Bill Peckerskull
Fargin' Icehole
JTC still on PP1
Can't demote his son tonight. It would ruin Christmas.
JTC still on PP1
Bednar's favoritism of certain players has always infuriated me. A couple of examples would be Graves paired with Makar and line one. Everyone could see he wasn't a fit there, and was constantly killing the cycle with poor, slow, unscreened shots at the net. Or Nemeth on the PK in the playoffs vs Dallas. He was allowing the stars PP to get every pass that came his way through and across the ice for easy tap ins. And let's not forget about old Jost-y boy. Who was stapled to the second line for what? Two, Three seasons?JTC still on PP1
I'll disagree with you on the Graves thing. He was the best possible option at the time. Who would have been better? And we learned later that we were all wrong in thinking Graves was a third-pairing guy. He's a flawed, but capable top-four defenseman.Bednar's favoritism of certain players has always infuriated me. A couple of examples would be Graves paired with Makar and line one. Everyone could see he wasn't a fit there, and was constantly killing the cycle with poor, slow, unscreened shots at the net. Or Nemeth on the PK in the playoffs vs Dallas. He was allowing the stars PP to get every pass that came his way through and across the ice for easy tap ins. And let's not forget about old Jost-y boy. Who was stapled to the second line for what? Two, Three seasons?
In all those situations, the only change came after a trade or the player left the team. Graves traded, Jost was finally pushed down the line up after we got Kadri and Nemeth walked after his contract was up. It really feels like Bednar is either stubborn as a goat, or is trying to send a message to Joe that "This is our problem and it needs to be fixed".
I'm pretty convinced that Bednar is probably the best coach for this team. With the system we play and his stoic demeanor. But holy f***! It's frustrating looking at our lineups sometimes.
He does it because he wants a right handed player who can take draws. Thing is, he's below 50% on the dot and his shot sucks.I'll admit the JTC thing gets a little frustrating at times (and I hate how he's being used on the power play at present) but I can see why he does it.
A change had to be made with Graves on the top parining. He was killing everything when the top line was out. Everyone knew Graves was gonna send weak shot to the net and he wouldn't stop doing it. Throw anyone else out there just to pass it off and we would have been in better shape.I'll disagree with you on the Graves thing. He was the best possible option at the time. Who would have been better? And we learned later that we were all wrong in thinking Graves was a third-pairing guy. He's a flawed, but capable top-four defenseman.
As for Jost, I think that's as much on management as it was on Bednar, it's clear they wanted to give him every conceivable chance to make good on that 10th overall pick pedigree. He was used as the 2C, 2LW, 3C, 3LW, and so on, every possible role he could've played on the team, he did, including some spot duty with every single member of the top line. It wasn't until that final season that Bednar relegated him to 4th line scrub duty and everyone involved, Jost included, saw the writing on the wall.
I'll admit the JTC thing gets a little frustrating at times (and I hate how he's being used on the power play at present) but I can see why he does it.
All things considered, Bednar does possess some old-school stubbornness, but he's nowhere near as bad as a lot of his contemporaries. He's usually much more willing to take chances on young players for instance.
Unfortunately he's the best option for draws until MacKinnon and/or Landeskog come back.He does it because he wants a right handed player who can take draws. Thing is, he's below 50% on the dot and his shot sucks.
I don't even think his shot is that bad. I think the problem is the time he takes to unleash it. It's like Bura, but nowhere near as lethal.He does it because he wants a right handed player who can take draws. Thing is, he's below 50% on the dot and his shot sucks.
A change had to be made with Graves on the top parining. He was killing everything when the top line was out. Everyone knew Graves was gonna send weak shit to the net and he wouldn't stop doing it. Throw anyone else out there just to pass it off and we would have been in better shape.
And with Jost. The demotion to 4th line grinder corresponds time wise, to when he requested a trade. The writing was on the wall because he wrote it there.
Mack is even worse than JT.Unfortunately he's the best option for draws until MacKinnon and/or Landeskog come back.
You and I remember Graves very differently. Look at the last play of the Vegas series. That was what I constantly saw from Graves. A wide open Makar, but would rather take the shot for himself.Not true. Graves was Makar's defensive partner for nearly his entire rookie season, the season he put up 50 points in 57 games and won the Calder. The following season, Graves was moved elsewhere, but that year he wasn't "killing" anything. 26 points, including 9 goals. Nearly 10 goals is really good for a guy considered a stay-at-home type.
And I have no idea where you're getting that Jost stuff. The team did not demote him as a punitive measure, he was playing like garbage and ended up there, and knew he had no defined role on the team any longer.
You and I remember Graves very differently. Look at the last play of the Vegas series. That was what I constantly saw from Graves. A wide open Makar, but would rather take the shot for himself.
As for Jost. I don't think his demotion was punishment. It was more like, why waste giving this guy prime ice time when he's already requested a trade?