Pre-Game Talk: Week of the Return (CHI, DAL, WPG)

[Nzap]

If any of you are able to send questions to the Roy radio show today could somebody ask one about Bigras? Here's my question I'd love to have answered so if somebody wanted to copy and paste it I'd love you forever....

Through 9 career NHL games Chris Bigras is yet to be on the ice for a goal against. How do you feel about his game and is there an opportunity for him to earn some more playing time?

Wasn't he on the ice along with Bodnarchuck when King scored in the 2nd period of the LA game?

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Wasn't he on the ice along with Bodnarchuck when King scored in the 2nd period of the LA game?

Nope, Barrie was.

 

[Tweaky]

Nobody from either team has scored while he has been on the ice in the last 7 games. Talk about a shutdown D

 

[The Kingslayer]

Nobody from either team has scored while he has been on the ice in the last 7 games. Talk about a shutdown D

Thats actually pretty interesting. Bigras wants nobody to score lol

 

[Nzap]

Nope, Barrie was.

That's right.
Remembered wrong.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Nobody from either team has scored while he has been on the ice in the last 7 games. Talk about a shutdown D

He isn't getting much OZ time at all. They seem to like to keep that pair's shifts very short and it's obviously easiest to make a change when transitioning into the OZ.

 

[Metallo]

Grigorenko - MacKinnon - Duchene
Landeskog - Soderberg - Rantanen
Comeau - Mitchell - Iginla/Tanguay
McLeod - Wagner - Skille

Time to convince the oldies they need some rest down the stretch.

This. This is my lineup also.

Iggy, Tangs, Wagner, could all rotate in and out of the lineup and play 2/3 of the game so we don't have an ''isssue'' with our vets being benched for the remainder of the year.

At this point I think I would prefer to have Everberg play good D than have Iggy/Tangs in the lineup sucking the life from their linemates.

 

[dahrougem2]

Grigorenko - MacKinnon - Duchene
Landeskog - Soderberg - Rantanen
Comeau - Mitchell - Iginla/Tanguay
McLeod - Wagner - Skille

Time to convince the oldies they need some rest down the stretch.

Been wanting this for two months now

 

[Tweaky]

Me too.

 

[henchman21]

Will has been returned to San Antonio.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Will has been returned to San Antonio.

And it looks like Martinsen is in for Wagner.

Interesting, a high flying offensive team against Martinsen or Wagner? Which one would you want regardless of Roy's actual roster decision lol?

Wagner can skate, but hes not been that good defensively. Martinsen is pretty much a passenger at both ends unless he hits everything that moves.

I guess I should just s. t. f. u. because Greg is still in the lineup, lol

 

[tigervixxxen]

Picks is starting tomorrow btw. Roy said Varly isn't ready.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Picks is starting tomorrow btw. Roy said Varly isn't ready.

What's up with Varly outside of the civil case? Been out of the loop for the better part of the last week.

 

[tigervixxxen]

What's up with Varly outside of the civil case? Been out of the loop for the better part of the last week.

Physically nothing other than sitting all day in a courtroom for a week and a half.

Roy is usually pretty desperate to start Varly. But the mental toll and the fact he hasn't practiced or been on the ice much I can understand. He also said something about knowing more about Berra soon, so there might be a setback there but I haven't seen the video yet v

 

[CobraAcesS]

What's up with Varly outside of the civil case? Been out of the loop for the better part of the last week.

Roy cites lack of practice time, and Pickard playing well.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

What's up with Varly outside of the civil case? Been out of the loop for the better part of the last week.

Nothing? Possible that his mind still isn't 100% on hockey because going through nearly a week of this trial wouldn't be helpful to anyone. Other then that though Varly is 100% ready to go physically.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Thanks. I guess he'll be back before the end of the week.

 

[henchman21]

Martinsen is pretty much a passenger at both ends unless he hits everything that moves.

The last time Marty got scratched, he came out hitting everything. I'd bet that is what Roy is hoping for.

I really like Wagner, but he should be a 13th forward for a team. A player that can jump in the lineup and provide a bunch of energy, but shouldn't play every night.

 

[CobraAcesS]

The last time Marty got scratched, he came out hitting everything. I'd bet that is what Roy is hoping for.

I really like Wagner, but he should be a 13th forward for a team. A player that can jump in the lineup and provide a bunch of energy, but shouldn't play every night.

I agree Wagner should be a 13th forward. However Martinsen should be a 14th forward.

Hope you're right, Marty does have to be able to catch people to hit them though lol.

 

[henchman21]

I agree Wagner should be a 13th forward. However Martinsen should be a 14th forward.

Hope you're right

You are more generous to Marty than I am...

 

[NateTheGreat]

Marty and Wagner are interchangeable in my mind, given how they've played so far. Two completely different players, they both don't bring much.

Change of topic, but given how responsible Bigras has been so far, do you guys think there's any chance we see Z called up at some point during this playoff push?

 

[CobraAcesS]

Marty and Wagner are interchangeable in my mind, given how they've played so far. Two completely different players, they both don't bring much.

Change of topic, but given how responsible Bigras has been so far, do you guys think there's any chance we see Z called up at some point during this playoff push?

Couldn't be any worse than Redmond on the right side, but I think the biggest factor stopping it is and will be the amount of minutes they want him to play. If we make it past the season and the AHL team does not, I'd imagine he'd be brought up then.

Nothing is safe if we get steam rolled by Dallas though, you never know what Roy will do after a bad loss or two.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Marty and Wagner are interchangeable in my mind, given how they've played so far. Two completely different players, they both don't bring much.

The difference is that Wagner is a center and can penalty kill. He's never been below 53.5% in the faceoff circle in any season of his career. I'll always take the center who can log some defensive minutes over the guy who does nothing but hit. If Martinsen got better defensively, i.e. not chasing his defender, using his long reach better, tighter gap control, etc. then he could PK as well, but it's not happening. Wagner is the more valuable player to a roster, IMO.

 

[cgf]

Wagner doesn't PK well tho.

 

[CobraAcesS]

The difference is that Wagner is a center and can penalty kill. He's never been below 53.5% in the faceoff circle in any season of his career. I'll always take the center who can log some defensive minutes over the guy who does nothing but hit. If Martinsen got better defensively, i.e. not chasing his defender, using his long reach better, tighter gap control, etc. then he could PK as well, but it's not happening. Wagner is the more valuable player to a roster, IMO.

Easily more valuable to the roster than Martinsen. Perfect 13th forward like Hench said.

Wagner doesn't PK well tho.

Hes not Cliche, that's for sure...