He should have been put on waivers at the end of TC instead of Solovyov. That decision still boggles my mind.
But it also just. doesn't. matter.
These decisions are nothing things. They aren't going to alter the current season or the future season.
Miro v. Solo?
Neither are full time NHLers.
IMO neither Bean or Miromanov are NHL quality defensemen. Sure you could have one of those guys as the number 7 (preferably Bean), but to have both on the roster and getting games regularly is lunacy. Miro is an absolute boat anchor. I am confident you can put him with any partner and their metrics will suffer immensely. If we are going to be playing defensemen that are defensive liabilities and don't bring anything in the way of offense we should have just been playing Brzustewicz or Kuznetsov or Solo if we didn't lose him to waivers.
Hopefully Parekh starts rocking soon. Buium looking good in Minnesota
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Schaefer in NYI too.
Firstly there's going to be huge discrepencies here because Flames are giving Parekh sheltered minutes, and only a mix of PP2 time which ends up being very little overall.
Both Buium and Schaefer have been given the greenlight to just play, and play big important minutes from game 1.
Here's a break down of usage thus far:
D-Partner
Parek hasn't had a stable partner yet, playing with Pachal and Hanley so far. Almost 0 chemistry can be built here. He need's to play with Bahl or even Weegar at this point.
Buium has been paired with Bogosion.
Schaefer has been paired with Mayfield.
Ice Time
Buium - 20:57 , 18:13, 24:39, 20:10 - PP1 @ 5:48 overall PP time
Schaefer - 26:35, 26:04, 17:15 - PP1/2 @ 3:20 overall PP time
Parekh - 17:49, 17:21 - PP2 @ 2:16 overall PP time
Points
Buium - 1g 4a
Schaefer - 1g 3a
Parekh - 0
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IMO neither Bean or Miromanov are NHL quality defensemen. Sure you could have one of those guys as the number 7 (preferably Bean), but to have both on the roster and getting games regularly is lunacy. Miro is an absolute boat anchor. I am confident you can put him with any partner and their metrics will suffer immensely. If we are going to be playing defensemen that are defensive liabilities and don't bring anything in the way of offense we should have just been playing Brzustewicz or Kuznetsov or Solo if we didn't lose him to waivers.
Who you play against matters significantly. If you match up against McDavid or Henrique matters. Pachal and Bean play the most minutes against the Henriques of the league. Miromanov plays a fair amount against the McDavid's of the league. Pachal and Bean's numbers against the Henriques were very good. Put Miromanov in that spot and sit one of those 2, he might look better than both.
We will never have 6 Weegar's. Bottom pairing still matters.
Miro with 1 of Pachal, Hanley or Bean should get a crack at 3rd pair.
While we have Ras, might be time to try Parekh in the top 4. He can't be worse than any of the others. Should be trying this against a team like Utah as well.
Is ZP having success with that sheltering? Also yes. He is a positive possession player at 5v5 and the best possession player in all situations on the back end.
This is a positive sign for him and something good coaches do for their best guys. So I am encouraged.
Burying Miro in defensive zone starts against the best players on the other team is a choice. haha.
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I actually feel like the Flames have looked decent considering both Huberdeau and Pospisil have missed every game so far. Huberdeau's skill and passing and even his goal scoring now likely makes a difference in all of these games, which were all close for varying windows. Pospisil also brings a unique element to the game that nobody else does and opens up a ton of things for his linemates.
I'm also happy with what I've seen from Parekh so far. But I also had much lower expectations of him than seemingly the majority on this board. I figured he'd be sheltered to ensure he doesn't get burned every game by top players and I guessed he wouldn't get a sniff in the top 4 because he'd have defensive deficiencies (which he's shown many). He's shown that his offensive instincts are up there and really just needs to get used to bigger, faster opposing players leaving him with very little time compared to juniors to make decisions.
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This is over dramatic. Andersson's problem is the same as the teams problem. D Men can't facilitate a breakout because they have no one they can pass to who can carry the puck through the neutral zone.
The Flames have the sum of 0 puck carriers. Andersson, and the entire D corpse is hog tied.
