Nonsense! Sully only puts his bravest soldiers out there for the EN opportunities.it's the first game for most of our team
this is when sully benches him.
Meh. We know what he is, decent vanilla 4th liner who is a 13th F.
L3 really good. EK largely as advertised. Jarry had a terrific game.
New look powerplay real bad. L2 and Nylander in particular pretty putrid.
Also, I think giving Nieto a spot over one of the impressive young guys is a mistake.
He's the definition of a 13F. I'd have no qualms in waiving him tbh.
L1 was as bad if not worse, they scored but they gave up a load of HDCFs, Sid was coasting and Rust was only skating forwardL3 really good. EK largely as advertised. Jarry had a terrific game.
New look powerplay real bad. L2 and Nylander in particular pretty putrid.
I know it's just the preseason, but I'm really concerned about the physicality element in our top six and top four D.
L1 was as bad if not worse, they scored but they gave up a load of HDCFs, Sid was coasting and Rust was only skating forward
Vanilla 4th liners and 13th forwards don't typically have multiple seasons with 10+ goals, including 12 last year between the Sharks and Avalanche.Meh. We know what he is, decent vanilla 4th liner who is a 13th F.
On Nylander, he stunk today but I'm not quite ready to pull the plug on him yet. He was good in his other pre-season game (named first start against the Jackets in his other game) and has been really good at camp. With that being said, give another performance or two like that in the pre-season and I'm quickly changing my tune there.
A 3rd line of O'Connor-Eller-Poulin could be really good, there isn't an excessive amount of talent there but it's 3 guys that all bring some sort of talent to the table and all fit in a defensive role. On that same topic, I know they're grooming Poulin to be a C going forward but I'm not exactly sure where they plan on playing him at C in the future. You have Eller and Acciari for the next 2 years and it seems like Poulin is ready now.
Better offensively.Like I posted in the 1st period, watching Karlsson today makes me realize just how much better he is than Letang. I don't think I mean this as a slight on Letang, but Karlsson has a different order of magnitude of an impact on a game than Letang does.
I think Nieto could end up 13 actually.
Healthy
Jake - Sid - Rakell
Smith - Geno - Rust
DOC - Eller - Nylander
Zoho - Accari - Carter
Neito
Although id would like to see Poulin there.
Jake - Sid - Rakell
Smith - Geno - Rust
DOC - Eller - Accari
Zoho - Poulin - Carter
Neito
That's my ideal lineup with Poulin moving up to line 3 center by mid season.
Id move Acciari to wing. he could help poulin and take some RH draws.
We got rid of the only physical guy we had and you didn't like him anyway. This is no different than any other year. Not much bite at all to this team.I know it's just the preseason, but I'm really concerned about the physicality element in our top six and top four D.
Does Nylander get another game? Do you go OC in his spot and reward him but possibly mess with what he and Eller had going? or Zohorna?
Shea-Ruh wasn’t it. But I thought the F group looked good outside of Nylander.
Hate to say it but a couple reg szn games like that and 27-58 should be the 2nd pair. Marked difference between them and the EK pair.
Carter still just out there doing his f***ing Sunday skate with the kids routine. Just leans on guys and lazily loops around the zone waiting for the puck to come near him.