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thrashermaxey · 6 years ago

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Ramblings: Injury Updates for Stastny and Patrick; Jan Kovar; Game Recaps; Forum Questions – October 11

We had a wild game in Canada’s capital Wednesday night that featured a lot of goals and an equal amount of nastiness.

The first note was that not only did Brady Tkachuk score his first career NHL goal, he managed a pair of them. Truth be told, his power play unit looked much better than the first one and they even started earning some extra ice time. It was a nice game all around for the rookie.

It was the Philly top line that really showed up in this one, though. One night after getting embarrassed at home, Jakub Voracek had a pair of goals and five points, Claude Giroux had one and one, Sean Couturier added another tally en route to a 7-4 win.

The Flyers blue line did a lot of work on the scoresheet as Shayne Gostisbehere had two assists, Radko Gudas had three, while Robert Hagg scored his second goal of the season. Hagg only had three all of last year.

Maxime Lajoie continued his torrid start for Ottawa adding another two goals and assist to his stellar performance so far this season. He also earned over 20 minutes for the second time in four games, playing at least 18:30 in all four contests to date. Of all the early-season goings on, the rookie blue liner having five points in four games has to be near the top of the list.

Nolan Patrick seemed to be injured after a hit in the first period and only played a few minutes in Wednesday night’s game. He left the game, did not return, and the team is calling it an upper-body injury. We may know more on Thursday.

Ryan Kesler made a surprise return for the Ducks as he had not been cleared medically as of Wednesday afternoon but was in the lineup Wednesday night. If you drafted him, now is the time to activate him. With Getzlaf still injured, he should see a lot of ice time.

Patrick Eaves’s progress continues. He’s not ready for game action yet but he’s not having any setbacks, which is a good sign. Anaheim needs all the help they can get, and as soon as possible.

Staying with Anaheim, Ryan Getzlaf won’t be returning just yet for the Ducks. GM Bob Murray said he could be back next week. Fantasy owners will need to exercise some patience here.

Updates on the Arizona-Anaheim game in the morning.

We had a rematch of the Stanley Cup Final with Vegas going into Washington. The Caps would prevail 5-2 largely thanks to their power play.

This was the Evgeny Kuznetsov show all game long. He made a couple of very nice plays to set up Alex Ovechkin for a pair of goals. His best was probably this one, using his edges and exercising patience, waiting for the lane to open:

Alex Ovechkin one-times home Evgeny Kuznetsov's pass to score his 610th career goal and tie Bobby Hull for 17th place on the NHL's all-time scoring list! #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/jKx947K5tZ

— NHL Daily 365 (@NHLDaily365) October 11, 2018

Kuznetsov figured in all four goals, having one tally and three assists. Two of the team’s four goals came with the man advantage.

One important note from this game on the Vegas side of things: about mid-way through the third period, needing a goal, the Golden Knights stacked their top PP unit with the top line, Max Pacioretty, and Shea Theodore. They have always used to separate PP units with nearly equal ice time. It could have just been for this game needing a goal, but it’s something to monitor in the coming games.

Paul Stastny will miss a few games with a lower-body injury. It doesn’t seem too serious for now but fantasy owners will have to make do in the short-term with a bench option.

For what it’s worth (probably a lot), Bob McKenzie said last night it could me more of a week-to-week thing. We shall see.

Niklas Kronwall should be back Thursday while Dennis Cholowski, Trevor Daley, and Jonathan Ericsson will be out. This is quite the start to the season for the Detroit blue line, injury-wise.

Well, that didn’t take long:

#Isles place Jan Kovar on unconditional waivers.

— Andrew Gross (@AGrossNewsday) October 10, 2018

Too bad it didn’t work out. The Islanders need all the help they can get.

We’re a week into the season. We have a couple dozen weeks left. What is true today will not necessarily be true tomorrow, or a week from now, or a month from now.

