Johnny HFBOARDS
Trade you!
If Petan gets some space, he's gonna look real good tonight, he's slick, watchout for the-Petan* ( it's a nice sauce pass coined by Buff)
And the team gets smaller...finally a player that can penetrate Chara by going between his legs.
I have nothing against Petan but I don't get how you can scratch Ennis. He's been producing on the 4th line with limited minutes, and just scored two big goals versus Montreal and Buffalo last week. What does he have to do to stay in the lineup? Petan should have waited for his turn in the press box. No reason to scratch Ennis
Petan is a long way away from being a replacement for Kappy...Petan is good insurance for the next few years. He is an RFA so he doesnt have much track record and will sign a small deal. If Kappy or Mango get offer sheeted they can slide Petan up the lineup and he should produce with better linemates. He is a scorer. If the above mentioned 2 guys come back he can slide into Marleau spot after next year on the 3rd line.
Good opportunities for him
Petan is good insurance for the next few years. He is an RFA so he doesnt have much track record and will sign a small deal. If Kappy or Mango get offer sheeted they can slide Petan up the lineup and he should produce with better linemates. He is a scorer. If the above mentioned 2 guys come back he can slide into Marleau spot after next year on the 3rd line.
Good opportunities for him
I don’t get why people don’t see this, Dubas has flat out said on camera our plan is to have a core of elite players surrounded with a rotating cast of cheap prospects that we draft and hone it the Marlies.
When Ennis signs somewhere next season for three million, other players like him will notice that a year on a cheap deal with the Leafs can pay off big time.
And there’s always going to be another Ennis type player available too, every offseason
He did wait for his turn its not like he said play more or else.I have nothing against Petan but I don't get how you can scratch Ennis. He's been producing on the 4th line with limited minutes, and just scored two big goals versus Montreal and Buffalo last week. What does he have to do to stay in the lineup? Petan should have waited for his turn in the press box. No reason to scratch Ennis
Petan is a pure winger these days. Nobody is replacing Gauthier. Trading Lindholm was Babcock's way of saying he trusts him to be the full time 4C, and with the way he has been playing this season (and especially recently), he has earned it.
Ennis is coming out, and that is perfectly fine. Let him, Moore and Ennis fight for playing time for the rest of the year. That should make Ennis work that much harder to be consistent, because he knows he is the least likely to be around next year, and his NHL future is at the greatest risk.
Dubas wants to prove that you don't need size or toughness to win in the playoffs.And the team gets smaller...finally a player that can penetrate Chara by going between his legs.
This is exactly why Dubas scooped him up. He's a perfect plan B if we lose one of Johnnson or Kap. A kid that we can sign real cheap and has a good amount of upside. Also a nice bonus is that having him ready to jump in takes a little bit of leverage away from Johnsson/Kap in negotiations.Petan is good insurance for the next few years. He is an RFA so he doesnt have much track record and will sign a small deal. If Kappy or Mango get offer sheeted they can slide Petan up the lineup and he should produce with better linemates. He is a scorer. If the above mentioned 2 guys come back he can slide into Marleau spot after next year on the 3rd line.
Good opportunities for him
With Petan's ability to play C, it should be GOAT that sits a game or two. Forming a line of Ennis-Petan-Moore gives us the opportunity to out hustle teams on pucks when they play. They all have skill and speed. Yes they are not the biggest. But most 4th lines in the NHL have bigger slower bodies that bang, thing is that they have to catch the smaller players to hit them. This line would give fits, score and draw penalties with a great forcheck.
This is why I ignore most people who complain about Babcock. Doesn’t matter what he does, it’s wrong.
did i say anything about Babcock? The decision to insert Petan in the lineup was probably Dubas's decision.
Regardless, Ennis has two goals tonight vs. Calgary. Proves my point that he doesn't deserve to sit in the pressbox.