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alta:
Djoos appears to be an AHL move, at this point...
https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2020/02/24/caps-trade-christian-djoos-to-anaheim-ducks-san-diego-gulls/
I’m not sold on the Kovi move. The only thing I can see is depth for an injury.
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: alta on Monday February 24, 2020, 07:14:43 PM Eastern ---Djoos appears to be an AHL move, at this point...
https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2020/02/24/caps-trade-christian-djoos-to-anaheim-ducks-san-diego-gulls/
I’m not sold on the Kovi move. The only thing I can see is depth for an injury.
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In theory, I would agree with you Alta, but I think as a practical matter, that ain't gonna happen. You don't get someone like him to sit on the bench, especially not with the Russian connection on this team. Kovalchuk is going to be inserted somewhere on a consistent basis and someone is going to the bench. But you and I and others as well struggle to envision where he might fit and what might happen to lines and their purpose once he is inserted (e.g., if he is on the 3rd line the shutdown nature of Hagelin/Eller/Panik is gone; if he is in the top 6, who moves down and where do they move to?)
What do you think of this move? Insert Kovalchuk onto the #2 line with Backstrom and Vrana, and bump Oshie down to the #3 line, which may give it scoring punch, and Oshie is still defensibly responsible so maybe it can keep its shutdown nature.
The one argument I can see for the Kovalchuk acquisition is that the forwards haven't been playing all that well recently, either as lines or in tandem with the defense, so maybe Kovalchuk is an acquisition designed to relight the fire -- a motivational spark, even though we struggle to see how it plays out tactically.
justwincaps:
Ya know, Oshie to the third line is something I hadn’t considered. He has shown good chemistry with Eller and that may give you another potential scoring line without sacrificing any defense.
You’d definitely lose some defense on the second line, but would hopeful Backstrom can keep that line stable.
ArJunaZ:
I just heard about the Kovalchuk trade. Not sure the old man is the right move, but probably a good replacement for Panik.
Plus we get to see this more often: O-O
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