Any healthy roster should include Goc in the the line-up and theoretically centering the fourth line unless some trades are happening. The odd men out should be the wingers. Goc is a better player than Sill, Adams, Farnham, and Arcobello. In which case then wouldn't it be better to try Goc with different combinations of wingers to determine the most effective line?
Scratching Goc instead of Sill or Adams would be a bizzare move.
'Are so abused as a fan base by Bylsma's Tourette syndrome series of random illogical decisions that we just assume any coach is that way?
What I said is logical, and a possibility.
Look, we do not even know if Goc has been scratched. But if he is, as you said, we know what he can do. Perhaps MJ wants to see how some of his harder decisions at the bottom of the roster, who to cut loose, who to keep, can do on faceoffs as a deciding factor? So bench Goc to give them the opportunities to show what they do, or do not, have? Or any of a hundred reasons similar.
What I am saying is that there are good reasons why a coach may do this, if he did it. Just because Disco had no clue doesn't mean we need to assume the same now.
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There is no good reason to play Sill or Adams over Goc. None. Now, maybe Goc won't be scratched, but if he is, there is no actual logical reason to do it.
Except for people who think Tanner Glass is a physical force. Those people see the logic in playing Adams/Sill over Goc.
Any healthy roster should include Goc in the the line-up and theoretically centering the fourth line unless some trades are happening. The odd men out should be the wingers. Goc is a better player than Sill, Adams, Farnham, and Arcobello. In which case then wouldn't it be better to try Goc with different combinations of wingers to determine the most effective line?
If that was the case, then he wouldn´t be practicing longer than the other guys. He probably wouldn´t be practicing at all. Don´t underestimate Mike Johnston when it comes to Craig Adams and company.If he's scratched, it's going to be injury/illness related. There's nothing to suggest that he's in regular healthy scratch territory, given his usage and the lack of any negative comments from anyone in the organization.
Again, Sill at least may be on the same thin ice I talked of above.
Adams? Who the hell knows, no clue what is going on there, as has been the case for a long time now.
If he's scratched, it's going to be injury/illness related. There's nothing to suggest that he's in regular healthy scratch territory, given his usage and the lack of any negative comments from anyone in the organization.
Just like Farnham.
Our recent results against Metro teams and our recent results vs the Flyers don´t give me the same optimism I think that we´re gonna get an ugly win, but this is still the weird post given the current circumstances. It´s classic Hazu, though, so what else is new.I'm soooooo ready to see the Pens CRUSH the Flyers tonight. It won't be even close.
I expect a 6-2 win from the Pens. I can't wait to drink the tears of the desperate Flyers fans HAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Our recent results against Metro teams and our recent results vs the Flyers don´t give me the same optimism I think that we´re gonna get an ugly win, but this is still the weird post given the current circumstances. It´s classic Hazu, though, so what else is new.
I'm soooooo ready to see the Pens CRUSH the Flyers tonight. It won't be even close.
I expect a 6-2 win from the Pens. I can't wait to drink the tears of the desperate Flyers fans HAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA.
HAHAHAHAHAHA