Speculation: Roster Building Thread VII (2019/2020)
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Oscar Lindberg
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Quinn giving Howden a long leash isn't exactly something new. Howden was pretty awful at times last year and still got fed minutes.
I got nothing to say about player development right now really I just don't really like Howden's game at the moment
that said, rather a young kid with maybe soem upside get a shot rather than riding the Strome train to bust land
I sure as f*** don’t like him in the top nine. Am I wrong to? Is that a biased opinion? Come on.
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Smith doesn't belong in the top 9... but neither do Haley and McKegg so it is kind of a non issue.
Fitzy
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With the current roster at forward the bottom 6 is gonna be pretty mediocre no matter how you assemble them. It's basically 4 4th line level players and two wildcards (Strome and Andersson) filling it out.
The important thing is to find the right guy for the 2nd line to give us two functional scoring lines with chemistry.
I also don't think Quinn is tanking. If NYR really, really struggle this season, I think he loses his job. NYR may not have gone into this season thinking playoffs right away, but it's a big warning sign if we finish bottom 7 again.
The important thing is to find the right guy for the 2nd line to give us two functional scoring lines with chemistry.
I also don't think Quinn is tanking. If NYR really, really struggle this season, I think he loses his job. NYR may not have gone into this season thinking playoffs right away, but it's a big warning sign if we finish bottom 7 again.
How does that make it a non-issue?? The fact that those are alternatives makes it a bigger issue.
With four games played, where he went to become ready for that role? It's probably going to be at least 2 weeks before he is called up again.
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I don't see his job being at risk this year unless his questionable roster decisions moves from "not optimal but defensible" into "WTF" territory.
Hire Sather
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what would make you think he would be called up? That assumes that he was not sent down to work on things and learn to play center but simply cause they wanted to play strome more which would be completely untrue.
He played 75 nhl games last year. He was penciled in as the 2C. He obviously didn’t impress in a very small sample size but he went down there and was Hartford best player. He didn’t go down there and mope like Andersson did last year or Kravtsov has done. That should have gotten him back up here when we clearly don’t have a 2C option.
I’ve said it a ton of times but 20 year old centermen all need to learn to defend well. Not many are as gifted as he is. You live with the growing pains. He imo earned a call back up. And should be given that shot over Howden.
I’ve said it a ton of times but 20 year old centermen all need to learn to defend well. Not many are as gifted as he is. You live with the growing pains. He imo earned a call back up. And should be given that shot over Howden.
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The only thing Chytil proved in camp this year is that Andersson deserved to be on the team and he didn't. No rush to call him back up until Howden, Strome, & Andersson have all been given a longer look and Chytil has played at least couple dozen games as a 1C in the AHL. His growing pains should be there for the time being.
Who don’t you guys like in the bottom 6?
Andersson everyone thinks is a star player so should be an advantage for us no?
Fast everyone loves even though he’s been terrible for years (that one I can’t wait to move)
Lemieux legit everyone here loves.
Strome scored 18 goals for us last year. Legit third line player.
McKegg was a 4th liner on a very good Carolina team that made the ECF
so it’s just Smith? He’s been pretty good honestly.
Andersson everyone thinks is a star player so should be an advantage for us no?
Fast everyone loves even though he’s been terrible for years (that one I can’t wait to move)
Lemieux legit everyone here loves.
Strome scored 18 goals for us last year. Legit third line player.
McKegg was a 4th liner on a very good Carolina team that made the ECF
so it’s just Smith? He’s been pretty good honestly.
I agreed with that. Andersson was a much better option as a 4C than Chytil was. So I agreed with that move. However with Namestnikov traded and Strome struggling AND Chytil going down to Hartford and playing extremely well, this would be a good time to reward that effort.
The problem is that we have a first line, 2/3 of a second line, and then two fourth lines.
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And this was known to be a distinct possibility going into camp this year.
The fact that Gorton was able to shed Namestnikov with cap cap coming back will allow him some maneuverability to pick up guys as the season moves along when they become available. Be that through waivers or trade. Teams will be looking to bank cap space or will have a young player they prefer over a vet that may help the teams bottom-6.
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Lack of depth is a huge issue (or is a huge issue if mgmt plans to fight for a playoff spot, anyway) but which bad player plays where on the bottom 6 wings isn’t really an issue at all.
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I think if we had a second line center, and one more anchor on the left side of our defense, we'd be in a significantly different thought space.
But the absence of a true second line center trickles down through out the roster, and the the lack of an anchor on the left side of the blue line puts the defense in a precarious situation where it has little margin for error when trying to keep the team in games where the offense doesn't match up particularly well.
But the absence of a true second line center trickles down through out the roster, and the the lack of an anchor on the left side of the blue line puts the defense in a precarious situation where it has little margin for error when trying to keep the team in games where the offense doesn't match up particularly well.
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Smith has actually been ok so far, no problem promoting him. Maybe they feel Howden's size will help Kakko and Kreider? I dunno, I'm willing to give it a shot. I still think Chytil is back before November.
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