Article: Are the Wild Gambling By Pairing David Jiricek and Zeev Buium?

[Bekki Antonelli]

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[Pewterschmidt]

Let them play together, make mistakes together and learn together.  Like it or not OCL this is the season the rebuild happens by playing the kids and losing games.  

[MNCountryLife]

30 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

Let them play together, make mistakes together and learn together.  Like it or not OCL this is the season the rebuild happens by playing the kids and losing games.  

Which is exactly why Ohgren should be playing up as well. 

[Beast]

I’m not necessarily opposed to playing them together.  But, I’d like to see Zeevsy get more ice time with Fabsy or Spurgy.  That would allow him to be even more creative maybe open up some even strength scoring.

 

Is Middsy really above a stint on the 3rd pairing?  That fits his game much more than top pair.

[Kato AK]

8 minutes ago, Beast said:

I’m not necessarily opposed to playing them together.  But, I’d like to see Zeevsy get more ice time with Fabsy or Spurgy.  That would allow him to be even more creative maybe open up some even strength scoring.

 

Is Middsy really above a stint on the 3rd pairing?  That fits his game much more than top pair.

I would agree with this route for pairings. Put an offensive D with a defensive guy. Buium - Faber, Brodin - Spurge, Mids - Jiricek.

Let Jiricek grow his offensive game a little.

[Pewterschmidt]

Mikey Milne cleared medically and sent thru waivers to Iowa.  If there was ever a time this fanbase needed a hard scrabble bottom six rookie to come into the lineup and dent some helmets, it’s now.  Get this Cooper Top up to St. Paul stat.

[mnfaninnc]

I'm not fooled by anything more than being able to shield the minutes of Buium/Jiricek. They should not be playing together, they don't mesh well with each other's strengths. 

Sure, we'll play the kids! Head on over to line 4, pairing 3, and backup 'tender until I say differently. This is really BS. The kids have no part in helping the team win. They should be dispersed around the team. Right now, to the vets and coaching staff it's just "them." This is exactly what happened with the kids of 2010.