dlbalr Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 The Habs and Panthers kick off a back-to-back set with a stop in New Brunswick for the Hockeyville game. Tatar - Danault - Drouin Hudon - Kotkaniemi - Armia Cousins - Poehling - Barber Peca - Vejdemo - Belzile Evans Chiarot - Petry Reilly - Folin Leskinen - Fleury Lamarche Lindgren McNiven Puck drop is at 7 PM on Sportsnet One (national) and TVA Sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 So we have TDD on the first line, Kotkaniemi/Armia on the second and Petry on the first pair, no one else from (last season's) regulars. Will be interesting to see how this one goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 Florida sent a reasonable roster for this one: Huberdeau - Barkov - Dadonov Hoffman - Borgstrom - Malgin Hunt - Toninato - Tippett Roy - Abols - Thompson Matheson - Ekblad Stillman - Pysyk Cross - Schemitsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Poehling, Chariot and Leskinen are ones i am curious about seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Peca, Belzile, Evans connect for a goal. Could be a line in Laval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, dlbalr said: Florida sent a reasonable roster for this one: Huberdeau - Barkov - Dadonov Hoffman - Borgstrom - Malgin Hunt - Toninato - Tippett Roy - Abols - Thompson Matheson - Ekblad Stillman - Pysyk Cross - Schemitsch Good, I always think the Hokeyville towns especially deserve to see some legit NHLers, even if they won't get to see a legit NHL game. It's the least teams can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 That won't be going down as one of the more entertaining periods of the preseason, that's for sure. Nice job by the fourth line on the goal (and Leskinen who made a good pass to start the play). And that's about it for the positives... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Poehling looks strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Evans and Fleury are good examples of what happens when you put decent prospects with a good coach like Bouchard for a year. I wouldn't mind them making the team and Poehling, Suzuki, Brook, getting that year with Bouchard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 14 minutes ago, Commandant said: Evans and Fleury are good examples of what happens when you put decent prospects with a good coach like Bouchard for a year. I wouldn't mind them making the team and Poehling, Suzuki, Brook, getting that year with Bouchard. That is an excellent point. Hiring Bouchard might have been the most crucial move of this “re-set”. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Ryan Poehling is looking real good guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 The minor leaguers/prospects largely had good games. Evans was solid and Barber impressed as well after a quiet first one. Belzile earned himself another look as well while Leskinen and Fleury were good on the back end. (I thought they outperformed Reilly and Folin, to be honest.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Good to see: Poehling looking really good Wish I never had to see again: Hudon...why is he still hanging around at this point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IN THE HEARTS OF MEN Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 hudon was the big disappointment of the night. I know its one game but this guy has no chance of making this team. We are to deep! haha He's on life support with MTL The top 2 lines were no shows. Especially Drouin, Danault, and Tatar. Belzile, Barber, Evans definitely earned another look even if they are Laval bound in the end. Poehling looked real good all over the ice I thought. More specifically in his own end... back checking, killing penalties etc which surely has CJ all smiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 That poeling dangle was dirty. The youngsters all looked good. I like cousins as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habber31 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Poehling is hard on every puck. That kid could be a beast, sooner than we anticipated. I get it's preseason and guys are just getting their feet wet, but Drouin made a few passes last night that were reminiscent of last year.... I have doubts fellas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 IMO, Poehling will be very hard to send down when training camp ends. Should we consider moving a RD to make room for Fleury ? Cuz he's surely opening the conversation for himself after these 2 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 11 hours ago, sbhatt said: Good to see: Poehling looking really good Wish I never had to see again: Hudon...why is he still hanging around at this point? I would love to see Bergevin wield some of his bargin basement magic to turn Hudon into Honka or, failing that, a seventh round pick 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 43 minutes ago, Habber31 said: Poehling is hard on every puck. That kid could be a beast, sooner than we anticipated. I get it's preseason and guys are just getting their feet wet, but Drouin made a few passes last night that were reminiscent of last year.... I have doubts fellas. I get that Poehling stands to be a very effective two-way FW. But people seem to be seeing him as an offensive star in the making - yet he's never neen that at any level, right? Once we get past the usual breathless excitement at a kid playing well , what's a realistic projection? A strong top-9 FW who can sometimes gust into the top-6? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzer Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 37 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: I get that Poehling stands to be a very effective two-way FW. But people seem to be seeing him as an offensive star in the making - yet he's never neen that at any level, right? Once we get past the usual breathless excitement at a kid playing well , what's a realistic projection? A strong top-9 FW who can sometimes gust into the top-6? Anything less than 246 goals is a bust. Ha. Realistically, your projection seems to mesh with what the expectation has been of Poehling. He did have a great WJC showing though, so it's nice to see him be dominant against peers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IN THE HEARTS OF MEN Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 56 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: I get that Poehling stands to be a very effective two-way FW. But people seem to be seeing him as an offensive star in the making - yet he's never neen that at any level, right? Once we get past the usual breathless excitement at a kid playing well , what's a realistic projection? A strong top-9 FW who can sometimes gust into the top-6? We doing this again? I cant find a single post suggesting this guy will be an offensive star from anyone... What he was however (at least yesterday) was "arguably" the best skater for both teams... which turns out to be a great follow up to his first pro game (last year's final game of the season vs Leafs) This is all we can ask of the 200LB / 20yr old. If he continues to play like he did last night, CJ and MB might have there hand forced as it was with KK. As he will "merit" a spot on this roster. It was disappointing to see him lose the draw to Barkov in the final moments of the game but nice to see CJ deploy him rather then Danault to preserve the lead. HE NEEDS TO consistently be good at the draw to have a real chance in a top 4 Center role. Very interested to see Suzuki's performance tonight given better linemates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 He had more goals than Drouin down the playoff stretch last year in the last 15 games and her only played once. He can be a 20-40 player who can play in all 3 zones, the pp and pk, he a a Bergeron type of player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 2 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: I get that Poehling stands to be a very effective two-way FW. But people seem to be seeing him as an offensive star in the making - yet he's never neen that at any level, right? Once we get past the usual breathless excitement at a kid playing well , what's a realistic projection? A strong top-9 FW who can sometimes gust into the top-6? If he could become anything remotely close to Wheeler, we may fondly get that bobby smith type centre. It took a number of years to become an elite player though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Wheeler has back-to-back seasons with 91 points. Poehling had 8 goals and 31 points in 36 games as the top line centre, in his third year of college, on the top team in the nation (regular season). I'm guessing he's not going to be anything close to Wheeler. He could be a good 2nd or 3rd line centre. If he becomes another Danault (in time, not this year), being able to score 45-55 points and play against the other team's best players, we should be ecstatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Commandant said: Wheeler has back-to-back seasons with 91 points. Poehling had 8 goals and 31 points in 36 games as the top line centre, in his third year of college, on the top team in the nation (regular season). I'm guessing he's not going to be anything close to Wheeler. He could be a good 2nd or 3rd line centre. If he becomes another Danault (in time, not this year), being able to score 45-55 points and play against the other team's best players, we should be ecstatic. Wheeler wasn’t a ppg player and get 90 points until after around 10 seasons. Playing with Scheifele didn’t hurt either. poehling looked good at the world juniors. He has decent size and speed and showed he can dangle. So, who knows if he can be better than Danault after 4 or 5 seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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