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With Hoglander waiting in the wings to get into the top nine if anyone starts the season slowly. I expect he’ll bounce back and win more trust from the coach. Dickinson outside looking in if Joshua plays as well as Rutherford says he will. The Horvat line will get the tough shutdown matchups and defensive zone starts.
A fourth line of:
Hoglander Rodrigues Lazar would be even better, if there are any legs to Dhaliwal’s rumour and Rodrigues can be signed cheap.
On D the top four will stay the same to keep last year’s chemistry at the end of the season going. Rathbone will get lots of preseason minutes and first dibs at the third pair left side, but he better play well as he won’t get much rope. Dermott and Burroughs will fight over the last spot on the right side in the top six. There is lots of risk in the bottom pairing. Ideally they’d move Schenn down to the third pair and replace him in the top four; but more likely, they just sign De Haan, a replacement for Brad Hunt’s depth spot, if Poolman is out.
OEL Myers
Hughes Schenn
Rathbone Dermott
De Haan Burroughs
Pettersson's play will depend on his strength and conditioning. How easy is it for defenders to physically neutralize him from the play. Time for him to get beyond the drinking game Sedin stage of his career. If he has passed that phase, all bets are off on his ceiling.
Over the Internet, you can pretend to be anyone or anything.
I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:55 am
So we are gifting the untried Rookie guy from another league the first line wing spot before we see him in training camp?
Asking for a friend.
That’s a definite maybe. Kuzmenko looked really good skating all by himself yesterday.
It’s either the lines above or Bruce might try nationalizing the lines hoping for chemistry - all Yanks, all Ruskies, all Canucks, all Swedes
Cherry Picker wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 11:18 am
It’s either the lines above or Bruce might try nationalizing the lines hoping for chemistry - all Yanks, all Ruskies, all Canucks, all Swedes
Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:55 am
So we are gifting the untried Rookie guy from another league the first line wing spot before we see him in training camp?
Asking for a friend.
Dont forget our 1st round pick this year is a bad choice based upon a few games in a no nothing junior series played in Alberta.
Topper wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 6:37 am
Pettersson's play will depend on his strength and conditioning. How easy is it for defenders to physically neutralize him from the play. Time for him to get beyond the drinking game Sedin stage of his career. If he has passed that phase, all bets are off on his ceiling.
He appeared to take a pretty big step forward as last season wore on. He looked the strongest I've seen him yet.
Video of him pushing weights around this summer hopefully means he's adding some lumps onto his pipecleaners
Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:55 am
So we are gifting the untried Rookie guy from another league the first line wing spot before we see him in training camp?
Asking for a friend.
Dont forget our 1st round pick this year is a bad choice based upon a few games in a no nothing junior series played in Alberta.
Training camp can't start soon enough.
In which he was recovering from mono and was a last minute decision to attend rather than rest up for his hockey season.