Re: Boston University: 2010-11 part I - "so...you're saying i get a calendar??"
Re: Boston University: 2010-11 part I - "so...you're saying i get a calendar??"
I don't love the idea of Santana on a top two line. He doesn't seem to have much in the way of hands, and I think he's always gonna be better suited to a grinder's role.
It seems like everyone on here loves the kid, and while I like his effort and his physicality, I have yet to see any real skill form him that makes me think he's any better than someone like Ryan Priem was.
(Okay, maybe not Priemo, but I loved the dude, so I'll stick with it)
numbers are arbritary right now. there is not a true 'high impact high talent' group to fill lines. coyle may, nieto may... but they haven't reached that level yet. trivino is a role player/play maker - not a finisher.
heck, joep has been on the top line for most of the season.
i'm looking for players (from what i've seen so far) who have games that may mesh. trivino has the ability to control the puck and skate around with it and find players. chiasson this season has shown the improvement to be able to get in spots and finish. nieto (so far) has not. while he has speed (witnessed by his breaking through those two chiefs saturday night), he has not yet shown to me the ability to react and convert off the speed of others around him (offensive teammates and defense guarding his line without the puck). may it come? hopefully. but if he had been able to convert i easily count four goals he should have that didn't happen. coyle is a shot to solve that.
-so that is one line.
i like the energy the G unit (someone named that, i'll keep it) has together. i'll keep that too.
-another line.
joep hussles continuously all night. not the most gifted player in the world, but his effort is top notch. santana (i've read) has almost one "wow" event every practice and chatter was to expect a breakout year for him. 10-15 goals were not out of the question. whether or not that translates to games, we'll have to see. gill, after the 'touted recruit' to the 'left the ushl' to some posters (our own bush beater hokydad) claiming he didn't have speed to play in our league, yada yada yada, has been great to watch. right place, right time. finishes. kinda a good match with the other two. like i added below, joep is a transition player. unconvential rushes, looks for quick odd-man opps. santana and gill both can take faceoffs - plus both could take the puck and move it toward the net and allow joe to run in there and bang it home (which is where most of his goals will come, not on the carry).
-that's another line.
then by default i have connolly, megan, and nieto. all very good players (either proven or potentially). wade can center and has the best faceoff % of our centers. connolly can finish. but is a rush player as well (for example his gwg saturday). i don't see him as a 'cycler'. i don't see nieto like that (with the small sample to date). nieto though now plays with two guys who cycle very well-and to me is miscast. so let these three guys skate transition and fill lanes and see what happens.
-that's my last line.
send out trivino 1, megan 2, santana 3, gaudet 4. order doesn't matter, though on 'talent' that order probably works in doling out the minutes we'd all like to see allotted.
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