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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Nov 3, 2015 12:45:29 GMT -5
Nice to see some haven't forgotten Michael Bournival ... I've tried looking him up and there's no statistics for him for this year ... is he injured? ... I guess in hindsight we could have gone with some youth, but I understand the low-risk signing by Bergevin ... Semin will be back in the lineup eventually ... maybe during an injury or if the team goes on a slump ... we'll see, I guess ... Cheers. Post-concussion symptoms. Has not played yet anywhere, but has been skating lately. He has to be cleared by doctors before he can be assigned to St. John's (since the Habs have a full roster). I hadn't realized he still suffered from that ... who, in your opinion, would warrant a call up if it ever came down the pipe ... Cheers.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Nov 3, 2015 12:51:00 GMT -5
Post-concussion symptoms. Has not played yet anywhere, but has been skating lately. He has to be cleared by doctors before he can be assigned to St. John's (since the Habs have a full roster). I hadn't realized he still suffered from that ... who, in your opinion, would warrant a call up if it ever came down the pipe ... Cheers. My dark horse right now is Bud Holloway. 27 year old from Sasky that the Berg signed in the offseason. Was playing in Europe, and has not played in the bigs yet. Mathieu Darche v 2.0? He has been near the top of the AHL scoring race so far this early season. Looks pretty skilled in the highlights I have seen. A potential winger for an under-performing second line? I would guess that Hudon, Andrighetto and Thomas are likely the next younger guys to be considered. McCarron does not need to be rushed. Hudon has a lot of hockey IQ. I like his chances down the road.
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Post by Doc Holliday on Nov 3, 2015 13:04:32 GMT -5
...for the price I considered Semin a simple hit or miss. Either he bounces back from a bad year and provides us with that much needed top 6 winger, or he's just a player fading in the sunset. This organization doesn't need to worry about Semin, he had a precise role to play, didn't do the job, thanks for trying. We don't him in the bottom 6, we have plenty of good options there I feel.
That said, to me the problem of that line is deeper than Semin. Eller has qualities but his offensive decision making is plain awful. He doesn't see the play devellop, doesn't know where he should be or who to pass to... ....and now Lars is caught because the bottom 6 is working like it never did when he was there (aside from mini-streaks)...
Galchenyuk is caught with an has-been and a never-will-be...
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Post by Skilly on Nov 5, 2015 10:44:22 GMT -5
My view is what did he do that was so egregious that he had to be taken out of the lineup of a team that was 9-1 ? He was the weakest forward and had a number of ghastly turnovers which led to goals. In MT's book that is time to sit especially when there are capable forwards to fill the spot such as Byron who has more than filled the spot. I suspect there was also a thought that Semin was holding back the Chucky Eller line. We'll see but it seems he may not have been the problem. We will have to disagree ... he wasn't even close to being the weakest forward. He wasn't producing, I'll give you that, but the line was and he was back-checking ... not all the forwards can claim that.
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Post by Skilly on Nov 5, 2015 10:49:58 GMT -5
Post-concussion symptoms. Has not played yet anywhere, but has been skating lately. He has to be cleared by doctors before he can be assigned to St. John's (since the Habs have a full roster). I hadn't realized he still suffered from that ... who, in your opinion, would warrant a call up if it ever came down the pipe ... Cheers. That would depends on the need. The top performers on the farm are Holloway, Thomas, Hudon and Andrighetto. But they are all fairly smallish. But McCarron has been a beast on the boards and in front of the net.
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Post by habsorbed on Nov 5, 2015 10:58:56 GMT -5
He was the weakest forward and had a number of ghastly turnovers which led to goals. In MT's book that is time to sit especially when there are capable forwards to fill the spot such as Byron who has more than filled the spot. I suspect there was also a thought that Semin was holding back the Chucky Eller line. We'll see but it seems he may not have been the problem. We will have to disagree ... he wasn't even close to being the weakest forward. He wasn't producing, I'll give you that, but the line was and he was back-checking ... not all the forwards can claim that. I've always found that players seem to back check a little harder when they have just turned the puck over
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Post by Skilly on Nov 5, 2015 12:01:49 GMT -5
We will have to disagree ... he wasn't even close to being the weakest forward. He wasn't producing, I'll give you that, but the line was and he was back-checking ... not all the forwards can claim that. I've always found that players seem to back check a little harder when they have just turned the puck over True, but that wasn't the case for Semin. He was back checking for other players.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Nov 5, 2015 12:08:48 GMT -5
Semin should be playing. The second line needs a kick start.
Yet another free agent signing or traded-for asset (albeit they all have had a few warts) banished to the dog house.
Yeah, that strategy has worked so well for the team to date.
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Post by seventeen on Nov 5, 2015 13:22:32 GMT -5
It certainly does seem that Bergevin signs a skill guy and Therrien doesn't play him, or plays him on the checking line. Either the guy doesn't adapt quickly (as Fleischman has done) or Therrien just doesn't like the guy. The second option is not good for management team chemistry. The coach and GM have to be on the same page. There's been no indication that anything is awry, but Bergevin's pretty good at hiding that sort of thing. Extrapolating that line of thinking, I wonder if Tinordi is in the middle of some tug of war, or I could simply be reading way too much into something simple.
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Post by folatre on Nov 5, 2015 17:45:40 GMT -5
The Habs lack top 6 forwards. For long season and playoffs, it is not logical to play guys unsuited to produce enough with Galchenyuk and somehow hope Stanley Cup contention will result from such strategy.
Flynn is borderline NHL player. Eller is checking centre.
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