That doesn’t mean there aren’t some early surprises. Sometimes these surprises lead to good things – Jake DeBrusk looking great early in 2017-18 bode well for his season – and sometimes they’re meaningless.

Here are a few things early in the season that are surprising, at least to me. This is as of Wednesday afternoon, so we’re not counting Wednesday night’s games.

Patrick Kane leads the league in shot attempts

Not only does the dynamic Chicago winger lead the league in shot attempts (34), he’s done so playing just three games whereas names like Evander Kane (32), Mitch Marner (25), and John Tavares (25) have all played four games.

It’s not necessarily a surprise that Kane is among the league leaders in this regard; he did finish top-10 last year. But that top-10 finish had him 260 attempts behind first place (Brent Burns). That margin of 260 was roughly half of Kane’s final total (515). So, yeah, he normally shoots a lot, but he doesn’t shoot this much.

The thing is, Kane is averaging a lot of ice so far as well, clocking in just shy of 22:30 a game. He won’t keep up over six shots per game, but if he maintains anywhere near that level of ice time, don’t be surprised to see a career-best shot total come from his campaign.

Los Angeles looks awful.

It has been kind of a tough schedule to open, with games against Winnipeg and San Jose bookending a game with Detroit. But the Kings have been outshot a total of 110-63 in those three games. If they fancy themselves as contenders, this is not the impression to make out of the gate.

Their showing so far is a bit surprising, at least to me. Adding Ilya Kovalchuk and having a healthy Jeff Carter was supposed to make a difference. They’re older players, sure, but still very good. Team depth is an issue but the top half of the roster up front and on the blue line still looks solid. And they were throttled by Detroit, only being bailed out by their goaltending. Not a recipe for long-term success.

Alex Edler is second among defencemen in PP points

Given that we knew Morgan Rielly would be running the new-look Leafs PP, his leading the league’s defencemen in PP points isn’t a surprise. Edler having three PPs himself, however, is.

Vancouver has looked probably as expected to most: the top line is snakebit early but looks fine, Elias Pettersson looks fantastic, and the rest of the team looks pretty bad. But that top line, with Elias Pettersson, is all Edler needs to have fantasy value.

Power play points are going to be crucial for Edler moving forward and despite the early success, the team is struggling for shot generation. This is something to keep an eye on over the next couple weeks. If Edler can manage a few more PPs in the next five or six games, and shot generation for the Canucks doesn’t improve, that would be the time for fantasy owners to trade him. That injury history is always lurking in the shadows anyway.

Speaking of Vancouver, don’t be fooled by Loui Eriksson’s start

Three points in three games for the veteran winger is a nice way to begin the campaign. He also has one (1!) shot on goal in those three games and has been given fewer than 12 minutes per game in that span. I’m sure a lot of people will point to the HE PLAYS WITH PETTERSSON sign, but those minutes cannot sustain fantasy value for anyone playing anywhere.

If you have Eriksson on your roster, chances are he was a throwaway pick very late in a deep draft. Maybe you can trade him for something useful now because if his role doesn’t improve, he’ll have no value in a month.

It’s still early so there isn’t really a lot to discuss, especially on slow three-game nights like Wednesday night. I thought I would dig through the Dobber forums and answer some questions posed there.

Question 1: Buchnevich or Labanc, points-only?

Question taken from here.

To me, this isn’t close. In my preseason projections, I had Buchnevich at 55.0 points even and Labanc at 45.6 points. There has been nothing so far this season that makes me think Labanc can increase his scoring by 25 percent to become the better option.

Yes, Labanc is off to a great start with five points in four game. He’s also still playing roughly as many minutes as he did last year and unless San Jose sustains four or five more key injuries, he won’t come anywhere close to the top PP unit.

Buchnevich, on the other hand, is earning about a minute more per game so far this season compared to 2017-18 and will be on the top PP unit. There is a disparity in the quality of the teams but that top line for the Rangers is still very good and as long as Buchnevich remains in his current role, he’s the superior points-only option.

