Injury Report: Josh Norris Upper Body Injury
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bert
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No he is a tremendous fit with Batherson. Lefty to Righty, already have good chemistry. Whats wrong with the winger being the creative and the center being the shooter and the defensive responsibility?
Micklebot
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I guess it depends on how our other centers develop.
Currently, I see no reason to slide Norris to the wing, but hypothetically let's say we find some crazy chemistry with Tkachuk, Pinto and Sokolov to form a line 2, and idk, some combination of Formenton, paul white and Brown for a 3rd line.
Now you have Stützle, Norris and Batherson, what do you do if Stützle has proven himself as a legit #1 center? I think trying Norris on the wing would make sense, that's not to say we should do it now, just that if circumstances dictate, it could be an option for sure.
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Yup. Right wing shooter, board battler. Only if stutzle and pinto look as good or better than him at C though.
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I think we will see Norris at LW at times when the lines get mixed up or DJ condenses the top 6 players into two lines. For now our centers should be Norris, Jimmy, Pinto.
Norris should stay at center. In fact, I would leave the entire first line together, Stuetzle and Pinto can fight it out for the next two spots in the middle.
dumbdick
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I'm a huge Pinto fan, and I think he's the most natural Centre on the team, both in terms of faceoff dominance and style of play.
I still think he will ultimately turn out the best of the Norris/Bath/Pinto trifecta, which is saying a hell of a lot - Bath's PPG isn't that far off of guys like Matthews and Norris has the 2nd best G/GP of all players drafted since 2017.
I'd really like to see this top-9 at some point next season.
1A: Norris - Pinto - Bath
1B: Brady - Stutzle - UFA
2: Formenton - Paul - C. Brown
If Pinto, Jimmy and Formenton all take relatively large steps, I think that might be the best top-9 in the league in two years.
Add in the D corps below and the emergence of a top 1G (Murray, Sogaard, Gus or Leevi), and we're winning the cup.
Chabot - Zub
Sanderson - UFA
Brannstrom - JBD
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Montembeault, and he seems to be doing quite well, at least in the games I've seen him play.
I think Stutzle is a better skater & puck handler but not nescessarily right now is the better C.
At the end of the day, after all has been said and done, in the fullness of time, Yes!
Not necessarily "best in the league" but certainly one of the better top 9s, meaning top quartile team performance and results.
I see the lines next season as:
Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson
Formenton - Stutzle - A
Paul - Pinto - Brown
B - White - Watson
Paul will hopefully sign as a UFA.
A and B could be two of a UFA, Sanford, Ennis, Gaudette, Kelly, Sokolov, Kastelec.
The Defence:
Chabot - Zub
Sanderson - Holden (solid vet to play with the rookie)
Brannstrom - Zaitsev (due to contract)
JBD/Thomson to be 7th D
Goaltenders:
Murray
Gustavsson
EDIT: I should have said "playoff team performance and near top quartile of the league". assuming we get a forward for spot A that can perform at a top 6 level (i.e., not the other forwards identified).
Having 3 legit, upper end C is a good thing and we should hold off moving one of them to wing unless it becomes necessary.
We should fill in around them, not cram them all together on a full time basis. Yes, a couple of them will end up on PP1 together and maybe all 3 of them at the end of a game when we pull our goalie but we have desperately needed strong C play for years and we finally have it (I am gifting Pinto the status of being a very good C already).
Top C make lines better so let's have 3 very good to great lines first and then see what we need to do in order to improve upon that.
Also I think it is clear the org doesn't see Paul as a full time C so I would be shocked if we resign him and he becomes a C for us other than in an emergency role.
We should fill in around them, not cram them all together on a full time basis. Yes, a couple of them will end up on PP1 together and maybe all 3 of them at the end of a game when we pull our goalie but we have desperately needed strong C play for years and we finally have it (I am gifting Pinto the status of being a very good C already).
Top C make lines better so let's have 3 very good to great lines first and then see what we need to do in order to improve upon that.
Also I think it is clear the org doesn't see Paul as a full time C so I would be shocked if we resign him and he becomes a C for us other than in an emergency role.
aragorn
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Why is that people suggest moving Norris to the wing is fine, but when I suggested they move Pinto to the wing people lost their minds? I get no respect I tell you, no respect.
I don't think it will happen, in fact, I think it's Stutzle that might end up going back to the wing once everyone is healthy & Pinto is back. Tkachuk & Norris are attached at the hip & Batherson is great on that line. Pinto has shown he has some chemistry with Stutzle & C. Brown has shown that he is becoming a very good puck distributor & playmaker with 2nd line production. And they keep rotating Belleville centres in & out of the lineup on the 4th line until White & Pinto return to action (Kastelic/Bishop/Gambrell). Then they still have Sokolov & Kelly as depth forwards.
Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson
Stutzle - Pinto - C. Brown
Formenton - Paul/White - Gaudette
Sanford - Paul/White - Watson
Chabot - Thomson
Holden - Zub
Sanderson - Zaitsev/Brannstrom
Murray - Gustavsson/Sogaard
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