Who will be the two forward callups?

[cgf]

Hoping to see Bourke and Rendulic

 

[Chileiceman]

Hoping to see Bourke and Rendulic

Keep hoping then

 

[cgf]

Keep hoping then

lol ok, I will. Bourkey should have a good shot at the next call up after smith and Sgar.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I think Hishon should be next but it doesn't look like it's happening. He was pretty good in the playoffs and is heating up in the AHL. Now or never really.

 

[Avs For Life]

Last time Sgarbossa was called up was disappointing. Im hoping this time will be different.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

Last time Sgarbossa was called up was disappointing. Im hoping this time will be different.

Being on the 4th line coached by Sacco doesn't really leave you with a lot of opportunities...

 

[tigervixxxen]

I don't know if any rookies will be given consideration this season but I guess if Injuries keep piling up they might. That might be the biggest thing that would hold Bourke back but he's playing fantastic. It wouldn't be merit that keeps him off the list. Hishon had a good weekend so a few more of those and he'll be in consideration too.

 

[shadow1]

I want to see Hishon and Rendulic based on pre-season, but I don't think that will happen.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Have to shoutout to Smith that by missing today's Monsters game is the first game he's missed in 5 seasons.

 

[Nihiliste]

I'm pretty interested in seeing Smith play at this level. He's got a lot of skill, but he's small enough that you don't have to be a size queen to wonder about his ability to hang at the NHL level.

 

[Freudian]

Smith, Bourke and Hishon all are undersized, but they don't play intimidated and they seem to have above average awareness. I'd be happy if one of them turns out to be a NHL regular in the future. That seems like a realistic outcome.

 

[cgf]

Smith, Bourke and Hishon all are undersized, but they don't play intimidated and they seem to have above average awareness. I'd be happy if one of them turns out to be a NHL regular in the future. That seems like a realistic outcome.

Yeah, had a long debate about it in the summer with someone on here, but I could see any of Smith, Bourke, Hish or Sgar becoming legit middle 6ers in time. Though if even one of them becomes even a quality bottom 6er I'll be happy.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Looking forward to seeing Sgarbossa play and getting a sense of the type of player he is.

 

[Pokecheque]

Have to say I wasn't terribly impressed with Sgarbossa, but it's hard to get a feel for a player in only 10 minutes of ice time. Same with Colin Smith. I'm pretty sure he all but disappeared after that unfortunate turnover. Some of that is on Guenin IMO who shouldn't have passed to him with a bunch of Montreal players just sitting there high in the zone waiting to pounce. Guenin had time to make a smarter play, Smith didn't. Kid's got some amazing wheels though.

I do think Roy is making a mistake in putting Briere in a 3rd line role. Tanguay did just fine in elevating a couple grinders, Briere should be somewhere in the top six. Briere's just no good (and yes I know he scored a goal last night) in the bottom six.

 

[tigervixxxen]

You don't touch the top 6 right now though, the lines finally make sense and Tangs shouldn't go to the third line.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I thought Sgarbossa showed good things offensively. Unfortunately, Talbot just decided he wanted to hold onto the puck all day yesterday, so he didn't have the puck too much. He showed real nice speed on his rush in the first, which might have been his first shift.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I thought so too. He was right in the thick of things for Briere and Barrie's goal. He made some decent passes and hustled.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I said in the GDT, but I wouldn't be surprised if they try to swap Smith with someone else like Hishon after last night.

 

[Pokecheque]

You don't touch the top 6 right now though, the lines finally make sense and Tangs shouldn't go to the third line.

Tangs did just fine on a "third" line earlier this season. Better to have three working lines than two working lines and two lines Roy simply doesn't trust. And McLeod-Briere-Talbot, which finally emerged later in the game, doesn't make much sense as a line either.

 

[tigervixxxen]

@DrewSpevak: Only four skaters on the ice and they are Bordeleau, Vincour, Sgarbossa and Holden

I wonder if Smith is getting replaced. And Holden. Lol

Yes Tangs was great there earlier but what's working now shouldn't be forsaken to give Briere a little more to work with.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Both Smith and Sgarbossa need to bulk up a ton. I mean they were just getting bullied out there. Sgarbossa has a ton of skill, but not ready at this point against NHL sized dmen. I would love to see Elliott get called up and Holden scratched.

 

[Foppa2118]

Both Smith and Sgarbossa need to bulk up a ton. I mean they were just getting bullied out there. Sgarbossa has a ton of skill, but not ready at this point against NHL sized dmen. I would love to see Elliott get called up and Holden scratched.

I thought Sgarbossa looked pretty strong in his defense battles. Both physically and in how effective he was. Better than Duchene actually for that matter, though we only saw a few shifts where he was really tested.

His defensive awareness and strength along the wall was actually the first thing that jumped out to me, because it was markedly improved from his last stint in the NHL.