2/11 GDT - Nous Sommes Screwed - Wings vs Canadiens

[redw1ngs 149]

3 minutes ago, The 91 of Ryans said:

Rasmussen had an awful game. Especially in the O zone. But don't kid yourself. Veleno was invisible. 

Both players can be (and have been) way better. 

Im not going off this game. Veleno is the better player imo proved what he can do with good linemates. Rasmusen looks lost out there constantly losing puck battles and getting pushed around by players half his size. He sucks.

[Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083]

10 hours ago, The 91 of Ryans said:

Could this be a 11F -7D night? 

 

 

I am giving my wife a 7D night.

[Jonas Mahonas 1,872]

4 minutes ago, Neomaxizoomdweebie said:

I am giving my wife a 7D night.

bah!

[ely s 458]

It was a really bad game, painful to watch but hey don´t forget were still a rebuilding team and were without our top three fowards. Thursday is a chance to do better.

After the really bad stuff, a few good things. Our three 2022 Calder finalists tried to carry the team which is telling. Nedeljkovic is getting better every game. His skating, puckhandling and passing are real nice traits to have. Seider and Raymond led the team in shots and at least tried to fight defeat.

Another good thing is to see DDK´s ice time reduced.

And could someone send Givani Smith a tutu, he should probably try figure skating, there´s no hitting needed.

[marcaractac 3,963]

10 hours ago, NotTooAbby said:

Ras as a Center is laughable.   No speed or moves.

Trade DK and Gagne for picks.  I'm sick of watching a slow and ineffective DK.  Gagne just takes up space.

Send down Smith and Rowney.   Like someone said before, I like the idea of Smith but he's invisible.  Rowney is nothing special

Keep Veleno up full time.  

Fixed it.

This Ras at center s*** needs to end, unless it's 4C. He's awful at it. Biggest draft bust on the roster, and it isn't even close. 

[marcaractac 3,963]

1 hour ago, big man said:

Couple things about Ras

What I like: His defensive play and neutral zone play is absolutely fine.
What I don't: He's losing 1v1 battles in the O-zone, and IQ around the net is still a work in progress.

He absolutely has no business being a 1C at the current point in time, but then he's also among our top9 forwards in points. He's "Brian Boyle" at the current moment, but for a 22 year old I'm fine with that.

Common theme between Ras and Dekeyser is both are underweight by, at the least, 20 lbs. DK has a medical condition, so we're kind of dead in the water with him on that, but with Ras I'm starting to be concerned why he isn't 20-30 lbs heavier. I remember in Abdeklader's last season here he was focused on losing weight so he could be lighter and faster. I really hope Ras isn't being pushed to do something similar. He's never going to be a fast finesse player. We need him to add the the strength to his frame that comes with that weight so he can win those 1v1 battles and net front battles.

I'm 6ft, and would consider myself naturally thing, but I can push myself to 200lbs if I lift and focus on my eating, without sacrificing athleticism. Ras is 6'6" and only 10 lbs heaver than that. He needs to get to between 230-245 lbs or else he's just a tall awkward stork man.

As long as he remains a lanklet he's never going to be what we hoped he could become.

I think he'd be fine as a third line wing at this juncture. I do like his defensive play, but when it comes to offense he can't make a play to save his damn life. He should be on the wing and forechecking and being a s*** disturber in front of the net. 

Veleno gets some s*** on his ability as a center, but he is far more suited for the role than Ras is. At least Veleno has the tools to become a good NHL center. Ras never had those tools to start with. He excelled on the score sheet as a man among boys body-wise. His 5v5 stats in his draft year showed he was not a good center, and that he racked up all his points scoring goals in front of the net. Let him play wing and do that. 

Maybe Ras should spend next summer working out with Veleno. If Ras had that kind of summer in the gym, we might have something (still not a center though).

[marcaractac 3,963]

2 hours ago, big man said:

Much like Zadina, he seems to force it sometimes. Distinctly remember one play last night where he all of the sudden caught the puck off a rebound that went wide and off the boards behind the net. He was alone on the side of net, and just tried to jam in the near side that the goalie already had covered.

I have absolutely no problem with him moving to wing. Or Veleno moving to wing. But I suspect the Wings desperately want them both to become centers right now. I was a little surprised Suter wasn't given the opportunity at 1C.

Zberg was 6ft 200lbs, and his booty was famous for being unmovable and boxing out his opponents. Ras being only 10 lbs heavier than that at 6 inches taller is pathetic. I really hope they don't have him on some vegetable ass balanced wellness diet. The boy needs to mukbang lil C's and ding dongs.

 

Yeah it's the horrible situation of being thin at center sadly. We will likely continue to see them play that role until we get a shiny new top 6 C that can force him to wing.