What should Huska do after the break?

[gvitaly]

1. Try Huberdeau with Frost as his center
2. Try Zary with Coronato
3. Define a clear role for Pospisil
4. Re-work the PK.
5. Create more plays for the Flames to break out quickly and attack off the rush
6. Create a kids 4th line of Stromgren - Kerins - Pospisil

Conroy ask

1. Don't overpay for Cozens
2. Trade Coleman
3. Trade Andersson
4. Trade Kadri
5. Continue calling up AHL D-men this season. Mostly Solovyov and Kuznetsov to start.
6. Attempt to trade depth pieces like Miromanov, Bean, Barrie, Rooney, Lomberg for late round picks.
7. Don't go big game hunting in the UFA market, and don't sign any more $5M 40P middle 6 Forwards.
8. Don't offer Ekblad anything over $7.5M. He's awsome but whoever signs him to $9M in this offseason is going to regret it.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by FBI

Here are some of my thoughts:

Waive Rooney.
Keep Solo up.
Get Backlund off the PP.
keep Frost and Farabee together.

Give Wolf 2/3 starts (maybe not the 5/6 he’s been getting lately)
Get Klapka back in.

Anything else?

Your first two items are Conroy, not Huska.

Why would you waive Rooney versus just sitting him as an emergency replacement? Is there a guy you'd rather have in the press box with the Flames versus playing game with the Wranglers?

They could sit Lomberg for a few games - he's been bad. His feistiness comes in handy once every five games, but he's a negative otherwise.

I'd give Coronato some time to gel with Kadri and Huberdeau. I'd rotate Miro, Barrie, Bean almost every game - they all seem to play well after being re-inserted and then they all seem to retreat into bad play.

I understand wanting Backlund off the powerplay, but in favor of who? When Zary comes back it could make sense.

Huberdeau-Kadri-Zary-Coronato-Weegar
Coleman-Frost-Farabee-Andersson-Sharangovich

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Your first two items are Conroy, not Huska.

Why would you waive Rooney versus just sitting him as an emergency replacement? Is there a guy you'd rather have in the press box with the Flames versus playing game with the Wranglers?

They could sit Lomberg for a few games - he's been bad. His feistiness comes in handy once every five games, but he's a negative otherwise.

I'd give Coronato some time to gel with Kadri and Huberdeau. I'd rotate Miro, Barrie, Bean almost every game - they all seem to play well after being re-inserted and then they all seem to retreat into bad play.

I understand wanting Backlund off the powerplay, but in favor of who? When Zary comes back it could make sense.

Huberdeau-Kadri-Zary-Coronato-Weegar
Coleman-Frost-Farabee-Andersson-Sharangovich

No more Barrie if possible.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Goriders

No more Barrie if possible.

Like the others he had a very good first game back and a decent second. Then he slid back.

[Shazam]

Throw a stick into the stands during practice.

[GullFoss]

The primary issue has been the loss of Bahl. The flames defense doesn't have sufficient depth without him.

[stemit14]

Originally Posted by Party Elephant

If Zary is back, I'd like to see our C depth chart look like:

Kadri
Frost
Zary
Backlund

Don't put any of them on the wing. Have 4 lines with good players centering them. This team succeeds when they outwork the opposition, and they'll have more energy to do that if the 4th line isn't a liability.

This. Most important thing to do is keep Zary playing centre. Before he went down, Zary was the best on the team at carrying the puck across the offensive blue line and generating a scoring chance shortly after. Good for the team and for his development to keep him at centre. Put him with Coronato to give them both a chance to build chemistry. They can also share the load with faceoffs.

I also like that the 4th line (which has not been good this year) gets replaced with the 3rd line (which has been good but has struggled to score).

Huberdeau-Kadri-Posposil
Farabee-Frost-Sharangovich
Klapka-Zary-Coronato
Lomberg/Hunt-Backlund-Coleman

Don’t really need to shorten the bench in the 3rd period with this setup. Don’t have to worry about the “4th line” getting caught out there against the top line as that is Backlund-Coleman’s specialty.

[Yeah_Baby]

I think you're all making it more complicated than it needs to be.

If I was Husk I would simply tell the team to win more games.

[Toonage]

I'm curious what Conroy does with the roster actually. I assume Hunt goes back down but what about the blue line? Barrie demoted? Miromanov? Solovyov stays down? Bahl will be back and you can't keep then all up.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by stemit14

This. Most important thing to do is keep Zary playing centre. Before he went down, Zary was the best on the team at carrying the puck across the offensive blue line and generating a scoring chance shortly after. Good for the team and for his development to keep him at centre. Put him with Coronato to give them both a chance to build chemistry. They can also share the load with faceoffs.

I also like that the 4th line (which has not been good this year) gets replaced with the 3rd line (which has been good but has struggled to score).

Huberdeau-Kadri-Posposil
Farabee-Frost-Sharangovich
Klapka-Zary-Coronato
Lomberg/Hunt-Backlund-Coleman

Don’t really need to shorten the bench in the 3rd period with this setup. Don’t have to worry about the “4th line” getting caught out there against the top line as that is Backlund-Coleman’s specialty.

I Backlund has hit a wall and it's "over" then sure fourth line it is.

He's certainly had fading numbers in his last ten games. Some have said he's hurt which would add up, but if not maybe he's lost a step.

