Player Discussion: Mathieu Joseph

[The Macho King]

serioiusly want point kucherov joseph line

Eh - Johnson is like a rich man's Joseph at this point. I honestly don't think the lines need a lot of tinkering. Joseph on that fourth line makes it even harder to play against.

 

[DFC]

Yeah. I like when all of our lines can produce. The Point line is kind of deadly right now. Stamkos has gone quiet again. But we have three effective lines at the moment.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Yeah. I like when all of our lines can produce. The Point line is kind of deadly right now. Stamkos has gone quiet again. But we have three effective lines at the moment.

Stamkos is still playing well most games honestly, just having trouble getting on the scoresheet.

 

[DFC]

Stamkos is still playing well most games honestly, just having trouble getting on the scoresheet.

I think he's been okay. But he's definitely not at the level he was at a week or two ago. He had a stretch where he was shooting 4 and 5 times per night. He hasn't been attacking the net as much since the Florida game, although I still think he's been fine.

 

[ccman68]

I think he's been okay. But he's definitely not at the level he was at a week or two ago. He had a stretch where he was shooting 4 and 5 times per night. He hasn't been attacking the net as much since the Florida game, although I still think he's been fine.

I think Gourde losing the puck every time he touches it and Palat feeding the opponents more than his teammates might have something to do with it.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

I think Gourde losing the puck every time he touches it and Palat feeding the opponents more than his teammates might have something to do with it.

Probably Stamkos still gets on the board during the PP though hopefully he can get some even strength points tonight. He would require some help from Gourde and Joseph/Palat.

 

[The Macho King]

Gourde's going through a bit of a rough patch, but I think the line was buzzing much better when Palat got up there. Joseph and Gourde are kind of redundant skillsets, so unless you're going to build an entire line of 100% balls to the wall speedsters, Stamkos slows them down too much.

 

[Sky04]

I take back the Brown comparison, guy has definitely turned it up.

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

He was great tonight. A big part of the comeback

 

[DFC]

He's quietly up to 8 goals.

 

[Steazy Doo]

He's quietly up to 8 goals.

Would be awesome if he could hit 20 with no PP time.

 

[DFC]

Would be awesome if he could hit 20 with no PP time.

Half of his assists are short-handed. LOL

 

[VoluntaryDom]

He's quietly up to 8 goals.

Make that 9

 

[RANKKA]

put this guy to the first line?

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[These Are The Days]

I can do that but I don't want to

 

[JoVel]

Let's see him do that in an actual game and then I'm impressed.

 

[LightningStrikes]

The Lightning have posted the top-10 plays of the first 40 games on Facebook - two of them were Joseph goals.

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[teddygmr]

I see he got 2 assists last night even though he played the fewest minutes on the team. I wonder if his ice time will improve significantly next year?

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

coopers gonna coop till the bitter end but this kid has skillz not sure longterm if will be joseph or raddysh who plays with kucherov and point but id say one of them will sooner rather then later

 

[DFC]

I have no issues with the way he's been used even though I think he's capable of more. We're winning, and that trumps everything else.

Joseph is versatile enough that I don't think there's any harm being done with limiting his minutes. He'll be an important factor in the coming years though as the cap forces us to shed some salary. Joseph is one of the reasons we, as a fanbase, aren't overly worried. He looks to me like a guy who could replace a 20-25 goal-scorer pretty easily. And his playmaking is arguably better than his goal-scoring, but he hasn't really had a chance to show it off yet.

 

[The Macho King]

A) we're deep on RW with Kucherov, Gourde, and Miller.

B) He's young - there's no reason to give him so much responsibility before we know he can handle it.

C) He adds an element to the fourth line that makes it an absolute pain in the ass to play against. We have 4 lines that can score.

 

[RegularSznAllStars]

A) we're deep on RW with Kucherov, Gourde, and Miller.

B) He's young - there's no reason to give him so much responsibility before we know he can handle it.

C) He adds an element to the fourth line that makes it an absolute pain in the ass to play against. We have 4 lines that can score.

Agreed. Having four lines that can roll is gonna be huge come playoff times. Spread the wealth.