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A real jerk thing
I of course want us to be fast, I just mean that this board automatically thinks fast = desirable, even when the player in question is bad.
I never said that.
I of course want us to be fast, I just mean that this board automatically thinks fast = desirable, even when the player in question is bad.
What has JR said?
I don’t want to completely overreact to a guy brought in to be the 6, but I feel like we just watched an awful d-man in JJ do a lot to sink this squad. I totally get we need bodies in a shortened year, but I dunno. This feels bad.
There are 2 possibilities that really scare me here:
- possible Matheson-Ceci trainwreck pairing. Aka JJ-Schultz 2.0 (Riikola-Ruh legitimately sounds better).
- Ceci plays well, which is great. And we turn around and give him the JJ special.
Just hope they play the best defenders this time around. Without overplaying the worst guys.
Did people around here ever really want him?
Did people around here ever really want him?
Wouldn't Matheson-Ceci be a good mix of a pairing though? Let's be real, both a lightyears ahead of JJ and both are loads better than Schultz's last little bit here. Starting fresh, that's a MUCH more capable pairing than JJ-Schultz.
Daily reminder that Matheson is not a top 4D. If he's in our top 4 it's likely to be a major issue. Ceci is a #6 at best as well. These guys are nooot going to drive play, they're going to need shielding.
Individually sure, but together I could see them giving you a similar impact. Aka a bad pairing.
Grabner is kind of the perfect example. So was Boedker back in the day, or Rieder, or Athanasiou now. Ignoring that our fast guys who have succeeded have almost always been great players on top of being fast.Do you have a specific example?
I mean even Grabner who this forum wanted bad was a pretty good player up until the last few years when age caught up.
Grabner is kind of the perfect example. So was Boedker back in the day, or Rieder, or Athanasiou now. Ignoring that our fast guys who have succeeded have almost always been great players on top of being fast.
That's true, but.The analytics on Ceci say his defensive improvements last year came from not having to handle the puck much in the D-zone (Reilly tended to carry the puck out)
Matheson seems to play a similar style so it could work, and from what I've seen it sounds like the actually were a pair for Canada at one point
That's true, but.
Johnson/Schultz was a catastrophe in part because opposing teams pressured Schultz hard and forced JJ to be the guy to break out the puck. Matheson is no Rielly. I can totally see Matheson either making bad decisions with the puck in transition or Ceci getting picked apart
That's true, but.
Johnson/Schultz was a catastrophe in part because opposing teams pressured Schultz hard and forced JJ to be the guy to break out the puck. Matheson is no Rielly. I can totally see Matheson either making bad decisions with the puck in transition or Ceci getting picked apart
That said, if Ceci plays well...thats good for us. Hoping a player you don't like doesn't play well in order to avoid an extension is a baffling line of logic to me. Why would actively root against a player on the roster? Looking at next year, there's no room for a "JJ special". That money is going to Marino.
By the way, if anyone has some time to kill and misses hockey they can watch Matheson - Ceci here:
By the way, if anyone has some time to kill and misses hockey they can watch Matheson - Ceci here:
I’m not a fan of how he parts his hair so he’s already skating on thin ice.Skimmed this, neither gets a ton of ice time and they seem to play Ceci with Reilly and Matheson with Dumba more often
Not a ton to see, both look to be in some pain after blocking shots if you're concerned they can't do that
Fine skaters with a couple more physical plays
Ceci gets power play and penalty kill time, doesn't look awful doing either
Ceci skates with his stick off of the ice and on his hips a lot, personally a pet peeve so not a huge fan of that
I’m not a fan of how he parts his hair so he’s already skating on thin ice.