Witkowski will end up going down.
Maroon - Paquette - X
Hard to really judge anything just yet.
Maroon - Paquette - X
Hard to really judge anything just yet.
Last year definitely was solid for him. The 3 years before that were pretty bad though so I feel like last year might have been the outlier. Hopefully he proves me wrong though.
He is more of a two way player then Verhaeghe who is struggling to keep in the line up
I don't think he's that much better than Verheaghe in his own zone, both players definitely cheat and look to break out rather than go down deep the help out. Just because he PK's some doesn't mean he's better defensively, he just is a scoring threat on the PK as he's very good shooting on the rush. I can't see how you can say Verheaghe is struggling to keep up? I didn't see the last game but the first two he was on the ice for several of our goals. Last game he had to play with Witkowski which will never make anybody look good.
Slow as far as speed? He doesn’t seem to know what to do a lotVerhaeghe is slow and is panicking with the puck.
Slow as far as speed? He doesn’t seem to know what to do a lot
Both lmao. Slow foot speed and slow decision making.
Staff are kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. The kid isn't good enough to play but he put up tons of points in the AHL and if we waive him someone WILL claim him and after a year or two he might "find" his game.
I doubt they will be split up anytime soon. Maroon was complete garbage until this line was formedThe Lumberjacks (LBJ, but non-political) works, as suggested in the GDT. Fits the chopping thing they do.
Realistically, maybe they just had Buffalo's number and will be split up soon. But I love the enthusiasm, particularly from Gourde, who obviously wouldn't be playing on a 4th line pretty much anywhere else in the league. But he's embraced the role, and they could wind up being a huge asset.
I doubt they will be split up anytime soon. Maroon was complete garbage until this line was formed
Witkowski will end up going down.
Maroon - Paquette - X
Hard to really judge anything just yet.
Can't say you didn't call it
I wouldn't have guessed Gourde.
It makes sense though. The other two guys both have a little bit of offense, and plenty of grind. Gourde has moderate offense and moderate grind. Having him there brings out the best of the other two, rather than having them play a strict heavy game, with nothing else.
“Pest out of control”?Didn’t expect much and was surprised Gourde was added to this line, but did it ever work in Sweden!!
I like Pest Control as a name for their line, except that they ARE the Pests.
Hope they stick together for a while.
Hence, "Hypocrite"Didn’t expect much and was surprised Gourde was added to this line, but did it ever work in Sweden!!
I like Pest Control as a name for their line, except that they ARE the Pests.
Hope they stick together for a while.
The Lumberjacks (LBJ, but non-political) works, as suggested in the GDT. Fits the chopping thing they do.
Realistically, maybe they just had Buffalo's number and will be split up soon. But I love the enthusiasm, particularly from Gourde, who obviously wouldn't be playing on a 4th line pretty much anywhere else in the league. But he's embraced the role, and they could wind up being a huge asset.
Honestly - I wonder if it might be partially because he's so used to getting into the crease and pushed around, having two big bodies to back him up makes him feel his nuts again.I like seeing this too, his buy-in on that 4th line has rejuvenated his own play as well.