Parekh named OHL defenseman of the month.....again.

[indes]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Also, EVERY team throws it back to the point when there isn't another play. Nothing wrong with it.

The problem isn't throwing it back to the point, the problem is that our point men aren't doing much with it, when they get it. Does VAN throw it back to the point? Yes. Then Hughes makes a play. Do the Avs throw it back to the point? Yes...

Blaming the coach for a lack of plays is overly simplistic, and lazy.

One thing I noticed and thought was funny was watching Devon Toews when Makar was out at the 4 Nations. He would just rip the puck wildly over to the right side where Makar would usually be and you could tell Harley wasn't ready.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

Isn't there a decent likelihood that he's going to adjust tactics as the team adds talent in the coming year or two in order to maximize talent? I would say his walking orders are to have this team playing the right way and competing through this stretch. The only way to do this is to employ the strategies he has been and the fact players aren't quitting or tuning him out say a lot about him being more than just a placeholder in my book.

I think so, personally.

In his last two years as a HC in Kelowna in the WHL they were second for both years in GF.

Stockton in the AHL was top 10 in GF/G every year he was head coach.

If he’s got the horses, he seems to know how to use them. Conroy’s job is to get him the horses.

[mile]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1902816096299680118

[YyjFlames]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Also, EVERY team throws it back to the point when there isn't another play. Nothing wrong with it.

The problem isn't throwing it back to the point, the problem is that our point men aren't doing much with it, when they get it. Does VAN throw it back to the point? Yes. Then Hughes makes a play. Do the Avs throw it back to the point? Yes...

Blaming the coach for a lack of plays is overly simplistic, and lazy.

My one quibble is that Mackenzie Weegar is, in fact, doing something with it--or at least he's producing more than the average NHL defender on a lower than average power play. He's ranked 11th overall among NHL defenders for power play points (3 points from top 5) and he's in on almost half of Calgary's PP goals.

He's certainly not Hughes or Makar, and he's not the dynamic talent that Calgary needs to push the PP into the top 10, but I think the bigger issue for Calgary is that they simply don't have any dynamic players that create space for others on the PP (like Gaudreau used to do). It's a consistent piece (or pieces) that top power plays have.

Parekh hopefully will be that guy, and I think if he is as good as he's showing in Junior, the whole team will score more on the PP.

[FanIn80]

My concern is essentially skipping an entire league to go from the O straight to the show, but my understanding (from listening to the radio) is that those are the only two options even for next season. If that's indeed true, then he has to stay in the bigs. Sending him back would do even less for this guy than had we made Wolf play in the A again this season.

I know, I know, players make that jump all the time, but not everyone is a Matthew Tkachuk who was raised in NHL rooms, or a Monahan who was infinitely more mature than he should've been at the age he was.

I see video of Parekh, and I'm equal parts blown away and worried. Some of the stuff he gets away with out there is Makar-esque, but at the same time also looks like it's the product of a massive skill gap between him and everyone else on the ice. What's gonna happen when that skill gap closes up a little bit?

At any rate, I'm here for it. I can not wait to see this guy in a flaming C next season. Wolf, Coronato and (hopefully) Parekh are gonna be some nice building blocks for this franchise.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Also, EVERY team throws it back to the point when there isn't another play. Nothing wrong with it.

The problem isn't throwing it back to the point, the problem is that our point men aren't doing much with it, when they get it. Does VAN throw it back to the point? Yes. Then Hughes makes a play. Do the Avs throw it back to the point? Yes...

Blaming the coach for a lack of plays is overly simplistic, and lazy.

This. Todays NHL offence is largely driven from plays back to the point. The offensive choices are much more limited from the corners or along the wall.

This kind of reminds me of the complaints about the drop back pass on the powerplay everyone voiced a few years ago. They acted like the Flames were badly coached for doing that when pretty much every single team uses that play.

[Jetfire]

Two more assists for Parekh last night to bring him to 104 points, see what he does in his final couple games today and tomorrow. He's climbed to the 6th best season by a d-man in OHL history so far.

