That's a valid point. Coaching

Who you sitting?

Let me guess? Risto?
- Boss34

Risto is a RD, Pilut LD. So no, captain obsessive.

I would make a trade that brings a top 9 player here and allows Pilut a spot

And still on pace for 35 points (27 even strength) without being on the top PP line. Huge dropoff like many predicted.
- adambuffalo

Can you please find me another D man who plays 26 minutes a night, still gets PP time, and is only on pace for 35 points?

Again, he literally is on the ice with Eichel constantly. In fact, Eichel made the play on both his points the other night.

Scoring 35 points playing a ton with Eichel is incredibly not impressive man

He was great overseas, great in the AHL, solid here for 30 games.

Are we just not going to find out if he can play and let him walk?

Legit every D man has improved under Krueger. Why does this not automatically apply to Pilut?
- sbroads24

Think we could trade him for a guy like Alex Nylander? Because this sounds like another player that was traded recently.

Think we could trade him for a guy like Alex Nylander? Because this sounds like another player that was traded recently.
- adambuffalo

And we’d want to...why?

Can you please find me another D man who plays 26 minutes a night, still gets PP time, and is only on pace for 35 points?

Again, he literally is on the ice with Eichel constantly. In fact, Eichel made the play on both his points the other night.

Scoring 35 points playing a ton with Eichel is incredibly not impressive man
- sbroads24

There getting better, but Eichel line isn't exactly great at defense

I’m not doing 85 pages on Ristolainen again. Thought he was excellent last night.

He’s gotten better on D (which literally every single D and forward has gotten under Krueger) but he’s still massively over rated offensively.

If he continues to play 26 minutes with McCabe it will get ugly.

Ristolainen gets worn down and McCabe isn’t durable. One will be mentally exhausted the other will physically be on IR by February.

They need to eventually even the minutes out

No one told me that Pysyk is a winger now

Maybe Bogo will be our power forward once his hips are demushified

No one told me that Pysyk is a winger now
- jcragcrumple

Lmao, is that real?

Lmao, is that real?
- sbroads24

Yeah, the last 4 games. He has 1 goal as a forward. Weird.

Yeah, the last 4 games. He has 1 goal as a forward. Weird.
- jcragcrumple

Wow.

Can you please find me another D man who plays 26 minutes a night, still gets PP time, and is only on pace for 35 points?

Again, he literally is on the ice with Eichel constantly. In fact, Eichel made the play on both his points the other night.

Scoring 35 points playing a ton with Eichel is incredibly not impressive man
- sbroads24

Risto had less points last year in the first 12 games, would like more offense from him, it will come. But they do need to find a way to drop his minutes. With the way he plays he wears down.

Possibly, what are his AHL stats so far?
- turbo044

9 goals and 7 assists in 15 regular season games

2 goals in 3 playoff games

to throw another log on the pilut pissing contest
he has 27 points in 33 ahl games and is a +21

Risto had less points last year in the first 12 games, would like more offense from him, it will come. But they do need to find a way to drop his minutes. With the way he plays he wears down.
- Buff36

IMO, with the level of play he and 19 have performed at so far they are a good 2nd pair right now.

Risto had less points last year in the first 12 games, would like more offense from him, it will come. But they do need to find a way to drop his minutes. With the way he plays he wears down.
- Buff36

dropped to second team pp, due to dahlin

that is pretty much the only difference he has in points

on pace with muzzin, falk, theodore, broadie, heiskanen, hanifin last season

and most of them got time on first team pp last season

Can you please find me another D man who plays 26 minutes a night, still gets PP time, and is only on pace for 35 points?


- sbroads24

Chara and McAvoy
Zaitsev
Klingberg
Barrie
Demers
Keith

All have more EV time, less PK time and most have more PP time. They all have less points than Risto.

IMO, with the level of play he and 19 have performed at so far they are a good 2nd pair right now.
- sbroads24

I don't know who else they could play with risto

they played pilut with him last season, looked ok

montour or miller if they play LD, maybe

hutton 2019-20 save % .920

the scrub who is bad .932 save %

BUT WHERE IS ALL THE POSITIVITY SO YOU DON'T RUN INTO TRAFFIC WITH YOUR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS?

Chara and McAvoy
Zaitsev
Klingberg
Barrie
Demers
Keith

All have more EV time, less PK time and most have more PP time. They all have less points than Risto.
- adambuffalo

Keith is 100 years old, and sucks now.

Demers just had a 3 point night last night after going scoreless. So he’s right there.

Barrie is coming off 2 consecutive 14 goal almost 60 point years in less than 80 games each, I’m sure he will pick it up. He’s also not on PP1. Rielly is.

Klingberg is on a team that can’t score and I’m sure that will change too.

Neither Chara or McAvoy are on PP1 either, that’s Krug.

Again, I was told for years if you put Risto on a good team he’d be a 55-60 point D man and that he was great offensively

Well, here’s his good team. We’re 9-2-1. And he’s been ok.

IMO, with the level of play he and 19 have performed at so far they are a good 2nd pair right now.
- sbroads24

Agree with that, with the right partner think Risto could be a 2

Keith is 100 years old, and sucks now.

Demers just had a 3 point night last night after going scoreless. So he’s right there.

Barrie is coming off 2 consecutive 14 goal almost 60 point years in less than 80 games each, I’m sure he will pick it up. He’s also not on PP1. Rielly is.

Klingberg is on a team that can’t score and I’m sure that will change too.

Neither Chara or McAvoy are on PP1 either, that’s Krug.

Again, I was told for years if you put Risto on a good team he’d be a 55-60 point D man and that he was great offensively

Well, here’s his good team. We’re 9-2-1. And he’s been ok.
- sbroads24

So I answered your original question with 6 correct answers and you quickly rebut with excuses for each one. Who did Risto screw in your life that brings all this blind hatred?

BUT WHERE IS ALL THE POSITIVITY SO YOU DON'T RUN INTO TRAFFIC WITH YOUR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS?
- jochfr

Traffic? Don’t be silly. I was just going to sharpen the butt end of my sherwood coffey and fall on it.

Again, I was told for years if you put Risto on a good team he’d be a 55-60 point D man and that he was great offensively


- sbroads24

if there is no dahlin on this roster, risto is the pp qb on the first unit and on pace for those points though

So I answered your original question with 6 correct answers and you quickly rebut with excuses for each one. Who did Risto screw in your life that brings all this blind hatred?
- adambuffalo

You gave examples of a 10-12 game sample.

Pretty much all of them besides Demers have been way bigger scorers than 35-40 points when playing top minutes