Kent Johnson has a bit over 3 points/60, Chinakhov is 3rd in that behind Johnson and Gaudreau. Things are looking up we just have to wait for some defenseman prospects to arrive. This season might be tough but it is not an awful time to be a Jackets fan.
GDT: Game 23 | Red Wings @ Jackets | 12/4 6PM | Reverse Retro
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He's the modern day Jason Chimera (except Robbie won't drop the mitts)
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Nice job passing the puck for the last 45 seconds
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In Finland there's this racing series roughly translated as "everyman racing", which at least used to be cost controlled so that there was a max price on the cars and if someone offered you that for your car after a race, you HAD to sell. The league should implement something similar for goalies!
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Yeah a fine end to the game. Could've scored there, and overall a reasonably tight hockey game, we could've won this game with some bounces our way. Interesting to see what happens with the lines going forward. (Johnson from down low with that great pass to the front - he needs o-zone time...)
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Yep, glad we got to see Johnny and KJ together, they had some electric moments when they weren't getting pinned. Wish we had some better puck movers on D right now
It's an interesting question why the Wings have been the better club lately. Though tonight is maybe not the best exhibit of that, the chances seemed fairly even overall.
It seems to me that the Jackets actually have more high end skill than they do, while the Wings have some improved checking ability. Larkin and Copp are strong up the middle. They get pucks deep and play smart while we take dumb penalties.
It seems to me that the Jackets actually have more high end skill than they do, while the Wings have some improved checking ability. Larkin and Copp are strong up the middle. They get pucks deep and play smart while we take dumb penalties.
Laine may be a playdriver, he showed it but now needs to find his play. One plays well with Gus, but Roslovic... . Kent Johnson had the same problem when he played with him. IMO Kent should play with Patrik and Gus, Chinakhov with Jenner and Gaudreau. But Lars decided to have Roslo play center and Kent play winger. The end.
The first pass from the d-men ... even tsunami is a light wave against it.
The first pass from the d-men ... even tsunami is a light wave against it.
Husso and a mostly healthy defense goes a long way. They are better at getting 2nd and 3rd chances and we are more of a 1 and done team. Atleast with Johnny on the ice that 1 is usually pretty damn dangerous.
Add to that I dont feel like my opinion on our coaching has been very hidden lately.
Almost feels like the Bylsma coached Penguins. Especially when Letang was out.
That is precisely the problem. The only center playing normally is Jenner. Johnson plays winger, Sillinger has what I hope is second season syndrome, Roslovic is not a second line center. Now we either try Johnson play center or we're in pretty big trouble.
Still one, try Kňažko, Berni or Bjorgvik Holm. They can't be worse than Christiansen and Bayreuther. I don't know Berni but Kňažko is a quite good puckmover and Bjorgvik Holm tried he can do it ti in the camp.
Maybe I'm wrong and our players are better than I think and Lars is telling them to play soft rush hockey, but that strategy sure seems to be baked in by Jarmo's acquisitions.
And a team like the Wings will love that. They'll go ahead and say no thanks to giving us odd-man rushes and say "thanks for giving us the puck, we'll just play deep in your end now".
I like some of our pieces but our forward group as a whole is hard to piece together with the loss of Voracek and no 2C. If we had those pieces and you start getting guys like Nyquist and Roslovic furthur down the lineup matchups start looking better. Im almost to the point where im asking myself if moving Kuraly up to a different line for a bit is so crazy it might work or just pure crazy.
Gaudreau-Johnson-Laine gives you a loaded fun line and allows the team to have Jenner center another line. Maybe Nyquist-Jenner-Chinakhov and Foudy-Sillinger-Roslovic as a 3rd line
Jenner will play with Gaudreau, Roslovic will play TOP 6 center and Johnson will play winger. Seeing flying elephants is more likely than changes these things. Of course if trade isn't.
Probably not but until he trusts Johnson at center we are going to be a 3 line team and only 1 of those lines will be a consistant scoring threat
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Maybe they saved that question for tomorrow's media availability. They might have some emotional intelligence to not behave very snarky to Larsen right after a defeat.
Another good game from KJ imo, considering how young and unfinished product he still is in many ways. Skating definitely looks a bit awkward in some defensive situations, especially when he's supposed to turn around or change directions quickly which leads to him losing coverage for a second but in my view he's stayed competitive and is generally covering right area of the ice. And the shortcomings didn't hamper the offense today as he was able to take advantage of loose gaps on the rush and made 3-5 skilled east-west passes inside the Wings blueline.
I don't think he has the durability and strength to play on the top line successfully all season long but this well anticipated KJ with JG experiment should last at least for a few games, even if it meant wearing KJ down a little eventually.
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My preference is for Kent to slot in at center, but I don’t see that as happening. Absent that, you’re not crazy. Right now Kuraly is the best center not named Boone though he’s best when at 3C or 4C. Hence the problem - one we seem unable to resolve by a trade or address by showing flexibility using the players we currently have.
I personally don't think playing KJ with JG means you have to play KJ as much as JG. Johnny can play 20 minutes and KJ can play 2/3 of his shifts. Give extra shifts to Gus and Patty to cover the rest.
They're also "trying" to cut Boone's minutes, so if they're serious about that, just cut the minutes for that line, and give JG some extra shifts on other lines.
I started watching during the 3rd period. Roslovic seems a hard carry at the moment... His lines had 5% and 22% xGF 
In a single game those numbers are easily skewed, but it's a trend that's been going on with him throughout the season. Wonder what gives. I expect inconsistency from him, but the baseline should be better than this.
Gaudreau-Jenner-Laine at close to 70% xGF so going by that I guess they played well and the line was split mostly because the 2nd line was completely useless?
I almost think they should try pairing Roslovic with Gaudreau, but even though I'm not big on the whole "reward" thing, that just seems wrong...
In a single game those numbers are easily skewed, but it's a trend that's been going on with him throughout the season. Wonder what gives. I expect inconsistency from him, but the baseline should be better than this. Gaudreau-Jenner-Laine at close to 70% xGF so going by that I guess they played well and the line was split mostly because the 2nd line was completely useless?
I almost think they should try pairing Roslovic with Gaudreau, but even though I'm not big on the whole "reward" thing, that just seems wrong...
Problem with Roslovic line is Roslovic and you can't fix that by changing wingers...
