Kinda OT and speculation, but Frida Backlund just posted tickets to St Paul Minnesota on her instagram. Maybe insight that Backs is travelling with the team and could be back soonish?
Not saying I totally called that or anything... but…
I was under the impression it was the knee on knee from Marchessault in the VGK game.I got curious and checked Välimäki's games played and the shift chart from his last game, and then watched it at nhl.tv. Nothing there (last shift was PK at the end of Vegas game late November) so did he get hurt in practise?
I was under the impression it was the knee on knee from Marchessault in the VGK game.
Seem to remember it's like halfway through the 3rd? Sorry I can't find any clips on it.Do you happen to remember the time this happened?
Seem to remember it's like halfway through the 3rd? Sorry I can't find any clips on it.
I see Stone still being the 7th instead of Prout. I honestly think Vali going down to the A is the right move right now.As we start to turn the corner on the new year, any updates on Valimaki and Stone's progress? What happens when we have a healthy Valimaki and Stone, assuming that there are no further injuries to our d-core. What happens to Kylington? Can you really send him back to Stockton after he's played so well? Can we send Stone down to Stockton for an extended period for "conditioning"? I assume that Valimaki will go down to Stockton for conditioning purposes. What happens when he's ready to return to the NHL?
Would rotating Kylington and Valimaki in and out of the lineup be a valid option once Valimaki is ready to return? Kylington currently has played 14 games with the Flames and Valimaki played 22 before his injury. I suspect that by the time that Valimaki is ready to return Kylington will have surpassed Valimaki's games played.
I think so too. Valimaki’s all around game and attributes are superior to Kylington’s. It is closer than I expected and age my also play a factor. We’re pretty much locked up on the left side, for the next couple years, and one of these kids will be moved or in the AHL.I think Kylington is still below Vali on the depth chart.
Yes the one drafted higher gets the edge when everything else is equalI don’t know that one is ahead of the other. Has one player between Oliver and Valimaki done anything to separate themself from the other? I think at this point they have to be ranked pretty much even.
For me it's more about the things that Oliver can do vs. the things Juuso can do. I don't think there's anything Oliver does that Juuso doesn't (Juuso shows good skating and a great first pass, as well as good offensive awareness and an eye for the gaps to jump into), whereas there are things on the defensive side of the puck that Kylington can't match. Take that play where we tied the game late against...... Washington? The hit at the blueline to set up the tying goal. That isn't something Kylington can do. Similarly, there isn't much he can do if he gets trapped against the boards without a way to skate out of it.I don’t know that one is ahead of the other. Has one player between Oliver and Valimaki done anything to separate themself from the other? I think at this point they have to be ranked pretty much even.