So if Cogs, Malgin and Helm are out, what's our 4th line for the playoffs look like? LoC - Chunky - Meyers?...... That's really not ideal.
GDT: PENULTIMATE REGULAR SEASON GAME: Aves/Jehts, Decidedly Un-Epic GDT
- Thread starter Pokecheque
- Start date
dahrougem2
Registered User
Nah I assume tomorrow we see Eller between Newhook and O'Connor, which would leave Meyers between MacDermid and one of Foudy/Galchenyuk.
Looked like a dislocation at first glance.
Lol. Everyone is forgetting LBN' today.
I don't see Bednar putting Dermy in the playoffs unless he has too. I would like to see Foudy again though.
expatriatedtexan
Habitual Line Stepper
- Aug 17, 2005
- 16,637
- 12,089
I'm not sure the mindset of a champion works that way. I would never blame the player or the coach for an injury, even in the final game of the regular season. If they are nursing something real, sure give them the night off, but if they are good to be playing, they need to be rounding into form and trying to really cement any last-minute chemistry they can.
This is going to be fun damnit. I insist you enjoy the playoffs good sir.
dahrougem2
Registered User
Lmao always forget the guy is even on our team. He'll be on that 4th line with Meyers and MacDermid.
Bednar hasn't played Dermy on the 4th line for a while now. As odd as it sounds, I think he actually likes him better as a defenseman.
Respect
I'll bitch and complain all year, but when the dance starts heros are born in adversity. Our f***ing young ass core of superstars know that.
Mack, Mikko, Makar, and now maybe a crazy f***er goalie who I think should get maybe a Vezina nod is what we have playing for us.
I'm not SeaEagals lol, but..
That's literally a player who is clearly the best in the league, a center who is #2 with #3 far behind, a winger who is probably in the argument for best in the game, and a top five goalie that is just realizing his potential.
No, we're never out until we're out with this core.
Mikko sounds like he just wants to take his nap on the plane already.
Let Georgie have this to hold over Igor's head.
Bill Peckerskull
Fargin' Icehole
dahrougem2
Registered User
There's no way Georgiev isn't up for the Vezina, right? He won't beat Ullmark but he's got to finish top three.
Bednar is old school, maybe learned to adapt a bit, but if George wants the net tomorrow it's his IMO.
- Jul 25, 2006
- 31,118
- 21,452
I will enjoy it for sure. I just want healthier possible lineup to enjoy it even more. The Landeskog news bummed me out when I first saw it but then convinced myself that they’ll be fine and will overcome it. Now Cogliano and Malgin get hurt. I just don’t want anymore freakin injuries in the last freakin game of the season.I'm not sure the mindset of a champion works that way. I would never blame the player or the coach for an injury, even in the final game of the regular season. If they are nursing something real, sure give them the night off, but if they are good to be playing, they need to be rounding into form and trying to really cement any last-minute chemistry they can.
This is going to be fun damnit. I insist you enjoy the playoffs good sir.
If I rested players, it wouldn’t be Cogliano and Malgin. It would be guys like Toews, Byram, MacK or Mikko. So I can’t even be mad at Bednar for Cogs and Malgin getting hurt, but for the love of god just don’t lose anyone else tomorrow
Those guys are important. Malgin, it's whatever. He has a huge chance. Cogs has had to play up too.
Think about LOC, he couldn't play up in the lineup much because he was basically used to going flat out for 4th line minutes. Ask LOC and Cogs to go flat out the only way they know how for more minutes. What happens? They become less effective quickly. LOC is establishing himself as a 3rd liner, still can't finish, but he's there I think in his overall game.
Our 4th line was a huge part of the cup win. We need that one bottom six line who is fast and can create some miss matches. That's what they're trying to bring back.
Avs_19
Registered User
- Jun 28, 2007
- 84,775
- 32,710
- Jul 25, 2006
- 31,118
- 21,452
I think everyone is important this year since there is no Landeskog, Kadri and Burakovsky. They just don’t have the same depth. Even without guys like Cogs and Malgin their absence will be noticeable
Yeah, I'm just fighting the crowd who still think Malgin is some replacement level player. I think especially all things considered. He's important.
Altitude radio seemed to think puck to the face so, despite likely missing tomorrow, he should be ok for round 1 I hope.
Bill Peckerskull
Fargin' Icehole
RECKLESS
Registered User
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1,155
- 2,154
One guy back, two guys out.
This is the way.
This is the way.
UncleRisto
Not Great, Bob!
Nope, I’m the practice admin, not a therapist.
Regardless, no advantage was to be had by waiting.
McMetal
Writer of Wrongs
- Sep 29, 2015
- 14,144
- 12,132
Fifty wins (maybe 51) is an incredible accomplishment for a team that has had this much adversity. For all that we bitch about the team, we should step back and think for a second about how impressive it is that we've won 50 games while missing so many key players. Just imagine how f***ed the West would be if we were as healthy as Dallas. It's easy to imagine 10 more wins and rubbing shoulders with Boston this season.
