NHL Transactions, Injuries & Rumours

[Tony]

time to tank and trade me Callahan then, Kyle ...

[Scott]

Corey Crawford misses practice 2 straight days with a groin injury. He "should be alright" for the Jets Wednesday. It's almost Salak time guys

[Mike]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/h ... le2197602/

Woot, no Komisarek on Saturday

MacArthur - Grabovski - Kulemin
Lupul - Bozak - Kessel
Frattin - Lombardi - Armstrong
Steckel - Dupuis - Brown

Gunnarsson - Phaneuf
Liles - Schenn
Gardiner - Franson

Reimer

Scratches: Orr, Rosehill, Komisarek

[MSP4LYFE]

Why do you have Steckel listed on the RW, and Lombardi on the third line?

Edit: just read the article (which is wrong)

[Mike]

Why do you have Steckel listed on the RW, and Lombardi on the third line?

Not my lines, taken from the article.

[Scott]

Why do you have Steckel listed on the RW, and Lombardi on the third line?

Also, Steckel plays the wing, he just happens to take the FO

[MSP4LYFE]

Yeah, I just saw, whoever wrote it is mistaken about the 4th line, Steckel is quite clearly the 4th line center, and I question the Komisarek rumors. Seems like speculation more than anything, my instincts tell me it will be Gardiner who takes a seat.

[MSP4LYFE]

Why do you have Steckel listed on the RW, and Lombardi on the third line?

Also, Steckel plays the wing, he just happens to take the FO

Steckel has played, and been listed at center in each game this season...

[Scott]

Why do you have Steckel listed on the RW, and Lombardi on the third line?

Also, Steckel plays the wing, he just happens to take the FO

Steckel has played, and been listed at center in each game this season...

After the FO Steckel is clearly a winger from the games I've watched

[Chris]

Why do you have Steckel listed on the RW, and Lombardi on the third line?

Also, Steckel plays the wing, he just happens to take the FO

Steckel has played, and been listed at center in each game this season...

After the FO Steckel is clearly a winger from the games I've watched

I agree with this. Steckel needs to play on the boards because that's the best place to utilize his size, his massive wingspan, and protect against his slow foot startup.

[Nick]

playing wing is not a protector of slow foot-speed...if anything it magnifies it as Wing is a start and stop position, and not one that allows momentum/flow.


i've seen him with shifts where he switches to wing post face-off, and shifts where he stays at C, typically seems to be when he is on the 4th line, or where he is just there for the draw and then to get off when possib;e

[Chris]

playing wing is not a protector of slow foot-speed...if anything it magnifies it as Wing is a start and stop position, and not one that allows momentum/flow.


i've seen him with shifts where he switches to wing post face-off, and shifts where he stays at C, typically seems to be when he is on the 4th line, or where he is just there for the draw and then to get off when possib;e

He covers basically one side of the ice rather than three.

[MSP4LYFE]

Why do you have Steckel listed on the RW, and Lombardi on the third line?

Also, Steckel plays the wing, he just happens to take the FO

Steckel has played, and been listed at center in each game this season...

After the FO Steckel is clearly a winger from the games I've watched

He played with Brown and Orr/Rosehill, are you saying one of them played center...? I can see the argument if you are referring to late in games, and for the purpose of a key defensive draw, but those are situational minutes, and does not change the fact that Steckel is a center.

[MSP4LYFE]

and protect against his slow foot startup.

LOL what? If anything playing the center ice position masks that...It's one of the main reasons Jordan Staal isn't utilized as a winger on Pittsburgh, that and he is a fantastic defensive center.

[MSP4LYFE]

playing wing is not a protector of slow foot-speed...if anything it magnifies it as Wing is a start and stop position, and not one that allows momentum/flow.


i've seen him with shifts where he switches to wing post face-off, and shifts where he stays at C, typically seems to be when he is on the 4th line, or where he is just there for the draw and then to get off when possib;e

This.

[Chris]

and protect against his slow foot startup.

LOL what? If anything playing the center ice position masks that...It's one of the main reasons Jordan Staal is utilized primarily as a winger on Pittsburgh, that and he is a fantastic defensive center.

Errr, no. It doesn't. A centre should be quick, versatile, and capable of clogging the neutral zone with his speed, as well as supporting the defense as the wingers need to cover the boards and a very small section of the ice. It's okay Kareem. Some of us have played hockey, you clearly haven't.

[Mike]

This just in: it's better to be a fast hockey player than a slow one.

[Chris]

and protect against his slow foot startup.

LOL what? If anything playing the center ice position masks that...It's one of the main reasons Jordan Staal isn't utilized as a winger on Pittsburgh, that and he is a fantastic defensive center.

Staal's actually pretty quick on his start-ups - straight line, decent. Not the most agile, but he's big enough to compensate. Steckel is not a good east-west skater. At all.

[Chris]

This just in: it's better to be a fast hockey player than a slow one.

Well no shit. Would you rather a big and slow centre or a big and quick centre? Pretty obvious that Steckel switches to the wing, as he has his entire career, after the draw. Not always, but usually against faster lines.

[Scott]

Why do you have Steckel listed on the RW, and Lombardi on the third line?

Also, Steckel plays the wing, he just happens to take the FO

Steckel has played, and been listed at center in each game this season...

After the FO Steckel is clearly a winger from the games I've watched

He played with Brown and Orr/Rosehill, are you saying one of them played center...? I can see the argument if you are referring to late in games, and for the purpose of a key defensive draw, but those are situational minutes, and does not change the fact that Steckel is a center.

Most of the shifts I seen him taking were with Lombardi.. who would be the C on that line and probably explains why Lombardi only has 3 FOWs thus far.