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Dowling played in every playoff game . Monty trusts him on the 4th line and he's super cheap. Its not a longterm thing .
Not that with just 12 available forwards there's too many things they could do differently.
Guys . Just because Dowling isn’t a high draft pick with a point per game in the ahl doesn’t mean you can’t like him . The guys a smart , reliable player and has earned his spot on the team .
I like this line up the best so far. I’d move Radulov/Pavelski but not a huge complaint.
I think hintz Is definitely gonna boost the scoring this year though and pavelski aswell . If hintz and pavelski can get even 40 points each that’s a good boost .Heiskanen looks like he’s on another level than last year too . If they can get more goals out of the top 6 there won’t be much pressure on the bottom 6 to score , which would likely result in the bottom 6 actually scoring more .Our top 6 looks better this season, but I wouldn't be surprised if Cogliano, Comeau, Janmark, and Dowling all end up with less than 20 points this season and none of them with double digits in goals. That's just unacceptable to have in your lineup. At some point you gotta sacrifice defense for offense and our 3rd line especially plays wayyy too much to not be putting up around 30 points each.
Add to that that Gurianov might not hit 30 points too, maybe not even Perry, and that's a serious issue. They're more of a wild card though, the others are almost a guarantee to not hit it. Janmark could maybe get close but he's not touching 15+ goals again with that shot of his
Faksa is our only bottom 6 guy that's likely to hit double digits in goals
I think Rads is better with faster players. Seguin and Benn play slower anyway. That makes more sense with Pavelski. Also Seguin and Pavelski should work well together . Seguin is consistently in the top5 of shots in the league . You pair that with guy who is known for tipping pucks and you have a good match.
bad depth is better than no depth i guessNothing wrong with having two 4th lines, guise
Not that with just 12 available forwards there's too many things they could do differently.
Nill's bottom two lines are like an MC Escher drawing. Nill somehow managed to make a bunch of changes that resulted in no change.
Nill got rid of four bottom of the roster forwards this offseason in Spezza, Ritchie, Nichushkin, and Pitlick. That's 30% of last season's forward group gone. Yet when you look at the bottom two lines, it's like there's nothing new.
I mean, Guiranov is being set up to fail on that 4th line. Then again, he doesn't deserve top six time right now.
I mean, Guiranov is being set up to fail on that 4th line. Then again, he doesn't deserve top six time right now.
Think we'll see him play with Rads a good chunk when Monty shuffles the lines. He aparently looked very good in the last game against the Blues when Monty put Gurianov and Radulov on the same line .
In a perfect world when Perry comes back Gurianov has played so well that Dowling sits and
Janmark-Dickinson-Perry becomes a good fourth line.
In a perfect world Perry returns as his past self and is a top 6 player for us
I mean thats not happening either way. Perry is too brittle now and he's also too slow now to play with Hintz imho.
Hey,
I am a Canucks fan (I know wrong place), but I’m just curious how Gardner has looked in the preseason. I haven’t been able to watch anything due to work and such.
Mainly curious if he might be getting some big league time as he’s my cousin.
In a perfect world Perry returns as his past self and is a top 6 player for us
Hey,
I am a Canucks fan (I know wrong place), but I’m just curious how Gardner has looked in the preseason. I haven’t been able to watch anything due to work and such.
Mainly curious if he might be getting some big league time as he’s my cousin.
Alright enough that he was one of the last cuts. Coach seemed to like him. There's a chance he's getting called up for upcoming roadtrip as the extra forward and get into games.
In a normal season there's a chance he would've made the roster as an extra forward but with the Stars so close to the cap Stars are only carrying extras when they need them.