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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
If he's one of the best 3rd/4th liners available then why doesn't he play every night?
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So that Brandon Bollig can..uh whatever he's supposed to do and David Jones can be invisible and Joe Colborne.. Yeah.
We've got a lot of dead weight on this roster that plays often. We've got a coach who is coaching ineffective systems that are reflected in the standings as obviously they are in the so-called "advanced" stats.
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Not sure he's as good as the fancy stats indicate. He's got great skating and competitiveness but his scoring has gone downhill this year.
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How much scoring do 4th liners produce? Look around the league, nothing Jooris is doing is poor scoring wise. However his possession is the opposite of poor, he's a guy who improves this team, however slight.
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Based on training camp and how well Hathaway and Grant have played he seems easily replaceable by players on our farm team.
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Then call them up and make them prove it before trading a guy who improves the on-ice product. As of now they are AHLers and in Grant's case his NHL advanced stats (and eye test) showed a guy who panics in the defensive zone under pressure. Weren't you defending the decision to hold Nakladal out a few weeks ago becayse he was unproven? Same deal, except at Forward we actually have some Bottom 6ers that are quantifiably worth keeping in Ferland, ("#3C Bennett/Backs), Frolik and Jooris. At defense we have four defensemen who have each shown over growing sample sizes they drag the team down, even big time scorer Dennis Wideman so the desire to play Nakladal was amplified by a lack of on-ice success. Here we have a guy who pulls his linemates up, however limited his actual role may be.
TLDR; replacing useful players with minor leaguers is harder than replacing passengers