Chad Thundercock
Slayer
Send him down. He seems not ready to compete against men just yet. Soon enough, there's no need to rush him.
Maybe. Conversely I don't see a good reason to send him back though.
No need to burn an ELC year on this garbage, especially once the NHL pace catches up to him later on in the year
quick question! If he goes down...does that mean Grigorenko is coming up?
I'd hate for Grigo to be on the 4th line as a Center....that would be stupid beyond belief by this organization.
quick question! If he goes down...does that mean Grigorenko is coming up?
I'd hate for Grigo to be on the 4th line as a Center....that would be stupid beyond belief by this organization.
quick question! If he goes down...does that mean Grigorenko is coming up?
I'd hate for Grigo to be on the 4th line as a Center....that would be stupid beyond belief by this organization.
Sadly, I think Reinhart (and to some extent Zadorov) became victim of Nolan's believing that if he gives young guys more chances because of their draft position, etc, he's doing a disservice to the team.
Ted Nolan's place is on a team with a bunch of marginal veteran guys whose owners are trying to spend as little as possible. Not on a team who is trying to actively develop, train, and foster a youth movement.
When your team gets shutout 4 out of 6 games...it's time to give the kids a fair shot with quality linemates. And when you have players playing as bad and Benoit and Strachan, it's time to give Zadorov more than a 7th d-man look.
To sit there and say they haven't "earned it" when the veterans have just been historically awful is an insult to the younger players (and the fans)
I think Reinhart should stay, but Nolan needs to go. He's just not the coach that this team needs right now. He's a bad fit.