Be Patient with Petry?

[Paulie]

I know it's just not Petry, but the whole team, but how long do you wait for them to work out what's ailing them?

I can pick up Seider, Drysdale, Fowler, Gudas, Bouchard, and Schmidt from waivers.

Should I hang onto Petry or pick up one of the guys above?

This is for my team below.

[RizzeeDizzee]

If there are such good options on the waiver wire now, then you have two choices (1) be patient with Petry, since there's no urgency to grab waiver guys before they're snatched up, or (2) drop Petry and go the route of streaming your D spot, making moves to bring guys in and out based on how good they're playing and their opponents.

I think with someone like Petry, it's option #1, as he'd be snatched up and pay dividends for whomever gets him. It would be one thing if Montreal could just push Petry aside and lean on Weber, but Weber's out, and like it or not it's Petry or bust for them. What we're seeing this season is he wasn't as good as he was last season, but he's still pretty darn good. How good? Name me another defensemen who had 11+ goals in each of the last four seasons? You can't because he was the only one. Be patient and he should reward you for not getting rid of him.

[pmorrow]

I would wait it out with Petry. He's in such a prime spot to put up numbers. Seider is an intriguing option and I'd try to grab him if you can, but it's still Petry for me right now.

[Feenom]

Petry patience pays…possibly.

[Doug Glatt]

I oppose the mainstream here. I would grab Seider now. The guy is a future superstar and he is producing now. MTL obviously has lots of problems and they might not get it together this year. A month from now what will you do if Petry still sucks and the free agent bin is cleaned out? If you are in a keeper league Seider even makes more sense. Do you want to keep a 34 year old who is two years from retirement or a 21 year old stud on a Yzerman-built team?

[STONE.]

If you can stream (unlimited moves), I'd ride the hot hand. Seider looks outstanding, Drysdale will go on runs I'm sure, Bouchard could roll if given any time.
Schmidt is off to a great start too.

That said, I was so bullish on Petry with Weber being gone. He could still pick up the pace. But the zeros are rough.

[stevegamer]

I think you make a move, but who to pick up is a tough choice.

I like all of Seider, Drysdale, Bouchard, and Schmidt for the next few years, so figure out who fits your needs best.

[Paulie]

Thanks everyone for all the input.

I'm thinking about giving Petry some time and dropping a forward instead. I have to possibly address a lack of goalie starts. If Ullmark and Sorokin don't play this weekend, I've only got 2 goalie starts. After addressing that, I'll drop my goalie pickup for Seider and run with 5 D for a stretch. The only question is, which forward? I picked up Coleman after Rakell got injured and picked up Kyrou after giving up on T. Johnson. Coleman's got great peripheral stats to go with his points, but no PP time, Kyrou is on the 2nd PP.

So, is Kyrou the odd man out? The only problem with going this route is that I only have 3 eligible RWs after this.

[butch]

its just a ''keep 5'' with 40 moves per season so I dont think Seidr is really factor as a future core pikup .

ride out Petry

[stevegamer]

Thanks everyone for all the input.

I'm thinking about giving Petry some time and dropping a forward instead. I have to possibly address a lack of goalie starts. If Ullmark and Sorokin don't play this weekend, I've only got 2 goalie starts. After addressing that, I'll drop my goalie pickup for Seider and run with 5 D for a stretch. The only question is, which forward? I picked up Coleman after Rakell got injured and picked up Kyrou after giving up on T. Johnson. Coleman's got great peripheral stats to go with his points, but no PP time, Kyrou is on the 2nd PP.

So, is Kyrou the odd man out? The only problem with going this route is that I only have 3 eligible RWs after this.

In this sort of multi-cat, you simply cannot drop Coleman, I have no idea why he wasn't on a roster. The only area he doesn't deliver is PPP, and that time may be coming soon. I'd drop Kyrou before I'd drop Coleman, and probably some others as well.

[ScottyDH]

honestly, for your league's categories I think you can afford to be patient with Petry. It's tough seeing bagels on the board for points still, but he's a hits and blocks machine. And you have three other other solid offensive defensemen also. I'd ride it out unless you feel like you can afford to cut back on your hits/blocks totals.

[Paulie]

Thanks everyone. I'll hang onto him longer.

[C4RL]

Chantal Machabée (journalist on the Canadiens beat) says she saw Petry Saturday in the hotel lobby in LA. He had a hard time putting one foot in front of the other. So much that she even wondered why he was not in a wheelchair. She is convinced that he's playing injured.


https://919sports.ca/91-9-sports/chr...01/39663/#main

[striderz]

"Jeff Petry just one of a handful of players taking Montreal's optional skate this morning. No sign of Brendan Gallagher."
Eric Engels @EricEngels
https://twitter.com/EricEngels/statu...43762034302980

Sounds like he's still alive and skating. But that quote above about him having trouble walking is concerning.

I'm debating whether to punt Petry to IR+ for a while and replace him with someone else while we get more insight into what is going on with Petry and Montreal offence in general . .

Edit: I picked up Rasmus Andersson, Petry going on my IR+

[Paulie]

I've been patient with Petry for this long, I might as well see if he turns it around when Price returns.

That being said, Klingberg is also causing me a ton of grief. Is he droppable at this point? Some D that I'm looking at are: Gudas, Ferraro, Goligoski, Gostisbehere, Dahlin.
The only thing that's making me hesitate with Gudas is that I already have Verhaeghe and Huberdeau on my roster, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I already have a trio from Carolina.

Or do I drop both Petry and Klingberg?

Thanks.