Who should Johnny Hockey play with?

[herashak]

jack eichel

[agulati]

Originally Posted by Aeneas

I like...

Gaudreau Westgarth McGrattan

A fourth line with 10 goals each.

As long as there is no line brawl.

[Southside]

On that note and apologies if it was covered in last night's game thread but I assume Hartley will be hearing from the league for starting McGrattan, Westgarth and Bouma last night?

[FBI]

I don't think any of us picked Byron lol

[NomNomNom]

I don't really like Byron as the RW on that line, I'd personally like to see some size - like the OP mentioned in Colborne.

[H2SO4(aq)]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

I want Big Ern protecting JG like a short dood protecting a hot girlfriend at a frat party.

hahahaha. Ern with little man syndrome protecting johnny hockey would be hysterical.

I agree though, especially the way we went after the canucks earlier this season, would be surprised to see Torts try to send a message back. We better have officer Mcgratton out there protecting him.

[TheDebaser]

I'm kinda worried that Torts will do something dumb and send Kassian or some thug after Johnny. He was pissed that our 4th line was sent out against some kid from Utica so I hope he doesn't have any plans for revenge.

[stemit14]

Originally Posted by TheDebaser

I'm kinda worried that Torts will do something dumb and send Kassian or some thug after Johnny. He was pissed that our 4th line was sent out against some kid from Utica so I hope he doesn't have any plans for revenge.

I agree... Between torts and kassian, there's always a danger of them doing something stupid. Hopefully it doesn't happen but if it does... The flames better go old school and bring back the bench clearing brawl. CBC can whine and complain all they want about the image of the NHL if that happens but it's a message the flames have to be wiling to give off if the Canucks think they can target the kids. It would be the lowest of the low for a goon like kassian to go after a kid like gaudreau in his first NHL game straight out of college.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by TheDebaser

I'm kinda worried that Torts will do something dumb and send Kassian or some thug after Johnny. He was pissed that our 4th line was sent out against some kid from Utica so I hope he doesn't have any plans for revenge.

Flames should set the tone early to avoid this. I propose starting the 4th line.

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Didn't Hartley start Westgarth, Bouma and Gratts last night? Setting a disclaimer of it being a legit line so he can't catch flack when he does it again tomorrow?

[ForeverFlameFan]

Gaudreau - Monahan - Colborne

Two of the three have good size which counteracts with Johnny's size.

[AcGold]

No one's going to take a run at Johnny, Mcgrattan is the scariest guy in the league by a wide margin. They wouldn't be dumb enough to purposefully get him angry.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle

Didn't Hartley start Westgarth, Bouma and Gratts last night? Setting a disclaimer of it being a legit line so he can't catch flack when he does it again tomorrow?

That's exactly what I thought of when the starting line was announced yesterday.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by AcGold

No one's going to take a run at Johnny, Mcgrattan is the scariest guy in the league by a wide margin. They wouldn't be dumb enough to purposefully get him angry.

Only way they get away with it is if they take a run at johnny, fake an injury, leave the game, and hop on a plane immediately.

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Only way they get away with it is if they take a run at johnny, fake an injury, leave the game, hop on a plane immediately and join the witness protection program.

Fixed.

[Crumpy-Gunt]

I asked Burke who Gaudreau should play with and he said Nick Ritchie

[H2SO4(aq)]

Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt

I asked Burke who Gaudreau should play with and he said Nick Ritchie

awfully big spoon you have to stir that pot.

[Crumpy-Gunt]

Its a joke. IF anyone is trolled by that they probably deserve it...

PS I wouldnt be upset if we got Ritchie. Hes a power forward if ive ever seen one. Too bad hes a LWer

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt

Its a joke. IF anyone is trolled by that they probably deserve it...

PS I wouldnt be upset if we got Ritchie. Hes a power forward if ive ever seen one. Too bad hes a LWer

Everything is relative. If we're picking 1st, 4th or even 5th I'll be extremely disappointed with Ritchie as our pick. If we pick 6th and the consensus top 5 are gone, then sure Ritchie would be ok.

There is a prospect thread to talk about this though....

Gaudreau should play with Monahan and Colborne against the Canucks, the AHL next season to get used to the speed.

[Calgary4LIfe]

Ritchie plays on his off-wing quite a lot - think the Flames would throw him out on the RW permanently if they ended up drafting him. At any rate, the Flames are getting a lot of wingers on the team, even when counting them switching wings. Some prospects will inevitably be traded away.

Back to the thread topic - don't think Backlund is good to go tomorrow, but I would like to see Backlund with Gaudreau for a while next year. Backlund has loads of speed and is so good defensively, and I just haven't seen Backlund really 'click' with anyone in particular yet. I think it helps pairing fast wingers with fast centers. Monahan and Colborne aren't 'slow', but they aren't quick players either, and they seem to work well together.