Practice Notes: Oct 29th

[Monahammer]

The "2nd" and "4th" lines are atrocious lol. Meh on the others.

Hanley continuing to get big minutes will help guarantee our high draft position.

[Rhett44]

Remember the Hartley days of "always earned, never given".

Huska is the opposite. He is a hilarious coach to watch.

[FlamesAreOne]

Keeping the likes of Coleman and Ras are eating into opportunities for young guys. That much is clear.

[Ashasx]

How does Lomberg keep getting away with this?

[ICRed]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

How does Lomberg keep getting away with this?

He's a great room guy

[NegativeSpace]

I'm surprised at the takes in here. Parekh has made some really questionable defensive decisions recently and perhaps could stand to have a day off to watch. He'll be back in right away. They are trying to teach him the whole game so he can be a number munching defenceman when this team needs him to be.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Wes Gilbertson calling it short sighted on Twitter. Can't link, but can't say I disagree with him.

It's the opposite of short-sighted. Huska is remaining focused on the future, and on player development. I couldn't care less what they do tonight, I care how good Parekh, Gridin, Coronato, Zary and Honzek are, two years from now.

It's the upset fans that are being short-sighted - who cares about player development? I want to see the kids NOW!

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

Remember the Hartley days of "always earned, never given".

Huska is the opposite. He is a hilarious coach to watch.

Not even close to accurate. Huska is doing exactly as he should - he is making the kids earn it, instead of just giving it to them.

Who cares about the vets? What matters is the kids and their development. And Huska is doing exactly what you want - he is making the kids earn their place.

[Toonage]

Shrug. Following a night where the most egregious mistakes came at the hands of your vets, I can see how this would be met with some eyebrow raising.

[ICRed]

At this point, the roster bloat is on Craig to solve asap so Huska is able to roll out and slot players in positions better suited.
If we want to sell off Coleman, Ras and others it's likely better they continue to feature prominently in the lineup to keep their values higher.
Coronato is not going to find success on the fourth line with Kirkland and Lomberg.

[CroCop]

The human thumb mind screwing our best young players. Great

[Rhett44]

All I have learned from the comments is some people will defend Huska no matter what. The same people praising him would also be praising him if he promoted the young players and sat the vets.

[Burning Beard]

Count me in the group that isn't seeing the outrage.

Since when has it hurt a 19 year old dman to watch a game from the rafters once in a while and get a different perspective? Seems like that's a pretty good way to treat a young talented prospect.

Everyone has gotten their wish for a tank. Now that it's here they seem to have lost patience with it already. The only thing that should matter now is the future of the young players on this team. I am glad they aren't Oilersing it up. Who cares what useless vet is losing on the 4th line?

I'm not a big Huska proponent, but I don't think having Parekh watch a game or two is a huge deal.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

It's the opposite of short-sighted. Huska is remaining focused on the future, and on player development. I couldn't care less what they do tonight, I care how good Parekh, Gridin, Coronato, Zary and Honzek are, two years from now.

It's the upset fans that are being short-sighted - who cares about player development? I want to see the kids NOW!

Yeah the Parekh thing seems like an over reaction.

I mean every pundit in town talked about how Parekh had to make the team with the limitations of having to go to the AHL, but it would still be good for development to stay in the NHL and play x number of games.

They may have a plan to sit him 1 or 2 of every 10?

He did make a terrible read on the Leafs first goal last night.

The Coronato one is more strange to me. Not sure how you can play yourself back into the lineup from the fourth line.

[flame4life]

As a fan, yes I am disappointed to not to see Parekh in the lineup ... I feel his greatest development is learning from his mistakes and we have seen has improved immensely in the short window of the season so far. And, to top things off, like many of you here have noticed that the "vets" have the been the ones with the most egregious mistakes that have cost us games lately.

From the coaching and development perspective, I can also see the benefit of having him sit and seeing it the broader view and game from above and taking notes and figuring out what he needs to improve on. I also see this a driver for Parekh as well - he seems to be the guy that loves to take this kind of sitting in the press box as motivation to be better and to not take it personally like all of us here. He is 19 after all and is going to be one hell of a well rounded player as time goes on.

Keep moving forward ... Go Flames Go!

[HighLifeMan]

Originally Posted by NegativeSpace

I'm surprised at the takes in here. Parekh has made some really questionable defensive decisions recently and perhaps could stand to have a day off to watch. He'll be back in right away. They are trying to teach him the whole game so he can be a number munching defenceman when this team needs him to be.

I don't really agree with this. This player was specifically drafted for his offensive talent. The main focus should be getting him as comfortable and confident as possible at this level and the best way to do that is by getting him consistently involved with puck touches in situations where he can excel which allows him to play to his strengths as a player. The defense and strength will improve moving forward. He's not playing with any where near the level of freedom, creativity, confidence, or swagger that those who are familiar with him are accustom too seeing and that is highly concerning to me.

Did Montreal ruin Hutson last year by playing him 23+ minutes a night from the get go despite there being a massive learning curve defensively? Quinn Hughes at 19 step directly into playing 20+ minutes a night. Was he ruined?

Are the Islanders ruining Schaefer? or the Wild with Buium?

[Kidder]

Question: Parekh is sitting at 9 games played this season. Is 10 games the cutoff before he can’t be returned to the OHL this season?

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by Kidder

Question: Parekh is sitting at 9 games played this season. Is 10 games the cutout before he can’t be returned to the OHL this season?

He can be returned to the OHL at any time. After 9 games however, he will burn a year on his ELC.

[howard_the_duck]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Yeah the Parekh thing seems like an over reaction.

I mean every pundit in town talked about how Parekh had to make the team with the limitations of having to go to the AHL, but it would still be good for development to stay in the NHL and play x number of games.

They may have a plan to sit him 1 or 2 of every 10?

He did make a terrible read on the Leafs first goal last night.

The Coronato one is more strange to me. Not sure how you can play yourself back into the lineup from the fourth line.

It's a fine line. He's always going to be a high event player. I don't want him playing more conservatively per se, and if he sits after making mistakes, is that what's being taught?

Have to trust the organization I guess on this one.

[Kidder]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

He can be returned to the OHL at any time. After 9 games however, he will burn a year on his ELC.

So has he burned the year now? Or will that happen when he dresses for one more game?