Josh007007
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He's signed for 2 years. He'll be a restricted free agent when his contract expires.Is he signed for 1 yr only?
Is it restricted ? Or can he leave buff ?
I love watching the kid play. His analytics are impressive, and there's no denying his strengths and positive impact on the ice.
But if anyone actually pays attention during the game, they will see that he has trouble anchoring and preventing opposing forwards from driving to the net. I've watched bigger forwards literally take him for a ride and deposit him in the crease. Those are the types of things that will drive a coach nuts, and not just Housley, any coach.
Scratching him in favor of players who are demonstrably worse does not address this issue.
This is the whole stats debate in a nutshell. The fact that opposing forwards are capable of "depositing him in the crease" is irrelevant. The question is, "Is he effective at playing hockey anyway?" And the answer to that question is a resounding, "Yes." It's literally the "Moneyball" concept.
Plus, pairing him with Ristolainen creates a perfectly balanced pair - Pilut, who can defend the blueline but not the crease, and Ristolainen, who can defend the crease (in that physical way you are describing, at least) but not the blueline. So, Risto does the dirty work near the blue paint, and if he comes up with the puck, instead of flinging it off the glass, he can dish it to Pilut, who is actually capable of passing the puck to his teammates. Ristolainen has probably had some of the best games of his entire career while paired with Pilut.
The other thing here is timing - the team is coming off a 10-day break. Even if he had a bad game 10 days ago, you're not sending a message coming off a long break like this. You're trying to put your best lineup together and win a game.
Scratching Pilut - if that in fact happens - makes the team less effective. If the coach doesn't understand that, so be it - but the general manager damn well better understand it.
Scratching him in favor of players who are demonstrably worse does not address this issue.
This is the whole stats debate in a nutshell. The fact that opposing forwards are capable of "depositing him in the crease" is irrelevant. The question is, "Is he effective at playing hockey anyway?" And the answer to that question is a resounding, "Yes." It's literally the "Moneyball" concept.
Plus, pairing him with Ristolainen creates a perfectly balanced pair - Pilut, who can defend the blueline but not the crease, and Ristolainen, who can defend the crease (in that physical way you are describing, at least) but not the blueline. So, Risto does the dirty work near the blue paint, and if he comes up with the puck, instead of flinging it off the glass, he can dish it to Pilut, who is actually capable of passing the puck to his teammates. Ristolainen has probably had some of the best games of his entire career while paired with Pilut.
The other thing here is timing - the team is coming off a 10-day break. Even if he had a bad game 10 days ago, you're not sending a message coming off a long break like this. You're trying to put your best lineup together and win a game.
Scratching Pilut - if that in fact happens - makes the team less effective. If the coach doesn't understand that, so be it - but the general manager damn well better understand it.
Is he signed for 1 yr only?
Is it restricted ? Or can he leave buff ?
I'm pretty sure that anyone in favour of Pilut last game results in a win. He was just horrendously bad.
I've been on the Pilut train since day 1 and I called he wouldn't be going back down to the AHL, but costing us 2 points deserves a scratch. It's a learning experience.
The Legend of Larry Pilut's Bad Game continues to grow with each passing day.
Phil's never exactly had a reputation for being kind to the rookies, now has he? We can ask Rob Ray for his POV on that.Scandella is allowed to make errors. He is a total scrub, but he's Housley's pet so he will NEVER be benched, even if he scores a hat trick of own goals
It would be interesting to have some insight into what goes into these lineup decisions. I never understood the fascination with Tennyson either...it was almost as if he looked at hockeydb and said "well, this guy has 100 games experience and this guy doesn't, so go sit down rook".Housley was in love with Tennyson and he isnt even a good AHL dman.
I think its even more buffling this year because Pilut is actually good and the numbers support it too.It would be interesting to have some insight into what goes into these lineup decisions. I never understood the fascination with Tennyson either...it was almost as if he looked at hockeydb and said "well, this guy has 100 games experience and this guy doesn't, so go sit down rook".
Buffling is now my favorite adjective of all time when attempting to explain Buffalo sports.I think its even more buffling this year because Pilut is actually good and the numbers support it too.
Freud made me do it!Buffling is now my favorite adjective of all time when attempting to explain Buffalo sports.
I agree except the player replacing him is Matt Huntwick!.If we are serious about winning that should never happen at any level never mind the pro levelI'm pretty sure that anyone in favour of Pilut last game results in a win. He was just horrendously bad.
I've been on the Pilut train since day 1 and I called he wouldn't be going back down to the AHL, but costing us 2 points deserves a scratch. It's a learning experience.
Is he signed for 1 yr only?
Is it restricted ? Or can he leave buff ?
It would be interesting to have some insight into what goes into these lineup decisions. I never understood the fascination with Tennyson either...it was almost as if he looked at hockeydb and said "well, this guy has 100 games experience and this guy doesn't, so go sit down rook".
Dahlin has had trash games and has never sat, the point that people are making is that they are handling Pilut wrong.I guess the Vancouver game was on too late. Pilut was ****ing garbage that game and as a rookie he deserves to sit after that performance. Antipin was trash btw. Pilut has a good future but he is not perfect.
Benching an 18 year old for a game gets no one firedBenching Dahlin is how you go from "ought to get fired" to "actually getting fired"