Practice Notes: Oct 29th

[Reggie Dunlop]

Ryan Huska is one of the most outstanding coaching minds in the game today.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by howard_the_duck

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.

And why let some common sense creep into this right?

I don't care if you're not a Huska fan, but it's pretty easy to discern that he's a player's coach that is very communicative. He gets lots of comments from players in that direction.

So he isn't doing any of the following ...

Humiliating the kid
Keeping him in the dark
Playing mind games

So then we can assume he's likely doing what he thinks is the best for his development and isn't just trolling impatient hockey fans on the internet.

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by Kidder

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

He needs to be dressed for the game to burn the year.

[Kidder]

Appreciate the responses.

Is there any chance they are taking a beat to contemplate whether it’s best for his development to send him back down?

If he’s in the NHL we can still loan him to team Canada for the world juniors can we not?

[N-E-B]

I don’t mind sitting Parekh every once in a while as I’m unconvinced he’s a full time NHLer at this point.

But I really don’t think they’re doing Coronato any favours right now. That, to me, is ridiculous. The guy is in a slump, sure. He needs to play through it. I very much disagree with Huska’s choice to sit him.

[Lewis_D]

Maybe Huska is actually Pierre Mcguire.

[BigThief]

He's still adapting and becoming an NHL player but Honzek's style of play always makes me think he can play an excellent two way game down the middle.

[zukes]

I've defended Huska, but this is dumb.

It's going to be a long winter once the baseball playoffs end, and then football ends. At least there is the Olympics.

[NegativeSpace]

Originally Posted by HighLifeMan

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?

Well, I can provide the obvious but still valid excuse that those are different players and different organizations. Hutson was older in his rookie year. Schaefer is already a more complete player. I cannot recall Hughes at 19 or his development and I have not watched Buium much. I can also say that I never used the word "ruin" or "ruining". So, I think that you are reading into what I wrote. I do not see the need for uproar over a kid that made some bad reads lately sitting out a game.


I agree that the Parekh has not shown the type of confidence or swagger that you saw in junior. However, he could get away with Bingo's description of a risking a 20% successful pinch in junior. That's not going to cut it in the NHL. His decision making has been questionable at times. I'm not the only poster on here wondering what on earth he's thinking at times.


Do you actually believe that the coach and management, despite saying otherwise to the media, are telling him to not try to score goals or get points? I would be surprised if it is anything other than trying to help him make better reads in the offensive zone that lead to odd-man rushes the other way.

[dino7c]

Pretty much ever poster said Coronato was a disaster yesterday

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Pretty much ever poster said Coronato was a disaster yesterday

But so was Backlund, Weegar and Andersson.

The veterans clearly get treated differently.

...which is just weird, because we're committed to Coronato for a long stretch now. There's a clear line where some get held accountable, and others do not.

It's a fair point of criticism.

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Not sure what the big deal is about Zayne sitting a couple.

Last few games he’s definitely looking a bit more assured offensively, which is good. But also he was 100 feet away from the play on the first goal.

Take a beat to reinforce the progress and remedy the mistakes.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by ICRed

Huska is just Darryl lite

He's very much just a friendlier version of Darryl.

Safe, boring, and would rather play his veterans.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.

Not sure what the big deal is about Zayne sitting a couple.

Last few games he’s definitely looking a bit more assured offensively, which is good. But also he was 100 feet away from the play on the first goal.

Take a beat to reinforce the progress and remedy the mistakes.

No issue with him getting a break to watch and reset, but I do think the time for coddling him along should be winding down over the next 10 games as well. I would love to see him used with Bahl or Weegar at EV strength sooner than later and consistently as the PP1 guy immediately when he returns.

People will say that's too much I'm sure, but he needs to be pushed and I think he's the kind of player that will rise to the occasion now that he's becoming more familiar with the NHL pace.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Flames_F.T.W

Taking the family to the game tomorrow and we were all excited to watch Parekh 😑

Hopefully you get to see him.

Apparently that's up in the air...

The team is something.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

I don’t mind sitting Parekh every once in a while as I’m unconvinced he’s a full time NHLer at this point.

But I really don’t think they’re doing Coronato any favours right now. That, to me, is ridiculous. The guy is in a slump, sure. He needs to play through it. I very much disagree with Huska’s choice to sit him.

I agree as well. I don't get what is going on here when you have so many other culprits to chose from. The team is starved for goals. Coronato should be one of the main options in the top 6 given his shot and season last year.

Benching a guy like him seems like it is really going to take a mental toll where he will start focusing too heavily on not doing the wrong thing at the expense of his offensive traits.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

He's very much just a friendlier version of Darryl.

Safe, boring, and would rather play his veterans.

Are we ignoring the fact he regularly plays young players? Far more than Darryl?

[mdubz]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Ryan Huska is one of the most outstanding coaching minds in the game today.

Based on what?

[Rhett44]

If we are sitting players based on merit then Weegar, Andersson and Backlund would be eating popcorn tomorrow.

I don't like the idea of bringing Coronato back in on the 4th line for one game, then sending him straight back to the press box. And if he is really that bad, why did we sign him to such a big contract?

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Are we ignoring the fact he regularly plays young players? Far more than Darryl?

Yes. Yes, we are ignoring that. The torches are already lit and the pitchforks are out, and we are damned well going to ignore anything that might make us think we should put them away!