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they only have 2 spots open. assuming nd is the 13th forward; which one shouldn’t assume.
unless they move cates or dvorak to the wing that would leave 2 wing spots open. That would exclude the jett.
If one of those 2 is moved, then clearly the 4th line center spot is up for grabs. Abols has been used on the wing in both games. Tells me they probably don’t see him as an option for 4th line center. if they do then odd not to play at center.
never know what will fall on the waiver wire either.
still pushing that brink doesn’t have a spot locked up. good stuff.
What makes you so sure they won’t use either Cates or Dvorak on the wing in season? If Tocchet wants the best possible talent in his Top 9, that’s the way to do it. Cates and Dvorak both are too good to be 4th liners. Abols can win draws. He’s exceeded my expectations so far and that does make a Luchanko decision more interesting. Brink doesn’t have a Top 12 roster spot locked. His situation, along with Deslauriers to an extent, are similar. All other things being close to equal, you go with the bigger guy. Based on last night, Deslauriers isn’t close to equal. He’s a designated fighter. We’ll see how much Tocchet values that. His fight woke the team up a bit last night. I can also see Brink and Deslauriers as 13th and 14th forwards on this team.
who is he competing against?
I think they have 3 spots open up front, 4C and two wingers. Since Abols is in the mix and can play wing or center, really anybody competing for a spot. Grebenkin, Abols, Brink, Bump maybe a couple of others.
As for the Jett. He skates fast, great. Wont mean a damn thing if he can’t produce.
He actually used his speed to close gaps very effectively defensively. He just has to produce more than the guys he’s competing for a spot against.
An offensive zone turnover combined with a bad D pairing change led to the first goal. A weak bleeder on Ersson was goal against two. Suzuki made a shot for the third. Flyers didn’t get enough the other way to overcome that. They were flat and outplayed badly in the first period. After that, the play was more even with the Flyers getting some good chances and both their goals. Bump looked good again. Luchanko looked fast. Kolosov stopped pucks.
Only an idiot like yourself would think they bottomed out last season. You must really love incompetence.
Comparing the flyers and Carolina is so on point for a well-educated flyers fan like you.
Only an idiot would think I compared Carolina to the Flyers there. Logan Stankovic is 5-8, 173 lbs. Say hello to your new favorite
player. He’s a needle mover!https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/stats/_/id/4874899/logan-stankoven
as I said you are a fucking dope. when did they bottom out? working out fine, only a flyers cock sucker would believe that. go flyers.
Everything about you screams “can’t function in civilized society.”
They bottomed out late last season. It’s over now. You can come out of the bomb shelter. Carolina has a lot of small, skilled players. Maybe you should start following them.
it isnt a non-answer. your just dumb.
its not about the players he coached. overall organization wide it set them back a lot.you really are a fucking dope. you have no common sense or smarts. can’t even buy a clue.
That’s really nice language and on a Tuesday no less. Sorry you got frustrated because your brain seized up again when asked a simple question. Pro Tip: Professional athletes are mentally tougher than you are. How did Torts “overall organization wide. . . set them back a lot”? His three years of missing the playoffs got them better draft picks and deadline dumps got them more assets. Now that it’s in the rear view mirror, Torts helped lead to their bottoming out, which “big picture”, is working out fine.
if you took a big picture/long term approach you would understand why.
Thanks for the non-answer. How will the ghost of Torts impact Zegras this year? As far as long term goes, do you think Martone will be damaged by Torts’ ghost?
it is not irrelevant. not sure how one can say otherwise.
How is it relevant? Are players not getting enough sleep because they’re waking up from nightmares of Torts demanding they block shots?