But if that's not the case then that center line up doesn't work, because you need to find one of them to take less minutes.

If Backlund is still trusted to be the shut down guy he has to play a lot to well ... shut down guys that are playing a lot.

That leaves 14 ish minutes for the other two top centers.

If you make it four guys that need ice it takes 2 more minutes away from those guys.

Don't think it works in 47 minute league.

Rooney isn't working but they need a 7.5 minute guy that can kill penalties.

[Kipper_3434]

Originally Posted by Toonage

I'm curious what Conroy does with the roster actually. I assume Hunt goes back down but what about the blue line? Barrie demoted? Miromanov? Solovyov stays down? Bahl will be back and you can't keep then all up.

Yeah, Huskas job is simple compared to Conroy. Husk just has to keep doing what he's done, team has already overachieved. Conroy has to turn a surprise bubble team into a contender over the next few seasons. Hope con man can still find a way to sell at overinflated TDL prices.

[CaptainCrunch]

Eat some ribs and play ping pong.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Bingo

I Backlund has hit a wall and it's "over" then sure fourth line it is.

He's certainly had fading numbers in his last ten games. Some have said he's hurt which would add up, but if not maybe he's lost a step.

But if that's not the case then that center line up doesn't work, because you need to find one of them to take less minutes.

If Backlund is still trusted to be the shut down guy he has to play a lot to well ... shut down guys that are playing a lot.

That leaves 14 ish minutes for the other two top centers.

If you make it four guys that need ice it takes 2 more minutes away from those guys.

Don't think it works in 47 minute league.

Rooney isn't working but they need a 7.5 minute guy that can kill penalties.

Dug into Backlund's numbers and they're not as "fading" as I thought.

One horrendous game against Toronto at 9% possession has skewed his last ten game results.

[stemit14]

Originally Posted by Bingo

I Backlund has hit a wall and it's "over" then sure fourth line it is.

He's certainly had fading numbers in his last ten games. Some have said he's hurt which would add up, but if not maybe he's lost a step.

But if that's not the case then that center line up doesn't work, because you need to find one of them to take less minutes.

If Backlund is still trusted to be the shut down guy he has to play a lot to well ... shut down guys that are playing a lot.

That leaves 14 ish minutes for the other two top centers.

If you make it four guys that need ice it takes 2 more minutes away from those guys.

Don't think it works in 47 minute league.

Rooney isn't working but they need a 7.5 minute guy that can kill penalties.

My bigger concern is Zary. I don’t want him moved back to wing unless he really struggles playing centre when he comes back from injury.

I don’t think Backlund and Coleman’s minutes will take too much of a hit because they will still both be relied on heavily for the penalty kill and potentially parts of the powerplays. Unlike the previous 4th line, they will not be sat for the 3rd period. Minutes will spread more evenly across the line up. I’m fine with any of those lines facing the top lines of other teams - even the Klapka-Zary-Coronato line as they have all shown a decent to strong defensive game. The lines I’m hoping for makes it so there isn’t really a weak line any more and there is potential for a brand new line (Klapka-Zary-Coronato) to really pop and become a scoring threat.

Keeping Coronato with Backlund and Coleman and keeping the 4th line as the weaker line that often gets exposed seems like a lot of the same we’ve seen lately.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Dug into Backlund's numbers and they're not as "fading" as I thought.

One horrendous game against Toronto at 9% possession has skewed his last ten game results.

The eye test shows he's a 6 furlong horse running in the Belmont

[FBI]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Dug into Backlund's numbers and they're not as "fading" as I thought.

One horrendous game against Toronto at 9% possession has skewed his last ten game results.

I'm hoping it is an injury because it would suck to lose the Backlund we know..

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Bingo

I Backlund has hit a wall and it's "over" then sure fourth line it is.

He's certainly had fading numbers in his last ten games. Some have said he's hurt which would add up, but if not maybe he's lost a step.

But if that's not the case then that center line up doesn't work, because you need to find one of them to take less minutes.

If Backlund is still trusted to be the shut down guy he has to play a lot to well ... shut down guys that are playing a lot.

That leaves 14 ish minutes for the other two top centers.

If you make it four guys that need ice it takes 2 more minutes away from those guys.

Don't think it works in 47 minute league.

Rooney isn't working but they need a 7.5 minute guy that can kill penalties.

Honest question, can he do that? The PK has been atrocious all year, and it's often Backlund and Rooney out on the first cycle of forwards. I haven't dug into the numbers, but they haven't done a great job all year from what I've seen. Backlund's decline isn't just restricted to his 5 v 5 performance.

But that said, I love to dump Rooney, but for who? Who do we have that can play replacement level center on the 4th line? This is where a shrewd waiver pick up could help out, not unlike picking up Pachal last year.

[FBI]

I think we should give Morton a try.. He's older more seasoned..

But yeah my eye test shows Rooney being terrible on the PK.. There's another place he needs to be removed from.

[SuperMatt18]

Huberdeau - Kadri - Zary
Farabee - Frost - Sharangovich
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato
Pospisil - Kerins - Klapka
Lomberg

Trade Rooney

Bahl - Andersson
Bean - Weegar
Solovyov - Pachal
Hanley

Waive Barrie and try to trade Miromanov.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Rock and Roll all night and party every day.