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With the Greene emergency call up, we know who is first up. I’ve not seen anything on Slaggert or heard anything the entire preseason. Did he make the team?
Not exactly. Slaggs is a defensive forward in the bottom 6 and that’s what Greene will be so they called him up over Moore but just my opinion. Wondering if it means Foligno moves up to 3rd line wing and Greene centers line 4?
With the Greene emergency call up, we know who is first up. I’ve not seen anything on Slaggert or heard anything the entire preseason. Did he make the team?
Not exactly. Slaggs is a defensive forward in the bottom 6 and that’s what Greene will be so they called him up over Moore but just my opinion. Wondering if it means Foligno moves up to 3rd line wing and Greene centers line 4?
They had Dach as the 3LW in practice with Greene centering the 4th.
With the Greene emergency call up, we know who is first up. I’ve not seen anything on Slaggert or heard anything the entire preseason. Did he make the team?
Not exactly. Slaggs is a defensive forward in the bottom 6 and that’s what Greene will be so they called him up over Moore but just my opinion. Wondering if it means Foligno moves up to 3rd line wing and Greene centers line 4?
My belief is they want Moore to skate on a line with another fast skater so he and Lardis can learn to play at a faster pace.
Interesting to see 2025 draft choices Scheaffer, Misa and Brady Martin cracked the opening night lineups. ….. Ducks and Sharks are gonna be fun clubs to watch this yr.
I’m in agreement that it’s a good idea.
Would keep the general chat cleaner.
Someone could start it each Game Day by posting the lineups.Does not have to be the same person, just whoever sees the lineup that day.
BM and MH you gonna make a GDT for each game?
I’m not. Happy to stay here.
Fellas, if Frenchy ain’t gonna have a dedicated GDT it’s up to you two to come to a consensus. You guys have done the heavy lifting here at HH. …….. If I had a vote I kinda like a dedicated GDT. As MH says it keeps it (thoughts) cleaner and it provides a time stamp. Something to go back and check on, even if it’s simply the lineups, to see what you were thinking/posting 3-4 months earlier.
Yo Dots, been thinking about me asking you if you were coaching against the Hawks today who do you send your shutdown people out against, Nazar or Bedard. Love the thought exercise and am gonna watch that closely this yr starting with Maurice, who knows a thing or two….
I stand the same, today I shut down Nazar. 2-3-4 yrs from now, in January, don’t know, but today Nazar is the more dangerous player cuz he’ll create more HDC and 10 times more in alones or partial in alones. And, if Nazar starts finishing breakaways with consistency there is no doubt who you should fear and scheme against.
Bedard’s new found speed: It’s all over everywhere you read, Bedard is so much faster this yr. Power’s has a piece I can’t read behind the paywall. 5-6 Hawks talkin it up. ….. Liked hearing Foligno say Bedard seems stronger deeper into his shift. A good sign whether or not it’s fitness, becoming more efficient or both.
I watched him for instant first impression looking at his skating, notably his first step explosion. QUICKNESS, not top end speed. Top end speed is nice to push pace in transition, and backcheck, but quickness allows you to create much more often than top end speed. We saw this 1,000 times with Bedard as a Hawk. He doesn’t have the explosion in his small area game in the HD zones (say 20 ft in) to get shots off. He has an extraordinarily amount of shots blocked cuz of this.
My first impression was the kid is thicker, he’s stronger on his skates, I might wanna say stronger on his stick, a more determined with purpose stride and a nice knee bend. He seems lower to the ice (leverage) and combined with being stronger on his skates he has a nice look to him.
I didn’t notice the speed/quickness in Game 1. I did see increased speed in Game 2 but as of yet I don’t see any difference in short area quickness. …..
What lights my fire most is his fancies v MN, I think. A 53CF% vs a between the dots type club MN is a tough cookie, even their AHLers. Anything near break even on CF for Bedard at yrs end is huge. …….. And, I like that Blashill (new eyes) will have some thoughts……….. I don’t think most Hawk’s fans understand yet how skilled a player Burakovsky is. This guy has top 6 hands and, unless I missed it since I’ve been following him for 5 yrs for fantasy hockey, this guy has some real speed. Noticeable speed and I guess I never realized how big he is. Never know about chemistry but along with TT this guy is the most skill/top type Bedard has played with as a pro. Has the IQ to make plays… We’ll see about his 2 way game especially on a line with Bedard.
I’m in agreement that it’s a good idea.
Would keep the general chat cleaner.
Someone could start it each Game Day by posting the lineups.Does not have to be the same person, just whoever sees the lineup that day.
Maybe see how it goes. If it’s not trafficked enough, people will just end up talking about it in the general chat anyway. No one even comments on Tab’s GDT most of the time. HB had a decent GD following though so who knows!
Maybe see how it goes.
makes sense 👍
A lot of posters/lurkers probably never leave this main thread anyway.
Speaking of going into the offseason and working on improving their first step explosion, last yr Dach came back with the most improved explosion in his feet of any Hawk I can even remember. Kid still disappeared for long stretches, even in the AHL, but he looks a bit different. He hasn’t disappeared so far this yr……. Maybe a switch has gone off and if it did this kid has some quick feet, is a big dude and he’s willing…. Expect he’ll be busy today vs a nasty Florida club.
Not sure I ever saw him even this far developed.
Thought Game 1 Foligno may have hit a wall. He was nowhere to be seen and when you saw him he was far back of the play. His next 2 games he looked like he always did. Looks like he was just getting his reps in like he’s done for 15 or so preseasons.
I always remember Knight playing low going back to The Program but he seems to have been influenced by watching Bob for 3 yrs. Kid plays lower than he did and as we watch today you can see similarities in the two…. Not only is Knight a blue chipper he’s had the great fortune to be Bob’s #2 for a few yrs.
He’ll be tested and I hope he shows well vs the organIzation that took him 14th-ish overall. I’d think a big first game of the season as an NHL #1 would give the kid a boost. Hopefully the structure holds up enough vs a team that’ll slaughter an undisciplined club.
Just started a Game Thread.
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