Thank you! For some reason I had figured there was another non-St Louis player out there who had made his way up through the ECHL ranks as a small player, and Desharnais is it!! Not sure how I missed his name on the first run through of ECHL alumni.
That's way too small a sample to be definitive one way or another. David Desharnais is a midget who played in the ECHL and he's carved out a nice career. The issue with Arcobello is that right now they need to cushion Nuge too much, which leaves little room for another guy who can't face the really tough match ups. Maybe once the Nuge develops a little more or maybe if Draisaitl can step in kind of the way Couturier did for Philly then there's room for a guy like Arcobello. Otherwise, you're better off having him as organizational depth.
Thank you! For some reason I had figured there was another non-St Louis player out there who had made his way up through the ECHL ranks as a small player, and Desharnais is it!! Not sure how I missed his name on the first run through of ECHL alumni.
Not surprising. Dude has been overlooked every step of the way. One thing worth noting for this comparison is that Desharnais scored 106 points in 68 games in his lone ECHL season. Arcobello scored only 20 in 33 while playing at that level. So we may not be comparing apples to apples here... Actually, we might be, and Desharnais had a lot more apples.
Just came upon this while scrolling my twitter timeline and it remind me of the conversation we had here.
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/201.../nail-yakupov/
Any thoughts to this?As we’ve pointed out repeatedly at this blog for a few years now, one problem is that Nugent-Hopkins likes to set up there as well, but having him in that position hasn’t work well since the first few months of his rookie season, as RNH lacks a killer shot. Again, as we’ve said repeatedly for ages, Yakupov or Taylor Hall need to be in that spot, and the Oilers need to make it a priority to figure out a way to get them open and constantly feed them.
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Pretty much what I already said lol. Oilers under/mis-utilize all of their skill players on the PP.
I was also pointing out that Staples didn't seem to like RNH being slotted at the half-wall because he feels he's one trick pony there (doesn't feel RNH has a killer shot).
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2 seasons ago the powerplay was stellar. What setup did they use then?
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Still curious what the setup was. Little busy at the moment or I'd look it up myself.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
10 Team Yahoo Roto
Keep 3F, 1D, 1G (to max 2 years unless franchise keeper)
3C,3LW,3RW,4D,2G,2BN,2IR Roto-play 85games/position
Player: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, HIT, BS SOG, FW
Goalie: W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO
C: (F1) Tavares, Stastny, Carter
LW: 1-Hall, Pacioretty, B.Schenn
RW: Mackinnon, Nyquist, Hornqvist
D: 1-Carlson, Josi, Faulk, Franson
G: Andersen, Mason
BN: Jones, Niemi
#- denotes number of years I have kept a player. 2 = I need to trade him this year, (F1) = Franchise Keeper, up to 4 years.
Had a dream last night that I got to watch the Oilers/Flames home opener (which I am going to attend!) with Gretzky and Messier. Rather nice guys in my dreamworld, I must admit. Though they threw Al Hamilton under the bus by stating that the #3 is an unCanadian jersey number (I blame Grebeshkov). Man, whatever I ate before bed needs to happen again. Strange stuff.