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Yes. Like I said yesterday, my first two lines would be Tatar-Domi-Gally, and then Drouin-KK-Armia. Two skilled and a grinder on both lines.
Is it that effing hard to do by the coaches??
Player Discussion Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Part 11)
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Yes. Like I said yesterday, my first two lines would be Tatar-Domi-Gally, and then Drouin-KK-Armia. Two skilled and a grinder on both lines.
Is it that effing hard to do by the coaches??
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Kotkaniemi's TOI has been steadily going up since the last three games. Good to see Clod finally trusting him more
Since the Habs got a bit of home games coming, they should try to experiment a bit with their lines. Right now the 2nd line is really lacking. I'd try something like that:
Drouin-Danault-Armia
Domi-Kotkaniemi-Gallagher
Tatar-Suzuki-Lehkonen
Byron-Thomson-Weal
Ideally I'd want both Domi and KK playing center, but doing so would leave one of them with less offensively gifted linemates (as of now). Suzuki at 3C is a big risk though...
Kotkaniemi as of now is already too good a player to be wasted with low ice time and lesser skilled teammates. The first line here keeps the hot duo together; we have two forechecking forwards with the creative winger. They are also all over 6' which has to be a miracle on this team
The second line has the best goalscorer and the point leader together with KK. That line would actually provide firepower. It would also allow Kotkaniemi to grow his offensive instincts by playing with talented wingers
The 3rd one is meh and the 4th is unchanged
Since the Habs got a bit of home games coming, they should try to experiment a bit with their lines. Right now the 2nd line is really lacking. I'd try something like that:
Drouin-Danault-Armia
Domi-Kotkaniemi-Gallagher
Tatar-Suzuki-Lehkonen
Byron-Thomson-Weal
Ideally I'd want both Domi and KK playing center, but doing so would leave one of them with less offensively gifted linemates (as of now). Suzuki at 3C is a big risk though...
Kotkaniemi as of now is already too good a player to be wasted with low ice time and lesser skilled teammates. The first line here keeps the hot duo together; we have two forechecking forwards with the creative winger. They are also all over 6' which has to be a miracle on this team
The second line has the best goalscorer and the point leader together with KK. That line would actually provide firepower. It would also allow Kotkaniemi to grow his offensive instincts by playing with talented wingers
The 3rd one is meh and the 4th is unchanged
I like to avoid "meh", and it starts with strong centremen
16-18 min Tatar-Domi-Gallagher
15-17 min Drouin-Kotkaniemi-Armia
14-16 min Lehkonen-Danault-Suzuki
10-12 min Cousins/Byron-Thompson-Weal/Byron
That's pretty good too and better balanced than what I proposed, but I think there's no way in hell Julien doesn't play Danault as the first center
He really likes his boy Philip
He really likes his boy Philip
Well, my 14-16 was really 14 for Lehk and Suzuki and 16 for Danault. But you could squeeze a minute or two more for him at the end of a period, for key draws, etc. if he is "on" that night.
It was nothing, actually. More precisely Nothing. "Chu-Rien" to be even more precise.
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KK is one of the absolute most creative players on the team, probably only behind Domi. Creativity has never been the problem for him, the issue really is his skating, as we always knew since he was drafted.
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He should be adapting at a lower level, instead of the staff pretending he'e an NHL player.
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Havent watched the game, right? He made the Blues his bitch in the third.
didn't have the best start but was great in the 3rd, again finishes with lowest TOI, almost 2 full minutes less than 2nd last. The man gets hooked and interfered with every shift yet still completes plays, imagine how much better he's gonna be with 15-20 more pounds jeez
Also can Julien PLEASE stop playing his line every f***ing shift with the 3rd d pairing, it's getting infuriating.
Also can Julien PLEASE stop playing his line every f***ing shift with the 3rd d pairing, it's getting infuriating.
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He was very good in the third, he woke up after skipping his turn. And he needed to, because he was brutal the first two periods.
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Was he brutal or did he just lack ice time? He had 5 minutes of toi going in the third. Kinda hard to do good thing with that type of TOI.
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Come on man, five minutes in a forty minutes game. How brutal can he be ? He touched the puck two times or something.
I get what youre trying to do, he just needs to be better, but five minutes. Five!
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He had a great third and I agree with you, he barely touched the ice for the first two periods so you're not able to really do much.
My only critique is that he needs to hit the blue-line with more speed; he's been throwing his line mates off side or getting pinched off on zone entries because he tries to slow the play down before he gains the zone. Gotta back off the defenders then do that.. he doesn't have the problem when he comes through the middle, but if he comes up the boards, it's pretty consistent.
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I thought he looked awful from his first shift. His positioning was off, he wasnt engaged, he was killing plays all over. I dont mind that he gets reduced ice time when his heads not in it, part of developing is learning consistency. I do mind if he's playing well (last game for example) and not getting PP time, or if hes benched for a mistake. But, he needs to be engaged.
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Zuk and KK seemed to play really well the few seconds theyve had together in the 3rd.
Drouin-KK-Suzuki
Could be a good line with lots of talent.
Drouin-KK-Suzuki
Could be a good line with lots of talent.
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Id rather that Ducharme calmed him down then sent him back in with confidence than stapling a player to the bench.
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He was not very good in the first two for sure. He wasn't moving his feet. Then, he gained confidence.
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Ok sure. It's nice if that happened and I'm all for positive reinforcement. But, I dont think this is the game where I'd complain about his ice time. He didn't show up to play until the third, after being benched. I'm not for rewarding bad habits for a 19 year old either. I'n not talking about mistakes here, they're bound to happen, I'm talking about things that are well within a players control like effort level.
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