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3 minutes ago, The King said:

Hoglander needs to be playing with Petersson and Miller, and for that matter should sub-plant  Boeser on the Power play. Hoglanders skill set, speed, and will is a better match with Petey.

 

Thoughts?

Yeah, that PP goal from Boeser sucked.

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Am I the only one who gets to make you laugh
Laugh until you cry?
Am I the only one who asks you to go
Go on without me?
Am I the only one who loves when you leave
Your hair down in front of your eyes?

 

And who
Who do you think I am?
And who
Who do you think I'll be
Without you?

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2 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Disagree with the switch 5 on 5.  I do wonder if Boeser is best utilized on PP1.  He doesn't see much puck time with Miller back on PP1 so I wonder if it's best to spread the talent out and make him a focal point of PP2.

I wonder if it would be a good idea to take what's working so well (Miller, Horvat and Brock's chemistry) and break that up on a functioning PP.  Even if you play Gaudette as the right handed shot down by the goal (which should be viable) I wonder if PP 2 has enough play-making or other skill around that would enable his check not to be draped all over him, since teams would probably know how lethal his one-timer is by now?  He's also not a Tyler Toffoli type to have a sudden and quick release, but seems to rely more on a load up and hammer the puck.  Unless he plays the bumper on unit 2 and have the offense flow through him I'm not sure that's the best way to utilize his skill set.

 

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12 hours ago, The King said:

Hoglander needs to be playing with Petersson and Miller, and for that matter should sub-plant  Boeser on the Power play. Hoglanders skill set, speed, and will is a better match with Petey.

 

Thoughts?

I disagree.  No need to over-exert a young and developing kid in Hoglander.   If anything, I’d rather see him play with Gaudette and Virtanen on the 3rd line in protected minutes against lower quality opponents so that he has a chance of getting his feet wet a little while taking on bigger responsibilities on that line.  
 

Gaudette looks much better this year and so I’m of the opinion that a Hoglander-Gaudette-Virtanen 3rd line would actually be pretty good for us.    I would do as follows:

 

Miller-Pettersson-Boeser

Pearson-Horvat-Sutter (Sutter replaces Eriksson and this line becomes the new shut down line)

Hoglander-Gaudette-Virtanen

Motte-Beagle-MacEwen

 

Roussel

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I’m excited about Hoglander as much as the next guy but I don’t see the need to throw him so soon to the fire.   We also have to keep in mind other NHL players may have been rusty duding training camp/early season due to a lack of playing.  Hoglander meanwhile, has been competing overseas if I understand correctly and so of course he’s going to look good relative to many around him (and I’m not trying to take anything away from Hoglander).

 

I would just rather see Hoglander be pushed slowly, and let his game develop with less pressure.   A 3rd line of Hoglander-Gaudette-Virtanen should be pretty good.   Turn the Pearson-Horvat line into a matchups line again by placing a defensive minded winger with them.   I’m one of the few that supports the idea of Eriksson being there but put Sutter there if Loui isn’t an option.

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4 hours ago, ruilin96 said:

To the mods in general, can we have a flow-hair reaction for Boeser and a bison reaction for Bo? I think those 2 deserves them!

How bout a sieve react for Demko and a giraffe for Myers?

 

Just kiddin about the sieve thing by the way. I fully support Thatcher the Snatcher

 

Edit: Also we need a Luongo excited/enthusiastic face or a really angry Markstrom face reaction

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22 hours ago, The King said:

Hoglander needs to be playing with Petersson and Miller, and for that matter should sub-plant  Boeser on the Power play. Hoglanders skill set, speed, and will is a better match with Petey.

 

Thoughts?

I will likely agree with you after he has had maybe 20 NHL games worth of experience, more or less. I don't disagree now, but lets see what the new broom does for clean sweeping once its bristles are worn in. 

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22 hours ago, The King said:

Hoglander needs to be playing with Petersson and Miller, and for that matter should sub-plant  Boeser on the Power play. Hoglanders skill set, speed, and will is a better match with Petey.

 

Thoughts?

Been saying it all along.  Hoglander would look better than Boeser there. 

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