If that's the case, I will accept being a dumb idiot (I always suspected).
I also commend his commitment to the joke. He played it off as a legit report on the air.
I don't know man, Dhaliwal was reporting it on the morning show on 650. I think it might actually be legit. Either that, or I'm a dumb idiot. Could be both!
I was upset that we didn't take Glass, but I spent an hour researching Pettersson afterwards and was happy by the end of it. The draft is such a $&!#show. You just can't make immediate judgments.
To be clear, I wasn't suggesting that he was in trouble, but rather that he had the tools to cope with the physical game. The tools in question being elusiveness and resilience.
He got roughed up a bit against LA, but it didn't seem to phase him which is great. He's elusive and is able to avoid big hits for the most part, but he will be targeted. As long as he can keep his head up and avoid the big hits, he'll be fine.
The Virtanen thread was also moved from the prospect section so it has all of the draft and development talk. Bo got a new thread in the roster section.
I'd be interested in seeing a "2nd line" of Eriksson - Pettersson - Virtanen and a "3rd line" of Leipsic - Sutter - Gagner/Grandlund.
Obviously, it would depend on if Pettersson will start as a C, but Eriksson could provide a defensive presence and Virtanen could provide speed and physicality. The Sutter line looks like a decent checking line with he ability to score.
There's so many options right now though. I'm excited to see how it pans out.
Thank you for the response. I thought, with the amount of players you listed, you were predicting an entire "offensive B line". That's my mistake. Sorry for the confusion.