Just don't play him with Dumba...Put Dumba on the top pair with Suter.
Suter - Dumba
Reilly - Spurgeon
Scandella - Folin
Just don't play him with Dumba...Put Dumba on the top pair with Suter.
Suter - Dumba
Reilly - Spurgeon
Scandella - Folin
I think you read too much into pairings if you think being paired with Spurgeon would mean he gets equal minutes to Spurgeon.
Pairing him with Spurgeon would have him on the 2nd pair in name only... Scandella would obviously still get more minutes... meaning he would take shifts with Spurgeon as well as Folin.
Spurgeon would also exceed Dumba in minutes meaning he would see shifts with Reilly, Scandella and Suter.
I don't trust Reilly's defensive game enough to get 2nd pair minutes. I don't think the Reilly/Spurgeon will work well.
Gross. We replace one of our best defensive defensemen with a guy who often looks clueless in the d-zone. Definitely should have been Olofsson.
If this is solely about Reilly taking Brodin's spot on the PP, that's a mistake IMO.
I can't pretend to know much about Reilly or his game compared to others but what I've seen I like. Hope he plays well.
Yep, he can be very flashy on offense, but has his lapses on defense.I would compare him closely to Dumba. Both have some flash and dash, both like to take chances, and both have a tendency to get burned on occasion.
I would compare him closely to Dumba. Both have some flash and dash, both like to take chances, and both have a tendency to get burned on occasion.
Gross. We replace one of our best defensive defensemen with a guy who often looks clueless in the d-zone. Definitely should have been Olofsson.
If this is solely about Reilly taking Brodin's spot on the PP, that's a mistake IMO.
I would compare him closely to Dumba. Both have some flash and dash, both like to take chances, and both have a tendency to get burned on occasion.
I'm with you.
I'm not down in Iowa, so I'm definitely giving the benefit of the doubt to the Wild staff as to who is more fit to come up. Kind of disturbing to me that Olofsson is not considered ready enough to see NHL time.
Why? He's been injured the past 2 years? Let him play big minutes and continue to develop. For all we know this is just the initial callup and their spots could be swapped in a week or two.