At some point can we please take the training wheels off from Parekh and let him play some more ... particularly the power play which was has been god awful. Parekh is not the problem ... the established veterans have been terrible. Let the kid make some mistakes and gain valuable experience in this lost season. Doesn't make sense not too. The 3v3 deployment last night was a head scratcher. Play the youth - they seem to be the only ones that care at this point.
Pittsburgh was a team that said they were rebuilding. Vancouver was a threat to rebuild if they got off to a bad start.
The rest of these teams were predicted by most people as teams that are too bad for the Flames to lose to or have GM's that will make the moves to finish last. SJ looks bad, but they will not sell off certain players to lose. Really, they have been bad long enough they probably won't go full tank and sell off a bunch of players. Chicago was the other team that was a for sure at the bottom and very bad. They are over .500 and are looking to build now and their young players are getting better. They also added Knight who could solidify their goalies.
Ottawa, Tampa, LA will not be at the bottom for long. LA if they sold off a Kempe could embrace a tank, but I doubt they will do this as they have a good team with Byfield and Clarke improving.
Boston could choose to go full tank. But if MacAvoy stays healthy, they still have high end players that they will not move and players like Lindholm that they just added that they can't trade.
Nashville too. They could flip to a full rebuild, but they have a ton of NMC so it could be difficult to run some players out of town.
Flames could easily if they choose to tank trade half their team. Really, Huberdeau, Wolf, Coronato, Sharangovich, Hanley, Pachal, Backlund and Weegar are the only players we have that will not be moved. Anyone else could be moved and teams will be interested. Flames choose to trade 3-5 players; they are set up very well to finish last.
I would love to hear how Huska motivates his players because he comes across to me as exceptionally boring. And his team is boring, too.
I have no other thoughts about him as a person or coach because there really isn't much to say or think. Nothing is happening. It's just bland.
Maybe he should start a YouTube channel and start some random series like Break 50 trash cans or sticks. Then go on with wheel of not ideal lines and pairings so we can change our perspective on his personality as some other pros have done…
Weegar vs Parekh is the wrong dichotomy here... when they should probably be a pairing.
The scary thing to me about this sentiment is that apparently they don't want to put the two together because they feel like Parekh may take away from some of the offence that Weegar puts up...
Let that sink in.
Could be BS, but I trust who I heard it from.
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Thank God they're taking it so slow with Parekh, you would hate to see him looking like Hutson of last year, or Buium of this year....
Yep its a real shame, and the sad thing is look who both Hutson and Buium have to play with though roster wise.
Both play significant PP1 time.
Both play with a very steady defensive minded partner.
Both play over 20m a night.
Zayne - 12 mins, PP2 time (10-15 seconds) - and "meh" partners thus far.
Want to see Sharangovich get the chance to turn himself around but the way the team has played these past 2 games I don't see him returning to the lineup anytime soon.
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The scary thing to me about this sentiment is that apparently they don't want to put the two together because they feel like Parekh may take away from some of the offence that Weegar puts up...
Let that sink in.
Could be BS, but I trust who I heard it from.
Yep its a real shame, and the sad thing is look who both Hutson and Buium have to play with though roster wise.
Both play significant PP1 time.
Both play with a very steady defensive minded partner.
Both play over 20m a night.
Zayne - 12 mins, PP2 time (10-15 seconds) - and "meh" partners thus far.
Thank you for voicing my exact concerns but with an insider flavor. Flames leadership (I blame coaching and management together) are not setting up our young players for success and older team members are not helping the situation (maybe egos?)
Also, did anyone else notice when Parekh was on the pp in the 2nd period, he made an amazing individual rush, and passed back to an open player in the slot. It was our best pp chance all game, and I thought at the time oh boy Huska is not going to like that he didn't bump it back to the point and used creativity.
Well, he didn't see the ice again for the next 5 minutes. So Huska was clearly upset about it. Even though it worked lol. I hate Huska.
Also, did anyone else notice when Parekh was on the pp in the 2nd period, he made an amazing individual rush, and passed back to an open player in the slot. It was our best pp chance all game, and I thought at the time oh boy Huska is not going to like that he didn't bump it back to the point and used creativity.
Well, he didn't see the ice again for the next 5 minutes. So Huska was clearly upset about it. Even though it worked lol. I hate Huska.
I didn't note the fact(?) that he didn't see another shift for a while.
...but I do think it's fair to question Parekh's 12 minutes of ice-time overall.
The lack of ice time really was from the 3rd, which I think can be questioned. He had a shift where he really got himself in trouble. I think that's the one that starts at 50:47. He didn't see a lot of ice time after that.
I would like to see him moved to PP1 and to start 4 on 4.
But I don't think he was benched because of that PP opportunity.
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The Ryan Huska philosophy is that taking risks is bad. (and this isn't just a reaction to the bad start, I complained about this last year too).
His overly safe mindset just translates into the utilization of Parekh. Taking it slow, giving him very sheltered minutes, not really giving him any type of leverage situations where he might get into trouble (but might also be able to generate offense too).
And I do get it...playing safe hockey that might win games 2-1 or 3-2 is the best path for this team to have success...but I don't think it helps develop our players long term, or does anything to maximize the trade value of our players.
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Also, did anyone else notice when Parekh was on the pp in the 2nd period, he made an amazing individual rush, and passed back to an open player in the slot. It was our best pp chance all game, and I thought at the time oh boy Huska is not going to like that he didn't bump it back to the point and used creativity.
Well, he didn't see the ice again for the next 5 minutes. So Huska was clearly upset about it. Even though it worked lol. I hate Huska.
I posted about this in the GT. Seemed like his teammates weren't ready for it either/ looked like cunning stunts whenever he made a pass to them.
You keep saying this like it actually happened...there was one breakaway in the third that was a missed pass that bounced off the end boards right to their guy. Wolf made an incredible save. There was a partial break away short handed.
Flames allowed way too much in the first but after that didn't allow a ton TBH. Not breakaways though, slot shots were too high. Do you know what a breakaway is?
