time ago. Hayton, McBain or Bjugstad are all very close talent wise, and with the other three lines pulling the weight the last few games I don't think Bear would have been wise to shuffle the lines. My wife answered your question by saying it's only a matter of time. It's when, not if.
I agree. I think Cooley will be at worst a very good 2C, not sure what to think of Geekie yet.
, I'm obviously in your kitchen LOL!Agreed and painfully obvious to me, we'll see what Bear does, or hopefully doesn't do at some point. If he goes that route, he's better have some big, mean D out there with them.
That's the genius of what we're seeing currently - balance. Hell, even O'Brian has been a threat of late.
