Wood Stick
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Let's assume Smith and Bertuzzi are out a bit after watching those horrible injuries.
One forward and one D.
One forward and one D.
Ott comes in, Kronwall comes back. No call ups
Jurco+Kronwall. Is a call-up needed after that? Would like to see Russo if so.
Everyone. Like me who is voting for svech just wants the quality player. We all know it would be nosek or callahan
Jurco+Kronwall. Is a call-up needed after that? Would like to see Russo if so.
Ott comes in, Kronwall comes back. No call ups
Everyone. Like me who is voting for svech just wants the quality player. We all know it would be nosek or callahan
Ott and Kronwall were the extras. We still need extras.
I'd go with Nosek or Callahan and use them as the 13th forwards for the next few games until Jurco has a handful of AHL games under his belt.
Then my call-up would be Jensen if it's for the press box, but if there's a road trip, I'd bring up Russo. He has an NHL future. Jensen doesn't. We need to see what he's got before it's all said and done.
Edit: People seem to be forgetting that Marchenko is injured right now - not scratched. Kronwall was our #7 tonight. We need another defenseman with Smith and March out, even with Kronwall and XO in.
I think Nick Jensen plays over 100 games in the NHL. Jensen can PK a bit. I just don't see the need for all of Green, Sproul and Russo.
I'm not going to say Jensen definitely won't get 100 NHL games with some team - bizarre things happen when injuries strike - but I would confidently bet against Jensen playing more than a sporadic ~35 games in the NHL.
We disagreed about this in the other thread, where it wasn't really the place to debate, but here I'll say that I don't think Jensen has NHL IQ - Russo does. Jensen is the safer player at the AHL level, sure, but that means next to nothing at his stage. He's a comfortable minor-league vet, Russo still has an unpolished ceiling to reach.
As for having Green/Sproul/Russo, I don't see the problem. For all the (relative) defensive diatribes against them, Green and Sproul are more than competent defensively, and Russo, at this level, wouldn't be the risky player (he's never been that guy to begin with). In my opinion, he's the inverse of Jensen because of their IQ - Jensen is the confused guy at this level; Russo is the simplified guy at this level.
We have pretty much nothing to gain from calling up Jensen. He's not what the team needs now or in the future.Do you remember when everyone talked about Landon Ferraro for years coming up and taking Drew Miller's and thriving? He came up and got destroyed at this level. Couldn't even clear the puck on the PK. I think it's a similar case with Russo. I don't think he's ready.
Russo definitely played sheltered minutes last year and ran into trouble at times. I know it was preseason but he looked pretty bad this season there. I think Nick Jensen can come up and honestly, maybe fit in well with Kronwall or Ouellet. His skating is too good. He'd be passable in sheltered minutes. I'd be okay with Russo if we didn't have Green and Sproul playing an offensive role.
Sproul already plays a sheltered role defensively. Jensen makes sense to me. Russo gets a bigger role in Grand Rapids.
Well considering Svech doesn't look very good in the AHL calling him up is probably a poor idea.
Yes, yes, yes.
Get me defensemen that can move the puck in transition competently.