Follow me on Twitter @ToddCordell | @InfernalAccess Be sure to join the Discord channel to talk hockey, and everything else, with me and fellow subscribers. Five observations from New Jersey vs Pittsburgh: Put on the spot Mackenzie Blackwood was announced as the starter Thursday morning. He prepped all day for the game, took the warmup, and then…bam. Late scratch with an upper-body injury.
I really have been happy with how Kuokkanen, Sharangovich and Maltsev have all progressed this year. Do you think Maltsev projects better as a center or as a winger? I think the other two project better as wingers in the middle 6 (or bottom 6), but Maltsev could go either way it seems.
It usually feels like there are two tiers of bad teams, ones that for some reason or another are just abjectly terrible (i.e. Senators, Sabres), and then others that what separates them from being a playoff team is that they just can't get to their game against other teams consistently. While you don't want to be in either group, theres a path forward if you fall into the latter. Even though this season has been rough, the Devs are finally starting to distance themselves from the first category and move firmly into that second one, thankfully.
I really have been happy with how Kuokkanen, Sharangovich and Maltsev have all progressed this year. Do you think Maltsev projects better as a center or as a winger? I think the other two project better as wingers in the middle 6 (or bottom 6), but Maltsev could go either way it seems.
I like him at center
fancy new "AUTHOR" logo.... nice
It usually feels like there are two tiers of bad teams, ones that for some reason or another are just abjectly terrible (i.e. Senators, Sabres), and then others that what separates them from being a playoff team is that they just can't get to their game against other teams consistently. While you don't want to be in either group, theres a path forward if you fall into the latter. Even though this season has been rough, the Devs are finally starting to distance themselves from the first category and move firmly into that second one, thankfully.