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Simply an indication better players are on the way.JT is fast and a decent two way player, but has no offense. Can't say I'm overly sad he is gone.
at least paquette is a passable 4c, brown doesn't have enough offensive game for the NHL.What is there to replace? He sucks anymore and I like the guy.
Brown was done the minute teams grasped how fast he was and adjusted for it, because there's literally nothing else of significance to his game. Injuries have been Paquette's problem. Paquette's game is balanced enough that it's not unrealistic to see him as a potential asset in a fourth line role. There's a reason he was chosen to shadow Toews in the SCF. He's next on the chopping block, you're right about that, but there's more to work with than there was with Brown.I mean Brown has put up 22 points in a season which is higher than Paquette ever has. He hasn't been good since that year but Paquette hasn't been that good since his rookie year either. We won't miss either player too much if the Crunch kids keep it up the way they're developing.
I would like to see Callahan sitting a few games to see if it can spark some offense from him when he gets back in. He's been an offensive black hole the past few years.
Brown was done the minute teams grasped how fast he was and adjusted for it, because there's literally nothing else of significance to his game. Injuries have been Paquette's problem. Paquette's game is balanced enough that it's not unrealistic to see him as a potential asset in a fourth line role. There's a reason he was chosen to shadow Toews in the SCF. He's next on the chopping block, you're right about that, but there's more to work with than there was with Brown.
I don't disagree, but I see why we chose to keep Paquette and waive Brown. Kunitz-Paquette-Cally has been a pretty solid fourth for us this year. I'm inclined to think that Paquette's injuries are a direct result of the way he plays, but there's always a chance that it's just been dumb luck. If so, and we can count on him in the lineup for more than two weeks at a time, then he's fine until whichever Syracuse guy is ready to take his spot.But if he's never healthy enough it doesn't matter what he can do. You can't go forward with a guy you can't rely on for even 65 games a year. If he was a superstar you can overlook that but a 4th liner you need to move on from him which I think we do this off-season.
Other thing to remember Coburn has played his entire career on the right side - on the top pairing. If we flip Sustr at the TDL ... and we get an injury to the right side we could still line up Coburn on that side. I bet he is more than serviceable on that side on the third pairing.
Given the option, Yzerman and Coop will play an inferior player on their strong side to a superior player on their off side (and I'm starting to come around to that line of thinking).As I recall Sergachev actually prefers the right side so that gives us another option in case of emergency. Ideally of course we keep him paired with Stralman but it’s nice to have the flexibility.
Agreed. But I wonder why when we talk about how the D are deployed, we don’t talk about the guy who actually deploys them. Rick Bowness is the most experienced coach on the staff and I doubt Cooper overrides his decisions on a regular basis. For example with Koekkoek’s usage. We know what Yzerman thinks of KK and Dotchin based on the huge price he paid to protect them at the expansion draft. He could have easily kept his 2nd, 4th, and Gusev and let one of them go like WSH did with Schmidt. And we know SY cherishes his picks. While the coaches were playing Nesterov ahead of KK, Yzerman trades him for a 6th. It is an interesting dynamic.Given the option, Yzerman and Coop will play an inferior player on their strong side to a superior player on their off side (and I'm starting to come around to that line of thinking).
"huge price" was a 4th round pick in KK's case (most likely).Agreed. But I wonder why when we talk about how the D are deployed, we don’t talk about the guy who actually deploys them. Rick Bowness is the most experienced coach on the staff and I doubt Cooper overrides his decisions on a regular basis. For example with Koekkoek’s usage. We know what Yzerman thinks of KK and Dotchin based on the huge price he paid to protect them at the expansion draft. He could have easily kept his 2nd, 4th, and Gusev and let one of them go like WSH did with Schmidt. And we know SY cherishes his picks. While the coaches were playing Nesterov ahead of KK, Yzerman trades him for a 6th. It is an interesting dynamic.
BTW, Brown may have been moved for a TDL acquisition, but has Yzerman ever traded for a pure rental at the TDL? Can’t think of one.