2019-20 Utica Comets Thread

[Googlie]

Cull teaching the young Nucks how to sit on a lead.  5 - 1 became 5 - 3 and now we can't complete a pass !

 

Oh - hadn't realized we were again on the PK. ..... that's why

 

 

 

Edited December 12, 2019 by Googlie

[Googlie]

Wow - Boucher in a spirited fight!

[Googlie]

Yeah - Mikey seems so composed, a lot changed from his emergency insertion last year when he was ventilated.  Good puck handler too, as is Demko

[Googlie]

5 - 4. Comets have just stopped skating

[Googlie]

Boucher comes out of the penalty box, corrals the puck and gets an empty netter

 

6 - 4 final

 

Assists go to Baertschi and Sautner,  so I guess they combined to put it in a place for RB to do his corral n shoot thing

Edited December 12, 2019 by Googlie

[dpn1]

Boucher gets a Gordie Howe hat trick. Goal Assist and a fight.

[86Viking]

Great to see Lind putting up points, does he play with an edge to his game and hit guys quite a bit and get under the oppositions skin? If so, if he keeps showing improvement he could be another dare I say better version of what Virtanen is or what we would like him to be on a regular basis. Big IF that is!!

[Boudrias]

16 hours ago, higgyfan said:

The players rehabilitation and training is far more important, than a bunch of whining fans.  Besides, Bo' situation was a different matter altogether.  He wasn't returning from knee surgery.  I remember a lot of fans were questioning the idea of bag skating Olli at the time.  I had no idea regarding the game situation in Utica.

 

One thing I do question in the article, is the statement 'full knee reconstruction'.  I'm not sure if that was the case.

 

Sorry to Utica fans.  I inadvertently posted this in the wrong forum,

Your posts on Joulevi’s TOI management is shocking quite frankly.! If the Canucks were somewhat careless a year ago it does not seem like anything has changed. Perhaps this last period of sitting out was a change in approach. Did senior management have to step in? The coverage during this last ‘injury’ was non existent. It doesn’t lend itself too a lot of confidence in the org.

[Gawdzukes]

On 12/12/2019 at 9:33 AM, Boudrias said:

Your posts on Joulevi’s TOI management is shocking quite frankly.! If the Canucks were somewhat careless a year ago it does not seem like anything has changed. Perhaps this last period of sitting out was a change in approach. Did senior management have to step in? The coverage during this last ‘injury’ was non existent. It doesn’t lend itself too a lot of confidence in the org.

You guys are so way off in your assessment. 

[Boudrias]

3 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said:

You guys are so way off in your assessment. 

I could be out to lunch for sure. My comment was not an assessment just a observation. Not much to go on. I guess I can understand that the organization wants to sheild their players as much as possible. I was adding to the Juolevi angst which I should have been smarter not to have done. My bad.

[Gawdzukes]

15 minutes ago, Boudrias said:

I could be out to lunch for sure. My comment was not an assessment just a observation. Not much to go on. I guess I can understand that the organization wants to sheild their players as much as possible. I was adding to the Juolevi angst which I should have been smarter not to have done. My bad.

Maybe I'm over protective. I just don't get the constant digging at the guy.

[dpn1]

On 12/11/2019 at 7:08 PM, Canuckster86 said:

Great to see Lind putting up points, does he play with an edge to his game and hit guys quite a bit and get under the oppositions skin? If so, if he keeps showing improvement he could be another dare I say better version of what Virtanen is or what we would like him to be on a regular basis. Big IF that is!!

Kole isn't the physical presence that Jake is but he is a great pest with one fight under his belt so far this year.

[dpn1]

Well the Comets are playing the Sound Tigers (NYI farm team) tonight and half way through the first and the Sound Tigers scored a PP goal making it 1 - 0 Sound Tigers.

[dpn1]

I think the Comets are missing Mikie.  At the end of the first its 3 -0 Sound Tigers.  Lets get it back boys.

[dpn1]

Correction, Boucher just scored and it is 3 -1 at the end of the first.

[86Viking]

Boys lost 5-1 today. Sven with a point

 

1st
0:51		Ben Street (11) None
5:10		Julian Melchiori (2) Joey Anderson (12), Michael Paliotta (1)
2nd
1:24		Ryan Schmelzer (3) Brandon Gignac (6)
11:21		Fabian Zetterlund (4) Egor Sharangovich (5)	(PP)
19:58		Dakota Mermis (2) Joey Anderson (13), Ben Street (18)	(PP)
3rd
7:04		Seamus Malone (1) Reid Boucher (14), Sven Baertschi (19)

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[GoldenAlien]

Nice write-up on Lind and Gadjovich:

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Maybe they’re burning sage in the locker room.

 

Or maybe they’re just avoiding a sophomore slump due to their tireless work, dynamic skills, and newfound level of comfort with the pro game.

 

For the Utica Comets, the second-year duo of Jonah Gadjovich and Kole Lind have been on top of their games after rookie seasons that saw well-documented struggles, and their play is a big part of the team’s success throughout the season.

 

For Gadjovich, who was the 55th overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, keeping confidence has been one of the keys to a quick start after a rookie year that included four goals and 10 points over the course of just 43 games played.

 

“The biggest thing for me was sticking with it,” he said. “I put a lot of work in and I think it’s just starting to click.”

 

As is the case for many young prospects, there is very little attention paid by the public to the challenges of transitioning from playing against teenagers in junior to the best of the best in pro hockey.

 

“People aren’t in the dressing room. They’re not on the ice with me,” the Whitby, Ontario, native said. “They don’t see a lot of the work that we are doing back there. All of that starts to show on the ice and it’s beginning to pay off.”

 

In just 12 games this season, Gadjovich, who was a gold medal winner with Canada at the 2018 World Junior Championship, has earned five goals, already passing last year’s total. But what doesn’t show up on the scoresheet is the type of game he plays. At 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, Gadjovich is a prototypical power forward who has learned that he has to get dirty if he’s going to get the puck.

 

“It’s a role I had success with in junior, but coming to pro it’s a lot different,” he mentioned. “Establishing an identity took a little bit of time and once I understood and found the right way to play that role, I started to contribute and play better. I usually work best within a few feet of the net.”

 

For Kole Lind, who was picked 25 selections before Gadjovich at the same 2017 draft, a rookie year of 17 points was frustrating. Especially considering he had earned 1.63 points per game during his final season of junior in Kelowna.

 

There was a lot of noise surrounding Lind, who turned 21 in October, in regards to his difficulties during his first season of pro hockey. And it was tough for the native of Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, to ignore all of it.

 

“It’s something I take with me and use it as motivation. I think last year I got really down on myself and, obviously I expected more of myself,” Lind said. “This year I’m being positive with things and when the struggles come I’m just going to stick with it and play my game.”

 

But the thing is, the struggles haven’t come, as Lind has been on a tear to start the campaign. He’s blown past last year’s point totals in half the games, and he’s currently on pace to finish the season with over 60 points.

 

“When the chances are coming, I know I’m doing something right,” he added. “I’m going to get better and try to prove people wrong because that’s something I grew up my whole life doing.”

 

Maybe in the case of Gadjovich and Lind it’s more of a sophomore surge than a slump.