With all due respect, doing nothing is better than these lines.
There are a few things I like there, Copp deserves to move into Lowry's spot in the lineup without question and Scheifele and Wheeler probably should be separated. In theory I like Roslovic and Connor playing together but Tanev on the first line and Perreault on the second line is...not good. You can't give Tanev top line minutes and expect him to be effective in any capacity and right now, Perreault is struggling badly so moving him up in the lineup seems like a bad idea. Swap Tanev and Roslovic and Perreault and Connor and there's something here.
I don't know. Tanev seems to get his line going, couldn't he do that on a 1st or 2nd line (obviously not permanently). He's shown some really nice skill this season (his breakaway backhand goal was a beauty).
You and I fundamentally disagree about Tanev. I see a guy who gives it his all and has up to now been rewarded for his tenacious play, but who is fairly one dimensional and does nothing to make his teammates better. He would be wasted next to Scheifele and is probably the worst guy on the team to play with Laine because his passing and vision are so poor. The move on the breakaway was nice, and I didn't know he had that in him but again, isolated breakaway moves don't really mean that he has even average offensive skill. Matt Hendricks was a shootout specialist at one point in his career.
It's nice to hear. I really do like the TSN presentation. I will never miss a call when Ferraro is guesting. Some people dislike his stuttery delivery, but I forgive it in favor of his authenticity and willingness not to over fan boy or dumb it down. He gives a higher level of breakdown of what is happening.
I know some don't like Sawyer but the guy is very eloquent and hockey savvy. I consider him a Ferraro lite - giving a higher level of dissemination of the play, even if he is overly complimentary of all the players
Yeah, I like the shot counter. TSN is trailing on that one. That is SN's only win.Most TSN Jets employees are. Ferraro doesn't have to worry since he's a national guy who could care less what TNSE does or thinks, the rest of them on the other hand... I've never heard Beyak, Munz or Edmonds say a discouraging word. It's either pressure from higher ups or a significant lack of intelligence. Could be both, I suppose.
By the time we play Helly will have almost a week in between starts , hopefully he is rested and ready . This board needs a 8-0 win to be happy .
That's fair. I see more in him. He's not a passing wizard by any stretch but I have seen him do pretty well with puck retrieval and especially getting it back to the point. He's also pretty good at zone entries (mainly dump and chase, but still entering the zone and gaining possession)
That's his main weakness. He has good knowledge and is well spoken, but yeah, his fanboyism and our players can't do wrong is a bit grating.
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I know this is beyond the scope of what any of us can really know but it's always intrigued me what gets commentators fired and who exactly is judging the quality of their performance. People complain about broadcasters all the time and I get that it's one of the most subjective professions out there but if I were as bad at my job as Sawyer or an even worse offender, Rod Black is at theirs, I'd not only be fired but people would be seriously harmed. Obviously there are politics involved and it's not as simple as "bad" vs "good" but even if it's a first world problem, it's annoying to be subjected to poor commentators when you watch 82 games a season plus playoffs.
That's his main weakness. He has good knowledge and is well spoken, but yeah, his fanboyism and our players can't do wrong is a bit grating.
He's speaking to the mass of our fans who would rather be delusional
Tanev is a guy who only creates for himself, and while he's doing it well above his career norms right now, he doesn't even do that particularly well. Any offence you get out of him is a bonus, which makes playing him with two of our premiere scorers, one who is badly struggling and needs a good distributor more than anyone, just screams "terrible idea".
That's the phrase I was looking for.
