Prospect Info: Ryan Poehling Part 4 (No MB talk)

[calder candidate]

If Poehling is able to step in the NHL and fill the 3 rd line C that should the best acquisition MB makes...
It could able us to move Domi to the wing and make 3 really solid and reliable line.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

If Poehling is able to step in the NHL and fill the 3 rd line C that should the best acquisition MB makes...
It could able us to move Domi to the wing and make 3 really solid and reliable line.

Yeah Domi moving back to the wing should be on the table but really only if Poehling or Suzuki can get it done as top 6 Cs.

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

Yeah Domi moving back to the wing should be on the table but really only if Poehling or Suzuki can get it done as top 6 Cs.

Not this year anyways. But Poehling has had a very impressive progression so far and his karakter is pretty neat.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Watching Ryan Johansen yesterday had me thinking that’s what Poehling could look like in a few years.

 

[calder candidate]

Yeah Domi moving back to the wing should be on the table but really only if Poehling or Suzuki can get it done as top 6 Cs.

He don’t need to be top 6, right now
Danault and KK are doing pretty good
Drouin Danault Gallagher
Domi KK. Armia
Tatar Poehling Shaw
Lehk/Byron Thompson Weise

 

[Hins77]

I like Poehling, but 3 goals in 25 games in U, is not a guy who gonnas score 30 goals in the NHL. My expection about him is more a good 3th center in the NHL. I doubt about his futur production..

 

[Saundies]

I like Poehling, but 3 goals in 25 games in U, is not a guy who gonnas score 30 goals in the NHL. My expection about him is more a good 3th center in the NHL. I doubt about his futur production..

Brady Tkachuk scored 8 goals in 40 games last year and is doing pretty well this year. College production isn't an indicator of anything, I've learned.

 

[Sterling Archer]

I like Poehling, but 3 goals in 25 games in U, is not a guy who gonnas score 30 goals in the NHL. My expection about him is more a good 3th center in the NHL. I doubt about his futur production..

Keep in mind how young Poehling is compared to his opposition and how he dominated his age cohort at the WJHC. If he was in the CHL he’d be tearing it up so don’t put too much stock into his college stats.

He had the tools and the toolbox to be a very effective NHLer for a long time. Might take a few years until he’s a no. 2 center like it took Danault but his learning curve had been amazing to watch as he gets better and better every year.

 

[BrendanGallagher11]

Brady Tkachuk scored 8 goals in 40 games last year and is doing pretty well this year. College production isn't an indicator of anything, I've learned.

Hes also a winger not a center
You guys gotta lower your expectation a bit here
Poehling isnt nhl ready

 

[Mrb1p]

If Poehling is able to step in the NHL and fill the 3 rd line C that should the best acquisition MB makes...
It could able us to move Domi to the wing and make 3 really solid and reliable line.

Moving a first line 1B type C to the wing... how about no.

 

[Habs Halifax]

I like Poehling, but 3 goals in 25 games in U, is not a guy who gonnas score 30 goals in the NHL. My expection about him is more a good 3th center in the NHL. I doubt about his futur production..

You don’t need to score 30 goals to be a top 2C. Do you have any more evidence that says he is a 3C and not a 2C?

 

[Habs Halifax]

Hes also a winger not a center
You guys gotta lower your expectation a bit here
Poehling isnt nhl ready

Poehling is the closest NHL ready prospect we have.

Poehling is A winger?

 

[HOPE]

Poehling is the closest NHL ready prospect we have.

Poehling is A winger?

He was saying tkachuk is a winger.
And poehling being NHL ready is nearly impossible to know. He does play a pro game, has a decent physique for his age and has been playing older guys for a long time! He hasn’t player a pro game yet neither any pre season on rookie game! But yeah i would also assume he’s our closest NHL prospect, doesn’t mean he’s ready either! I would personally like to see him in laval for a little before!

 

[Habs Halifax]

He was saying tkachuk is a winger.

Looked like he was talking about Poehling. My bad. That’s why I avoid using He when talking about a player now. Just say his name each time

Who is saying Tkachuk is a center? And how does this apply to Poehling?

 

[HOPE]

Looked like he was talking about Poehling. My bad. That’s why I avoid using He when talking about a player now. Just say his name each time

Who is saying Tkachuk is a center? And how does this apply to Poehling?

