Maybe this was the earliest time under the CBA the Flames could reassemble for practice?
As for Mr. Robinson, maybe someone nursing something or a case of Montezuma’s revenge after a tropical trip, and possibly not able to play back to back games?
One thing of note about Robinson: he's massive. 6'6", 225 lbs. He'd be the biggest Flame since Dougie Hamilton (6'6", 229 lbs.) left town, and the tallest forward to wear the C since... well, ever.
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One thing of note about Robinson: he's massive. 6'6", 225 lbs. He'd be the biggest Flame since Dougie Hamilton (6'6", 229 lbs.) left town, and the tallest forward to wear the C since... well, ever.
Yup, you dress Lucic, Bennett, Rinaldo and Robinson. This gives you the ability to have a nasty whole line. And have someone ride herd with Thachuk if your that worried.
For as tough as Kassian thinks he is, if it comes down to trouble, or the Oilers wanting a physical game, the Flames would run absolute roughshod over that Oilers line up.
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Yup, you dress Lucic, Bennett, Rinaldo and Robinson. This gives you the ability to have a nasty whole line. And have someone ride herd with Thachuk if your that worried.
For as tough as Kassian thinks he is, if it comes down to trouble, or the Oilers wanting a physical game, the Flames would run absolute roughshod over that Oilers line up.
Tkachuk-Lindholm-Bennett (as much as it makes he's still the most skilled of the goons)
Gaudreau-Monahan-Robinson (Johnny's would be on a mission to get his buddy a hatty)
Lucic-Ryan-Mangiapane (Eat Bread toughens up the line)
Rinaldo-Dube-Backlund (oh yeah, Dube's a centre, and Backlund is a winger)
Step three = profit
Super entertaining game kind of guaranteed though.
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Yup, you dress Lucic, Bennett, Rinaldo and Robinson. This gives you the ability to have a nasty whole line. And have someone ride herd with Thachuk if your that worried.
For as tough as Kassian thinks he is, if it comes down to trouble, or the Oilers wanting a physical game, the Flames would run absolute roughshod over that Oilers line up.
I suspect if things do get chippy (while also saying the media build up is likely to be bigger than what actually happens - wildcard, as always, is Kassian himself and how much he’s been conditioned in all this past two weeks of media pressure to be frothing at the mouth more so than he was in the third period when he got out of the box) a cheap shot somewhere in there coming from Nurse, in one of the two games next week, similar to what got him suspended 3 games a few years a back, would not be out of the realm.
We can't forget Janko's single goal this year just the other game! Surely he is on a roll now and to sit such latent offensive power waiting to be unleashed in favour of such an unknown... we must consider such a rash decision carefully!
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We can't forget Janko's single goal this year just the other game! Surely he is on a roll now and to sit such latent offensive power waiting to be unleashed in favour of such an unknown... we must consider such a rash decision carefully!
Well that’s a different argument. And it has some merit.
The league hasn't had a 'guy out of nowhere' story in a while. Maybe this will end up being our Nick Foligno. If he gets any time. Which he won't. Fun erased.
What is the Nick Foligno comparison? Playing style?
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This seems to be a good of a place as any, to ask this question :
There always seems to be players that receive preferential treatment, mostly for underlying skills or stats, and that does make some sense. But there are other players who are less skilled, but just flat out produce. They are never given a real chance.
Buddy Robinson has worked on his game, and gone from a sub .5pt/g player to around a .75p/g player. Lots of intangibles and a right handed right winger. There are a lot of examples of players actually getting better when put in a game with a faster pace, but you never really know how a player will react until they are put in a game.
Buddy is up, but does anyone actually think that he will be given a chance to play? I don't.
And this isn't a hockey thing, it's something that happens in all sports. Multiple players who have roughly the same effect on the outcome of a game, but some players are given a long leash, and some are labeled as a failed experiment. Is it all politics?
In my estimation, Alford is better than Fisher, but he's nearly out of baseball.
Is it wrong to think that Robinson might be better than Reider, if given the same opportunity? He has shown nothing but progression and work ethic.
More prevalent in baseball because you have such a huge number of players in a system, but basically one of those guys were picked up by the current management team and the other two by the previous.
he's still the most skilled of the goons)
