Prospect Info: Grand Rapids Griffins 2019-20
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deca guard
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Unfriendly Ghost
Kasper
deca guard
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this teams what happens when youve no talent at center or defense to create scoring chances for teammates
RedHawkDown
still trying to trust the yzerplan
deca guard
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veleno isnt there yet , and seiders not type of dman that drives offense . hes a heck of a two way dman but not the fast skating play making qb guy
GreatGordie9
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The only thing good about the game was Seider with some crunching hits and three shots on goal.
Christien
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Still not over yet, but yeah he's been kinda quiet but nice to see him play physical on that penalty kill there
Kronwalled55
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I could be reading too much into it, but Svechnikov getting third line duties with the Griffs at this stage seems pretty discouraging for his future here.
RedHawkDown
still trying to trust the yzerplan
Pretty depressing that our top prospects continue to be unable to succeed in the AHL. Really hope this turns aorund soon.
HomersWorld
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It's an interesting question. Simon seems like he has his head in the right place philosophy wise for the most part when I hear him talk, but for two years I've been completely unimpressed by his systems.
Unfriendly Ghost
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We've been talking about firing Blashill, but at this point I think the conversation should be about firing Ben Simon. League worst goals against, bottom 3 PK. They have vet defensemen, they have promising young defensemen, and they have a vet starting goalie. They shouldn't be getting lit up like this.
Also I don't know what's going on, but Joe Veleno is -20. The next worst +/- on the team is -9. Whatever is going on, something's got to change.
Also I don't know what's going on, but Joe Veleno is -20. The next worst +/- on the team is -9. Whatever is going on, something's got to change.
Henkka
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Simon's job is not on the line at all. Too many injuries in Detroit and here in GR are not helping the Griffins out right. Injuries here include Rasmussen, Puempel (team lost every game since his injury), & Jarid Lukosevicius at the forward position. Then you have several rookies on defense, plus you take on 2 goaltenders (veteran project and rookie) going into the season not knowing where this team is going. And you have rookies at the forward positions trying to get their feet wet in the pro game. Then the Wings play musical chairs lately as to who comes up and who comes down.
Tough to watch over here lately. No different than watching a Red Wings game. It takes them 40 minutes to wake up and play hockey, but it is too little, too late. Power play (first two) were terrible. PK has not been good all season long. Goaltending has been consistently bad for most of the season so far. Defense creating too many turnovers either in our zone or at the neutral zone and teams are taking advantage of that.
Right now we have Toledo's top goaltender (Nagle), top scorer (Spezia), top PP points by d-man (Anselmini), plus another d-man (McCrea) playing in GR right now. Add Seider and Veleno leaving the Griffins after Friday's game for the World Jr Championships will not help them either.
Henkka
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What do you think... could this Yzerman up/down -fest in recalling between NHL/AHL hurt the team? No line chemistries growing...
Holland's policy was more stable and Yzerman talked about the same at summer plans. Find everybody a place and then not mess too much.
But Yzerman's actions have been exact opposite vs. his summer talk. Guys come and go all the time. It has to be different Griffins lineup every night without any stability. That's not good at hockey in general.
At some point you have to get things more stable and get a winning streak, or the season is gone. AHL playoff success is important for the kids development, so you can't pull season on toilet like this.
Holland's policy was more stable and Yzerman talked about the same at summer plans. Find everybody a place and then not mess too much.
But Yzerman's actions have been exact opposite vs. his summer talk. Guys come and go all the time. It has to be different Griffins lineup every night without any stability. That's not good at hockey in general.
At some point you have to get things more stable and get a winning streak, or the season is gone. AHL playoff success is important for the kids development, so you can't pull season on toilet like this.
GrGriffins
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Tyler Spezia is the player that played for the Griffins tonight not Jason Spezza.
GrGriffins
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Svech has not been playing well here in GR at all lately. He has to get out of his funk in order to play in the top 2 lines here. He did score a PP goal tonight, but not much else from him so far this season here. Had the same problem here 2 years ago.
GrGriffins
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Seider did not have his great game tonight. Made a few turnovers and got a cheap penalty call that did not help the Griffins out tonight. His shots on goal were weak at best as they were mostly low and the goalie could see each one of them. I would like to see him shoot with authority at the point, especially on the pp. Seems tentative to shoot lately. That concerns me in watching him play here in GR. Makes nice passes to get the puck moving to the forwards and on their tape while in stride.
Unfriendly Ghost
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Wow, they even got his first name wrong too. It goes deeper than I thought
Killerjas
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I agree but we do have an insane amount of injuries so his hand was forced. Also his AHL team in Syracuse was also very successful if I remember correctly.
Griffins are just too small right now. Centers aren’t getting the job done. Not sure why they are giving up so many goals but the coaching needs to be better all around in this organization.
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