1984Echoes Posted Monday at 03:21 PM Posted Monday at 03:21 PM I feel like we are missing a thread... so here it is. And I didn't want to lose conversations in monthly game threads so I thought it better to put them here...\ Such as the trade deadline, Griffin call-ups, line combinations, etc... Speaking of which: I like Chiarot SOOOOO much better on the 2nd pair with ASP. I think I had gotten locked into Seider on 1st pair and Edvinsson on 2nd pair (to keep at least one of them on the ice at all times...) That I hadn't wrapped my head around: 1) Getting Chiarot to lesser minutes and lesser matchups would be a huge plus for the Wings (this I already felt KEENLY) and that that should include pushing Simon up to 1st pair and putting Chiarot to 2ns pair... Why didn't I think like this? I had him locked into 3rd pair in my mind. 2) Simon is still a kid. Making mistakes is still in his learning curve. So, putting him together with ASP turned into... UGGH!!! 3) Chiarot may be slower, but at 2nd pair, he's a better vet presence for ASP. Less exposed. More experience to chat into ASP's ear. I think this is a huge plus for ASP's learning curve. 4) ASP is not big. Chiarot is. I like this pairing. Quote
buddha Posted Monday at 03:33 PM Posted Monday at 03:33 PM i think seider played much better last night. very physical. unsurprisingly, edvinsson looks much better next to seider than he did next to asp. the vegas game will be a big test. vegas is big and physical, the kind of team that has given the wings a lot of problems in the past. Quote
buddha Posted Monday at 03:33 PM Posted Monday at 03:33 PM griffins are 7-0. seems like the vets are driving it, though. Quote
1984Echoes Posted Monday at 03:51 PM Author Posted Monday at 03:51 PM (edited) Mazur, Lombardi, Toumisto (surprisingly?), Cossa and Postava (and Wallinder a little bit too) are also huge drivers for that nice start. Mostly the vets... But I like the overall team-winning and maybe that helps the kids over their learning curves as well...? Some of the kids are playing quite nicely. Not that that tells us that they are NHL-ready yet... (corrected a misspelling...) Edited Monday at 03:52 PM by 1984Echoes Quote
buddha Posted Monday at 04:24 PM Posted Monday at 04:24 PM 32 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said: Mazur, Lombardi, Toumisto (surprisingly?), Cossa and Postava (and Wallinder a little bit too) are also huge drivers for that nice start. Mostly the vets... But I like the overall team-winning and maybe that helps the kids over their learning curves as well...? Some of the kids are playing quite nicely. Not that that tells us that they are NHL-ready yet... (corrected a misspelling...) mazur is hurt. tuomisto? why do you say that? because he had a goal yesterday? Quote
buddha Posted Monday at 04:28 PM Posted Monday at 04:28 PM lombardi is the one young player who has really shone out. danielson and mazur have been hurt. mazur got 3 goals on opening night and not much since. Quote
1984Echoes Posted Monday at 04:44 PM Author Posted Monday at 04:44 PM 12 minutes ago, buddha said: mazur is hurt. tuomisto? why do you say that? because he had a goal yesterday? 8 minutes ago, buddha said: lombardi is the one young player who has really shone out. danielson and mazur have been hurt. mazur got 3 goals on opening night and not much since. Are goals truly the only thing that counts with you? Because... There's more to hockey than only goals... Carter Mazur has a goal and two assists in 4 games after his opening night. This is what you call "not much"? Oh, and a plus 7 on the season so far. Probably with some vet help... but a +7 in 5 games tells me he's playing his part in 200-foot hockey. Which, he always has... I didn't even mention Danielson, because he's only played 4 games. But 5 points and a +2 in those 4 games? Sounds like another "not much" per your standards, amiright? But I'll take it. Tuomisto: 4 points and a +3 in 7 games. Sounds like another "not much" per your standards, amiright? But I'll take it. Quote
slothfacekilla Posted Monday at 04:45 PM Posted Monday at 04:45 PM Mazur and Danielson are still over a ppg at least I think it is a good thing they added the vets to the Griffins roster, it seemed like last season the team really suffered from not having that element. It certainly is a better team in front of Cossa which is what I was hoping for so he'd have a better chance for sustained success. Danielson not having to literally do everything for the Griffins should allow him to maybe focus on his offense a bit. 1 Quote
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