He was refering to the post where the guy was stating that tkachuk had 8 goals in 40 ncaa games and was having a better NHL year than his ncaa wich doesn’t tealy indicate anything.

He replied that tkachuk is a winger not a center and that we need to lower expectation for poehling!

(My thought would be that he said that in a way to say that it’s easier to adapt to the NHL and pick it up faster as a winger than a center) and he doesn’t believe poehling is NHL ready, wich is a fair bet!

 

[Habs Halifax]

He was refering to the post where the guy was stating that tkachuk had 8 goals in 40 ncaa games and was having a better NHL year than his ncaa wich doesn’t tealy indicate anything.

He replied that tkachuk is a winger not a center and that we need to lower expectation for poehling!

(My thought would be that he said that in a way to say that it’s easier to adapt to the NHL and pick it up faster as a winger than a center) and he doesn’t believe poehling is NHL ready, wich is a fair bet!

It’s always a safer bet to say any prospects is not NHL ready before they turn pro. It’s true

But Poehling is our closest NHL ready prospect IMO. It comes down to who he fights for to win a role. Hard to imagine having two top 3 centers age 20 or under with our roster next year right?

 

[Hfbsux]

Brady Tkachuk scored 8 goals in 40 games last year and is doing pretty well this year. College production isn't an indicator of anything, I've learned.

It was pointed before that Peohling's role on the team depends on the coach. He is a great team player and will play how the coach tells him to play. His coach uses all 4 lines almost equally, so he will balance them. He was playing on a line with both of his brother last I heard. His brothers aren't really what you call offensive players.

 

[Schwang]

Hes also a winger not a center
You guys gotta lower your expectation a bit here
Poehling isnt nhl ready

Some here were thinking playoffs

 

[calder candidate]

Moving a first line 1B type C to the wing... how about no.

He is our worst C on face off, doesn’t bring anything at center that he wouldn’t be able to bring has a winger, Push all are winger down one spot, I don’t see the issue if the overall line up is better.

 

[Eegs]

Watching Ryan Johansen yesterday had me thinking that’s what Poehling could look like in a few years.

Poehling has a much better motor than RyJo. Johansen often looks like he's playing in slow-motion. Johansen reminds me of a poor man's Getzlaf. I think Poehling has less offense than both but will be better on the D-side of things.

 

[Mrb1p]

He is our worst C on face off, doesn’t bring anything at center that he wouldn’t be able to bring has a winger, Push all are winger down one spot, I don’t see the issue if the overall line up is better.

Who f***ing cares about faceoffs, it's an useless stat, more often than not the "winning" side loses the puck two picoseconds after.

He's a top line C, why in the bloody hell would we move him away from there to accomodate all our centers that are WORSE than him ??? He should be 1C until Kotkaniemi is ready to take over, and then 2C until Poehling is ready to take over, and TBH, if it's never, were going to be just fine, he's a better C than Turris or Little.

 

[Sorinth]

If Poehling is able to step in the NHL and fill the 3 rd line C that should the best acquisition MB makes...
It could able us to move Domi to the wing and make 3 really solid and reliable line.

Why would we want to move Domi to wing? He might be the first center of ours to hit 70 points since Plekanec did it almost 10 years ago.

People have been complaining about our lack of a #1 center for 20+ years and we finally have a guy whose producing like a #1 and we want to move him to wing. And the reasoning behind this is to make room for a rookie on the 3rd line? That's just insane.

 

[Hfbsux]

Why would we want to move Domi to wing? He might be the first center of ours to hit 70 points since Plekanec did it almost 10 years ago.

People have been complaining about our lack of a #1 center for 20+ years and we finally have a guy whose producing like a #1 and we want to move him to wing. And the reasoning behind this is to make room for a rookie on the 3rd line? That's just insane.

Call me crazy but the goal of this theory is to optimize our quality of play on both side of the puck.

 

[Hfbsux]

Who ****ing cares about faceoffs

I do.

 

[Sorinth]

Call me crazy but the goal of this theory is to optimize our quality of play on both side of the puck.

Except having Domi go from 70 points as a center to the 50 points he's shown as a winger isn't going to optimize our play. It's going to make use worse period, it also likely does nothing defensively since Poehling has 0 NHL experience at the moment.