kipwinger 8,751 Report post Posted March 18, 2023 Not much of a game, but Edvinsson looks really solid defensively. 1 Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mackel 763 Report post Posted March 18, 2023 43 minutes ago, kipwinger said: Not much of a game, but Edvinsson looks really solid defensively. He's looked pretty good... Zadina has looked awful. Slow to process the game and getting man handled physically. Not that he's alone there... this team needs to add some tough, defensively capable players or we're going nowhere. 1 Akakabuto reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
town123 231 Report post Posted March 18, 2023 Ed-doggie doggie looked better than I thought he would, first game and all. Even got a nice wrister off on his only chance. Zadina? Marshmellow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas Mahonas 1,872 Report post Posted March 18, 2023 2 hours ago, mackel said: He's looked pretty good... Zadina has looked awful. Slow to process the game and getting man handled physically. Not that he's alone there... this team needs to add some tough, defensively capable players or we're going nowhere. The good news is I believe we have 3 capable defensemen in Seider, Edvindson, and Walman. And we SHOULD have Johansson and Wallinder at capable status by the 2024-25 season. We need Lindstrom to take a step forward next year, or he needs to be replaced. But Im feeling pretty good about our backend. Now for the bad news. We only have (4) good forwards in Larkin, Raymond, Kasper, and Rasmussen. The rest of our lineup REALLY sucks. Copp, Perron, Kubalik, Zadina, Veleno, Fabbri, etc - they all skate too slowly, dont win puck battles, and dont bring ONE OZ of toughness to the rink. Not saying we need to chop them all, but we have to start playing players that can skate and tilt the ice the other way. So going into next year, Im hoping for one more bad season to have a decent 2024 TDL and get a decent 2024 2st rounder. Trading Perron, Kubalik, Husso, and Chiarot at the deadline should net us at least one more 1st and one more 2nd. For 2024-25 Opening Night: Kasper - Larkin - Raymond Berggren - 2023 1st - Mazur 2023 1st - Copp - Rasmussen Foligno - Veleno - Soderblom Walman - Seider Edvinsson - 2024 1st Johansson - Lindstrom Wallinder Cossa 2024 UFA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Axl Foley 334 Report post Posted March 19, 2023 6 hours ago, Jonas Mahonas said: The good news is I believe we have 3 capable defensemen in Seider, Edvindson, and Walman. And we SHOULD have Johansson and Wallinder at capable status by the 2024-25 season. We need Lindstrom to take a step forward next year, or he needs to be replaced. But Im feeling pretty good about our backend. Now for the bad news. We only have (4) good forwards in Larkin, Raymond, Kasper, and Rasmussen. The rest of our lineup REALLY sucks. Copp, Perron, Kubalik, Zadina, Veleno, Fabbri, etc - they all skate too slowly, dont win puck battles, and dont bring ONE OZ of toughness to the rink. Not saying we need to chop them all, but we have to start playing players that can skate and tilt the ice the other way. So going into next year, Im hoping for one more bad season to have a decent 2024 TDL and get a decent 2024 2st rounder. Trading Perron, Kubalik, Husso, and Chiarot at the deadline should net us at least one more 1st and one more 2nd. For 2024-25 Opening Night: Kasper - Larkin - Raymond Berggren - 2023 1st - Mazur 2023 1st - Copp - Rasmussen Foligno - Veleno - Soderblom Walman - Seider Edvinsson - 2024 1st Johansson - Lindstrom Wallinder Cossa 2024 UFA Copp and Perron don't bring toughness? Which team are you watching? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas Mahonas 1,872 Report post Posted March 19, 2023 16 hours ago, Axl Foley said: Copp and Perron don't bring toughness? Which team are you watching? Both were minus 3 yest. They suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Axl Foley 334 Report post Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Jonas Mahonas said: Both were minus 3 yest. They suck. +/- has nothing to do with toughness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redw1ngs 149 Report post Posted March 20, 2023 Veleno is a good skater wins puck battles and adds toughness/physicality. Provides nothing offensively but good bottom 6 shutdown c. Zadina has skill plays hard but is soft as butter. 1 Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