IMO neither Bean or Miromanov are NHL quality defensemen. Sure you could have one of those guys as the number 7 (preferably Bean), but to have both on the roster and getting games regularly is lunacy. Miro is an absolute boat anchor. I am confident you can put him with any partner and their metrics will suffer immensely. If we are going to be playing defensemen that are defensive liabilities and don't bring anything in the way of offense we should have just been playing Brzustewicz or Kuznetsov or Solo if we didn't lose him to waivers.
I don't see those two players as the same at all.
In the last season and 4 games Bean is a 51.55% xG% hockey player and over 60% with Weegar (50.5% without). He has the third lowest xGA60 of any defenseman with over 500 minutes in that season and a bit.
Is Weegar helping him? 100%
But that's the job we are currently looking for ... someone that can plug into Weegar and new sewer him.
Miromanov was under water with Weegar last year and last night.
Bean isn't great on transition, isn't great handling the puck, but he's solid on pinches creating more "for" and does a decent job of preventing helping the "against"
Miromanov is lost.
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NHL teams (GMs) have a book on players and can likely see the player in a different scenario within their team (not facing the elite matchups like he is in Calgary).
And ... Andersson was one of the better Calgary players last night.
In the last season and 4 games Bean is a 51.55% xG% hockey player and over 60% with Weegar (50.5% without). He has the third lowest xGA60 of any defenseman with over 500 minutes in that season and a bit.
Is Weegar helping him? 100%
But that's the job we are currently looking for ... someone that can plug into Weegar and new sewer him.
Miromanov was under water with Weegar last year and last night.
Bean isn't great on transition, isn't great handling the puck, but he's solid on pinches creating more "for" and does a decent job of preventing helping the "against"
Miromanov is lost.
When on the ice against elite level talent last season
Bean 4.63 GA/60
Miromanov 1 GA/60
Miromanov played 180 mins vs Bean's 155 mins. Bean has only been good when playing against weaker players.
Bean played 40% of his time against bottom end players and had 0.49 GA/60. Maybe Miromanov would have better numbers if he played a sheltered role like Bean does.
This is why I would like to have seen Parkeh get PP1 minutes in the preseason and sheltered 5 on 5 minutes. We could've seen if he could do it and perhaps built up his confidence doing what he does best. Instead we kept status quo and I am worried that heavily focusing on trying to fix his weaknesses rather than playing to his strengths is going to destroy his confidence. We are playing a style for winning with vets rather than developing our youth and that worries me.
It's still early though.
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Firstly there's going to be huge discrepencies here because Flames are giving Parekh sheltered minutes, and only a mix of PP2 time which ends up being very little overall.
Both Buium and Schaefer have been given the greenlight to just play, and play big important minutes from game 1.
Here's a break down of usage thus far:
D-Partner
Parek hasn't had a stable partner yet, playing with Pachal and Hanley so far. Almost 0 chemistry can be built here. He need's to play with Bahl or even Weegar at this point.
Buium has been paired with Bogosion.
Schaefer has been paired with Mayfield.
Ice Time
Buium - 20:57 , 18:13, 24:39, 20:10 - PP1 @ 5:48 overall PP time
Schaefer - 26:35, 26:04, 17:15 - PP1/2 @ 3:20 overall PP time
Parekh - 17:49, 17:21 - PP2 @ 2:16 overall PP time
When on the ice against elite level talent last season
Bean 4.63 GA/60
Miromanov 1 GA/60
Miromanov played 180 mins vs Bean's 155 mins. Bean has only been good when playing against weaker players.
Bean played 40% of his time against bottom end players and had 0.49 GA/60. Maybe Miromanov would have better numbers if he played a sheltered role like Bean does.
What's your source for the quality of competition? I used PuckIQ but it's not updated yet.
NHL teams (GMs) have a book on players and can likely see the player in a different scenario within their team (not facing the elite matchups like he is in Calgary).
And ... Andersson was one of the better Calgary players last night.
And yet some people think Andersson’s value has cratered, Farabee should be bought out, and Parekh should be sent to the OHL (not common opinions in all cases, though).
I think it has to come down to people over-focusing on lapses in judgement and missed opportunities. But so far I think each player is playing right in line with realistic expectations.
