Pears Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, stawns said: Hogz is, easily, the best player on Abby........it's 100% the waiver exemption, imo. Yep. Let him tear it up and fine tune his game for the rest of the year there and bring back up for the start of next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Lasso Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, stawns said: Hogz is, easily, the best player on Abby........it's 100% the waiver exemption, imo. Do you think he’s ready for NHL? If so, 2nd line? 3rd line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Pears said: Yep. Let him tear it up and fine tune his game for the rest of the year there and bring back up for the start of next season. I'm surprised they brought odz up for the same reason. He was starting to dominate down there, why not let him be for the year? Bring up the DiG's, Rau's, Dowling's etc. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Kenny Powers said: Do you think he’s ready for NHL? If so, 2nd line? 3rd line? Hogz? Oh yeah, though his hands are still not super great, he's too good for the AHL, imo. He pretty much controls the play most shifts he's out there..........his skating and motor is unmatched on Abby. Depending on how they construct their team next year (top 6 and bottom 6 or top 9), I'd be finding a place where he can contribute offensively. Personally, I'd reunite the Petey, Hogz and Podz line next year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 The reality is we need a centre to replace Bo, as much as we need better defencemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 3 hours ago, MattWN. said: Don't think this is a pre-curser to anything imminent. We're just filling the empty roster spaces. Interesting to see Podz called up, and Hog left down. Hopefully Pizza can get a game or two. Hoglander doesn't carry KHL risk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stawns Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: Hoglander doesn't carry KHL risk. and he's two games from losing his waiver exemption......next time he's up, he probably has to stay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 20 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: The reality is we need a centre to replace Bo, as much as we need better defencemen. We a centre who plays defensively sound to replace Bo, who was awful defensively. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) wrong thread Edited February 5, 2023 by stawns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 55 minutes ago, Pears said: Thanks for the heads-up about this. Hopefully he and Raty can tear it up down there and maybe come up as a dominant duo to build around (like how the Lightning overmarinated their stars, e.g., Palat/ Kucherov/ Johnson line back in the day into what they've become now). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 55 minutes ago, stawns said: Hogz is, easily, the best player on Abby........it's 100% the waiver exemption, imo. I think it’s his next salary neg, waivers and he needs to work on some details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, R3aL said: I think it’s his next salary neg, waivers and he needs to work on some details He's far and away the best player on Abby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-23 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Should’ve kept Podz in Abby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Coconuts said: Mmmm, mixed feelings. Abbotsford has a good thing going, it'll be interesting to see how they utilize Podz but I'd rather they have left him in Abbotsford and kept him away from this mess for the remainder of the season. He'd get top six ice time, special teams roles, and likely more ice time in general over in Abbotsford, if they aren't going to put him in positions to succeed in Vancouver I hope they send him back to Abbotsford at some point. We'll see how this plays out. Maybe we've more trades on the way sooner than later. I have the same reaction. Good for these guys, but I would rather see them stay in Abby where all three guys are making progress. Taking them away weakens Abby quite a lot. (But in today's game in San Jose the "fill-ins" came up big.) It does not a lot of sense for these three guys to be called up to sit in press box, so I assume they will all play. I thought Karlsson might get a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 This season is already a write-off. They should have left Podz in Abbotsford to play top minutes and develop his game/confidence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 12 minutes ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: This season is already a write-off. They should have left Podz in Abbotsford to play top minutes and develop his game/confidence. Thin Tocchet want's a boo at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, hammertime said: Thin Tocchet want's a boo at him. Plenty of boos in Vancouver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeeeergh Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Nice. Time to go and take a bad contract from a contender (hopefully one that expires end of this year) and pick up another draft pick 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 hour ago, stawns said: I'm surprised they brought odz up for the same reason. He was starting to dominate down there, why not let him be for the year? Bring up the DiG's, Rau's, Dowling's etc. A couple of thoughts: waiver eligibility, players who may be going back down might get snapped up for depth this time of year (Dowling) but DiGiuseppe isn't waiver eligible (does this mean he is likely to stay up?) We've heard from management that they really want to be developing Hogs and Podz so maybe they think that a call up is exactly what he needs at this point Useful to look at the forward line up right now after these call ups Kuzmenko Pettersson Boeser Beauvillier Miller Garland Podkolzin Dries Lazar Joshua Aman Studnika DiGiuseppe IR: Pearson, Lockwood LTIR: Mikheyev It makes me wonder what they're going to do between now and next September. Landing a 2C would really help with forward depth. Does Raty make the team out of camp as 3C? Talk of moving on from Boeser and/or Garland means that they need top 6 help so how deep do they cut? They're saying that Mikheyev will be back for camp. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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