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So um. I'm getting a lot of Vatrano like vibes from Donato right now.
Not in the sense that they're the same style of player. But in the same sense that they're getting pushed around out there by NHLers. And more importantly Donato and Vatrano haven't been able to read the play and figure out where they need to be ahead of the play.
Both guys can skate, we know that, but Donato isn't in the right position most of the time and is chasing almost all of the time. You don't see that in Bjork, or even Heinen. If you're going to be a fraction of a second late to every moment in the NHL you're not going to get very far. This was Vatrano's problem whenever he played with us.
This dates back to last year. I thought Donato outside of a few games, was horrible. But he kept putting up points on the scoresheet so it was forgiven.
So a couple more blah games and he goes to Providence?
That’s because he needs to be in Providence. Very simple. I don’t know why he’s not there. That adrenaline short stint is over. He needs some work.So um. I'm getting a lot of Vatrano like vibes from Donato right now.
Not in the sense that they're the same style of player. But in the same sense that they're getting pushed around out there by NHLers. And more importantly Donato and Vatrano haven't been able to read the play and figure out where they need to be ahead of the play.
Both guys can skate, we know that, but Donato isn't in the right position most of the time and is chasing almost all of the time. You don't see that in Bjork, or even Heinen. If you're going to be a fraction of a second late to every moment in the NHL you're not going to get very far. This was Vatrano's problem whenever he played with us.
This dates back to last year. I thought Donato outside of a few games, was horrible. But he kept putting up points on the scoresheet so it was forgiven.
So um. I'm getting a lot of Vatrano like vibes from Donato right now.
donato could very likely benefit from a chance to dominate in the ahl… to me hes still star potential and I want to see him handled correctly. im not sure struggling in the nhl is the way to go {if hes eligible for the world juinors id release him for that too}
and meanwhile we got cehlarik we are going to lose for free like czarik if we don't give him some nhl time. even if he isn't the answer for us at least play him some and see if someone else thinks hes the answer for them
id also suggest we might want to see if lee stempniak kept himself in game shape. sees we are not really doing the right think playing the kids out of position over on the right side. none of them are thriving
plug stempniak in with pastrnak/wagner/accari and the right side will be ok until playoff time when we probably would want to make a rental trade because its not good enough for playoffs
let Heinen/Bjork/cehlarik battle with Nordstrom for the 2 bottom lw jobs behind marchand/debrusk
and then you keep going with backes at 3rd line center with Bergeron/krecji/kuraly
we can give donato a better growth experience in the ahl and if he does tear it up and is ready for a recall before playoffs then its just a huge bonus for us
Many here agree however as some have also mentioned "Donato" carries 2 things some of the players in AHL don't have....NCAA strings and alumni heritage.
Sad but very probably trueoh his last name is absolutely the reason he hasnt made the drive down 95 yet
Its crazy how Donato has not been dropped to Providence already
Bruins have the worst 3rd line in the league. Led by a 4th line winger (Backes)
Team has to make a trade soon. Panarin would be a sweet pickup
I wouldn't even mind getting Nylander.
Healthy scratch tonight, they don't like his puck play off the wallTime to go to Providence. Call up Cehlarik.
Time to go to Providence. Call up Cehlarik.
So um. I'm getting a lot of Vatrano like vibes from Donato right now.
Not in the sense that they're the same style of player. But in the same sense that they're getting pushed around out there by NHLers. And more importantly Donato and Vatrano haven't been able to read the play and figure out where they need to be ahead of the play.
Both guys can skate, we know that, but Donato isn't in the right position most of the time and is chasing almost all of the time. You don't see that in Bjork, or even Heinen. If you're going to be a fraction of a second late to every moment in the NHL you're not going to get very far. This was Vatrano's problem whenever he played with us.
This dates back to last year. I thought Donato outside of a few games, was horrible. But he kept putting up points on the scoresheet so it was forgiven.
Brad Marchand---
245 QMJHL league games
113 AHL games
First 20 NHL games of his career - 20-0-1-1 20pim -3
Ryan Donato
97 NCAA games
First 18 NHL games of his career - 18-6-4-10 4pim -1
Not trying to complete invalidate this, but it's worth mentioning (unless I am misremembering, which is possible) that Brad was mainly given lower line minutes with no PP time for his first 20 games.
That makes a huge difference in that comparison. Numbers don't lie, but there's more to it than that.
My point more so (and I should have been clear) was Donato hasn't played much high level hockey, and three times less than Marchand did at this point in their careers. Donato is basically a "newborn" in NHL terms.