[Rick M.]

He doesn’t appear to have played last night.

[D as in David]

The Spirit will finish the season with three games in three nights in Sault St.Marie, Flint, and Saginaw.

[saillias]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1903968281301856311

[SutterBrother]

Wonder where he goes in a re-draft? Do we already have a top 3 pick here?

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

Wonder where he goes in a re-draft? Do we already have a top 3 pick here?

Aside from the sentimental Iggy Sr. selecting Iggy Jr. scenario, Parekh was my #1 going into the draft. Yakemchuk was my #2.

(Edit: I mean with our #9 pick, not first overall.)

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Aside from the sentimental Iggy Sr. selecting Iggy Jr. scenario, Parekh was my #1 going into the draft. Yakemchuk was my #2.

All ahead of Celebrini??

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

Ahead of Celebrini??

I was too slow with my edit.

[Tbull8]

With the rumors that the flames were trying to move up for Demidov, and how well he's doing in the KHL this year, that wouldve been a pretty major boost to our talent. I love Parekh, but Demidov is looking like he could be a star up front too

[Wolven]

Originally Posted by Tbull8

With the rumors that the flames were trying to move up for Demidov, and how well he's doing in the KHL this year, that wouldve been a pretty major boost to our talent. I love Parekh, but Demidov is looking like he could be a star up front too

I am much more happy having a potential star D than a star winger.

I think that if Parekh starts the season heavily sheltered on the 3rd line, perhaps with PP2 time, that should alleviate my concerns about throwing him into the deep end of the NHL. Also, after watching how the coaches handled Wolf's entry to the league, I feel much more confident that they will do the right things to bring Parekh into the NHL.

[Enoch Root]

I love Demidov and have stated repeatedly that he is #2 in the draft for me (after Celebrini).

But after the full D+1 season, I don't think I would trade Parekh for him, straight-up. I think they are both going to be stars, and I would rather have the defenseman.

Demidov is going to be a great player. Parekh is a unicorn.

As of today - and it will continue to evolve and change, but as of today, Parekh is #2 in the draft for me

#1 Celebrini
#2 Parekh and Demidov (take your pick)
#4 some other guys

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

This. Todays NHL offence is largely driven from plays back to the point. The offensive choices are much more limited from the corners or along the wall.

This kind of reminds me of the complaints about the drop back pass on the powerplay everyone voiced a few years ago. They acted like the Flames were badly coached for doing that when pretty much every single team uses that play.

It's cool that it is evolving from a defensive lineman position to a Quarterback position in a short time. That's why Landon Dupont is intriguing, he was always that way drove offence more than anyone but was always first back, he could have been double the points growing up but Micki made him prioritize being back and distributing the puck even if it was give and go get to a to a frozen turd.

It's just bizarre that now all the youth prospect defenders are becoming like this. Why was there this massive black hole between Bobby Orr and now. No one remembered Bobby Orr?

Were all youth coaches, forward dad meatheads who demanded to "play the right way"? (probably). My kid was so terrified to make a mistake offensively that he never tried.

I can think of three prominent recent Calgary dmen draft picks who's dads were their coaches and had to fend off mutiny's about there selfish kids because they let them play a little freestyle. You can have 10 garbage games as a forward and no one cares, one in a row at defence and there are major problems.

[playmaker]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

As of today - and it will continue to evolve and change, but as of today, Parekh is #2 in the draft for me

#1 Celebrini
#2 Parekh and Demidov (take your pick)
#4 some other guys

Hage is my dark horse to have the biggest impact in the long run. As an 18-year-old, he was probably the best center in the Big-10. While he may not put up the flashiest point totals, his size, two-way play, physical resilience, playmaking abilities and hockey IQ set him apart. IMHO he's basically a Nieuwendyk/Kopitar/Bergeron type of player. I wish we could draft a center like him soon.

[Paulie Walnuts]

What is playing the right way mean ?