Player Discussion: PLD

[Teemusalami204]

I'd have to guess PLD is hurting -
His skating is way off and that is not something that comes and goes based on how "on" your game is.
I agree - this time off might be just what he needs

I want to beleive this. But he can’t be hurting for 4 or 5 months now could he ?? Wouldn’t the Jets just shut him down ?

I seen Him throw a heavy body check last game. I can’t figure it out.

I called wheeler being hurt at the beginning of the year. But I watched him shoot the puck over and over and I could easily tell he had no power. I haven’t been able to find anything with pld.

I don’t want to say he’s just playing “ the shift “ type of hockey but if he’s not hurt what’s going on here ?

 

[surixon]

I want to beleive this. But he can’t be hurting for 4 or 5 months now could he ?? Wouldn’t the Jets just shut him down ?

I seen Him throw a heavy body check last game. I can’t figure it out.

I called wheeler being hurt at the beginning of the year. But I watched him shoot the puck over and over and I could easily tell he had no power. I haven’t been able to find anything with pld.

I don’t want to say he’s just playing “ the shift “ type of hockey but if he’s not hurt what’s going on here ?

I mean look at Morrissey last year vs the second half of this year. I think its clear by now given how allergic he was to contact last year vs how physical he's been lately he was playing hurt.

Dubois hasn't looked right to me for a whil. It depends on the injury. His may allow him to throw big hits but not do other things he usually does really well.

I watched him a lot for Columbus and he's nowhere near as explosive for us.

 

[Teemusalami204]

I mean look at Morrissey last year vs the second half of this year. I think its clear by now given how allergic he was to contact last year vs how physical he's been lately he was playing hurt.

Dubois hasn't looked right to me for a whil. It depends on the injury. His may allow him to throw big hits but not do other things he usually does really well.

I watched him a lot for Columbus and he's nowhere near as explosive for us.

I agree. Maybe it’s a lower body injury preventing acceleration and cuts . He seems to just skate straight and lose the puck in a battle every time he is skating over the opponents blue line. Reminds me of how Kane played kinda

I think you may be on to something here

 

[Whileee]

Yep, I agree.

He's a quick-skating playmaker, who can also score. He isn't a prototypical power forward, IMO, despite his size and strength. If you home in on him during games he's making really good smart, deft passes all the time -- weirdly, he'd have made a heckuva partner for Laine, IMO.

I have zero concerns that he'll continue developing into a very valuable player, and a true 1C. Don't see him accepting Copp/KC money given that possible trajectory.

The interesting thing about PLD is that he plays like a big physical C defensively in his own zone, but more like a speed / finesse C offensively. I just thing he's used to a very different style of offense than the Jets play. At this point, I think he might be most effective offensively on a line that has speed through the neutral zone but then focuses on a cycle in the offensive zone, rather than a lot of criss-crossing routes that Ehlers and some other forwards favour.

Also, I think he does better with a playmaking winger who can dissect opposition (as Panarin did in Columbus). Connor and Ehlers are more about speed and looking to the net. I think Perfetti might be a really good complementary winger for PLD. He can QB offense from LW, while PLD can use his speed and passing to put D on their heels.

Connor-Scheifele-Ehlers
Perfetti-PLD-Wheeler
Copp-Lowry-Vesalainen
Perreault-Gus-Lewis

Jets would have a bunch of cap space for a top D, even with a re-signed Copp.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

I want to beleive this. But he can’t be hurting for 4 or 5 months now could he ?? Wouldn’t the Jets just shut him down ?

I seen Him throw a heavy body check last game. I can’t figure it out.

I called wheeler being hurt at the beginning of the year. But I watched him shoot the puck over and over and I could easily tell he had no power. I haven’t been able to find anything with pld.

I don’t want to say he’s just playing “ the shift “ type of hockey but if he’s not hurt what’s going on here ?

Groin injury? Sure, absolutely.

Not shutting him down in the PO.

 

[Adam da bomb]

Groin injury? Sure, absolutely.

Not shutting him down in the PO.

One can only hope because if he is perfectly healthy and this is the best pld we got well than we need a 2c.

 

[Hunter368]

I hope PLD heals or gets whatever surgery he needs after the season and then I would love to see him train with Mark S during the summer to get into peak shape.

 

[GNP]

We need PLD to come out of his shell and perform, especially if Stastny is not in the lineup.

 

[cbcwpg]

I want to give him until next season to see what we really have… but, damn do we need him now.

 

[LowLefty]

Maybe pressure's what he needs -
A little more added tonight - show us what you can do Pierre Luc

 

[GNP]

Maybe pressure's what he needs -
A little more added tonight - show us what you can do Pierre Luc

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I think your right -- a lot more pressure, and all his home friends and family watching from Montreal.

 

[cbcwpg]

Everyone hoping PLD is hurt because there is no way we traded Laine for someone this ineffective , right?

 

[Guffman]

Some people wanted to give him an 8 year/8 million AAV contract right away lol.

For a team with a lot of centre depth, we seem to be missing centres right now.

 

[sipowicz]

We need PLD to come out of his shell and perform, especially if Stastny is not in the lineup.

good one!

 

[irunthepeg]

He's been Pierre Luc-Dud so far... but I won't write him off after the first season. Hoping he comes to play in games 3/4 and if not, at least next season hopefully. The depth of him and Scheif down the middle (especially if we keep Staz and he plays decently - or if Perfetti makes it as 3C) is great.

 

[Teemusalami204]

His cap space will be the best thing from this trade. If he plays like this until his contract is up . Let him walk

 

[Mbraunm]

He has to be injured-falling all the time and playing very gingerly - there is no other way to explain it

 

[rehf]

He has to be injured-falling all the time and playing very gingerly - there is no other way to explain it

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out, guy was a completely different player in Columbus. You don't just magically become terrible.

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

Hate to say it, but unless PLD has an unknown injury and is trying his best while being hurt, it's put up or get the hell out time.

Pretty sure when we traded Laine for PLD we were expecting more.

We traded Roslo for PLD, and Columbus won the trade.

Who did we get back for Laine?

 

[Mbraunm]

Everyone hoping PLD is hurt because there is no way we traded Laine for someone this ineffective , right?

Exactly-he must be injured. His balance and skating and decision making are absolute trash-not even AHL level. He is playing injured...or there are mental health issues.

 

[Orrrules]

The guy can skate and check but his hands are nothing to write home about. He's another Lowry.

 

[LetsGOJackets!!]

I'm bitter about the way he left Columbus, with that said upfront I am pretty sure he must be hurt. PLD was a horse for us beating TML last year in the playin series & he worked his tail off in the series loss to TB. I thought this season the guy would really become a driving the net power forward, but he seems to have regressed. I'm sure he will figure it out. Not sure it will matter the way Price is playing right now

 

[BigHitter67]

Everyone hoping PLD is hurt because there is no way we traded Laine for someone this ineffective , right?

And Laine is any better ?..lol

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

Exactly-he must be injured. His balance and skating and decision making are absolute trash-not even AHL level. He is playing injured...or there are mental health issues.

If thats the case Im more then pissed at the Jets org for not resting him soon as we had a playoff spot locked up. Or were they to focused on that losing streak?

 

[wabagee]

And Laine is any better ?..lol

Laine played pretty good for us! One good playoff round for pld does not make him better!