GDT: Training camp 2018 (#teamgrit vs #teamgrind)

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Take this with a grin of salt, but I have on good authority he basically just quoted Yogi Berra for fifteen minutes. He wants the guys to be overwhelming underdogs, but not make too many wrong mistakes.

He finished off talking about how he might be ugly, but he never saw anybody score with their face. (I did this in EASHL once. It was amazing)

 

[Canes]

Run through brick walls for Roddy

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

From N&O:

In the first on-ice practice Thursday, Svechnikov often was used with Sebastian Aho at center and Michael Ferland on the opposite wing. Necas centered Teuvo Teravainen and Brock McGinn in the split-squad practice.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I've been saying I want Teuvo on another line before we commit to him. I also firmly believe chemistry isn't guaranteed to carry over seasons, so splitting them up names sense to me. Glad to see them spread things around, even if it's very early.

 

[Negan4Coach]

tbh, when I first read about Team Grit and Team Grind on here, I thought it was just you guys having your typical sarcastic fun.

 

[Unsustainable]

So RBA is part of the Dead Poets society?

 

[BB88]

From N&O:

In the first on-ice practice Thursday, Svechnikov often was used with Sebastian Aho at center and Michael Ferland on the opposite wing. Necas centered Teuvo Teravainen and Brock McGinn in the split-squad practice.

Aho setting up Svec will be a thing of beauty.
It's what Carolinas roster needs.

 

[GoldiFox]

From N&O:

In the first on-ice practice Thursday, Svechnikov often was used with Sebastian Aho at center and Michael Ferland on the opposite wing. Necas centered Teuvo Teravainen and Brock McGinn in the split-squad practice.

Sounds like the aftermath of the Rask injury. Lindholm, Ryan, and Rask are all gone from last year at this moment. That leaves Jordan Staal plus a group of guys with about 20 combined games of NHL experience at the position. Realistically what happens here if Aho doesn’t transition well and positionally Center is too much for a 19 year old Necas?

Is there another historical example of a team with only one actual NHL Center? Please tell me it all worked out and they won a Cup?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Sounds like the aftermath of the Rask injury.

Not necessarily. Rask was in the opposite group as these guys from day 1 so his injury probably had little to do with it . IMO, they know what they have with Aho and TT on a line, they don’t want the two rookies on a line, and want to see Aho at C so it makes sense to try things out in camp. Doesn’t mean it will stay that way.

 

[bluedevil58]

Sounds like the aftermath of the Rask injury. Lindholm, Ryan, and Rask are all gone from last year at this moment. That leaves Jordan Staal plus a group of guys with about 20 combined games of NHL experience at the position. Realistically what happens here if Aho doesn’t transition well and positionally Center is too much for a 19 year old Necas?

Is there another historical example of a team with only one actual NHL Center? Please tell me it all worked out and they won a Cup?

Statistically speaking, teams without a good 1-2 center combo usually don't win cups.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Run through brick walls for Roddy

I want to see a “Klondike bar-esque” commercial series now. “What would you do for coach Rod?”

 

[MinJaBen]

Some early info about the defensive pairings being tried in camp.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Some early info about the defensive pairings being tried in camp.

Those are pretty common sense pairings to me. Fleury-Pesce (or with injury, Fleury-TVR) is a nice bottom pair.

Slavin-Pesce was a great pairing but you don’t keep that together with Hamilton on the roster unless forced to do so.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Ferland-Aho-Svechnikov was not something I considered, but those two large humans can open up a lot of room for Aho to move.

They’re goimg to do ALOT of tinkering over the next 3-4 weeks and hopefully they identify something worth a damn.

 

[Lempo]

Ferland-Aho-Svechnikov was not something I considered, but those two large humans can open up a lot of room for Aho to move.

They’re goimg to do ALOT of tinkering over the next 3-4 weeks and hopefully they identify something worth a damn.

The FAS children. Oh my.

 

[vorbis]

The FAS children. Oh my.

You got a FAS, CAR
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me, myself I got nothing to prove

 

[AD Skinner]

My goalies got a problem
He like bojangles that's the way it is

I'm sorry

 

[vorbis]

My goalies got a problem
He like bojangles that's the way it is

I'm sorry

no you're not

 

[FreshSeabass]

Also this

 

[HisIceness]

You got a FAS, CAR
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me, myself I got nothing to prove

Give me one reason to keep Darling, and I'll turn him back around...

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I realize it's early in camp and it's partly because of Pesce's health issues, but CDH-Faulk makes some sense. Faulk has always "seemed" to play better with a veteran defender as his partner and CDH seems to be a good match for that.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I realize it's early in camp and it's partly because of Pesce's health issues, but CDH-Faulk makes some sense. Faulk has always "seemed" to play better with a veteran defender as his partner and CDH seems to be a good match for that.

That, and Faulk makes more sense to me for second unit deployment. The risks are obvious, but that’s a guy who is best suited to get medium-difficulty minutes.

 

[SaskCanesFan]

Also this

Slavin Hamilton
De Haan Faulk

Is a solid top 4, good mix of offense and defense, good safety net type guy for Faulk as well.

The look of that has me at least considering some of the Pesce for young forward (Nylander, Connor etc) that are proposed. I think that the way the D would be constructed without him could still be very good. The obvious problem is cost certainty. Pesce is locked up long term and reasonable, while Faulk and Hamilton aren't. Will they both be willing to resign? What would the total cost be? If it were possible to answer those questions, Pesce could go for an impact forward to me.

 

[vorbis]

CDH was such a slick pickup. and at the right number after a sluggish UFA market at that.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]