Question 2: Brendan Gallagher or Elias Lindholm? Scoring: Goals (4), Assists (3), Hits (0.25), SHG (2), SOG (0.5), PPP (1)

Question taken from here.

My preseason projections had Gallagher ahead of Lindholm in goals (27.6 to 17.1) but the disparity in assists brought their point totals fairly close with Gallagher still having a small edge (53.6 to 51.3). The projection for Lindholm was done with the assumption that he’d play 50 percent of the season on the top line and 50 percent of the season in the middle-6 while bouncing between the two PP units.

This is clearly all about Lindholm’s role. He’s skating with Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan both at five-on-five and on the PP. If that sustains itself for the vast majority of the season, rather than just half the season, that will more than make up for the disparity in shots on goal in this scoring format. If he’s off the top line and top PP unit by American Thanksgiving, though, Gallagher has the clear edge.

As noted by FHG in that particular forum thread, Lindholm likely has the coach’s trust given his early usage and their prior relationship. This gives the edge to Lindholm for however long he maintains his role.

Question 3: A lot of people are bailing on Kevin Shattenkirk

There were multiple questions about him.

I understand the desire to get ahead of this before it snowballs out of control, seeing as he played under 10 minutes in the team’s last game and looks to be a healthy scratch on Thursday.

Here’s the thing: this is a new coach sending a message to a young team. Expectations aren’t high for the Rangers but an NHL coach doesn’t think in terms of losing. They have to mix winning with developing younger players. This is a message to the younger players that says ‘Even if you’re a 10-year veteran all star, if you don’t pull your weight, we’ll find someone else that will.’ Shattenkirk cracked 20 minutes in each of the first two games before that insane 8-5 game in Carolina.

Don’t bail on Shattenkirk. He’ll be back after the Thursday scratch and back in his usual role. If other people in your league are looking to bail on him, now is the time to buy him for cheap.

from All About Sports https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-rambling/ramblings-injury-updates-for-stastny-and-patrick-jan-kovar-game-recaps-forum-questions-october-11/

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maysoper · 7 years ago

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Czechs Name Their Olympians

With the Canadian men's Olympic team named and the vast majority of the American men's Olympic team named, the world waited with anticipation for the remaining countries to submit their Olympic lists as the tournament begins to take form. We're less than a month away from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, so expect a number of teams to begin making announcements over the next couple of weeks. With no NHL players to name, who will make each team's list? The Czech Republic announced their team today, and the list is posted below.

There are some recognizable names on that list from their time in North America. Most notably, Martin Erat, Jiri Sekac, and Roman Cervenka should be the stand-out Czech players in South Korea, but there are some players whose North American exploits may not have them as A-list stars but should still make them solid players. Michal Jordan had a solid run with the Carolina Hurricanes organization, Tomas Kundratek was a key component with Washington and Hershey, Jakub Nakladal and Roman Horak spent time in the Flames' system, goaltender Patrik Bartosak tended the nets in the LA Kings' system, and Michal Repik spent time with the Florida Panthers and its affiliates. On top of those players, Jan Kovar has been a top-flight player in the KHL with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Milan Gulas has been a solid offensive player for Färjestad in the Swedish Elite League, and netminder Dominik Furch has been the starting netminder for the KHL's Avangard Omsk for the last three seasons. In other words, this Czech team isn't just smoke and mirrors. Notably, one 45 year-old Czech superstar opted not to play in these Olympics, but I'm not sure this team really needs a Jaromir Jagr. Yes, his inclusion would be a major lift for everyone on this squad, but there is some good to great talent still on this Czech squad. If you were asking me, I'd wager that one of Cervenka, Kovar, or Sekac will lead the Czechs in scoring. Like we've seen with the Czechs in other tournaments, their top players can likely run-and-gun with the big teams in this tournament, but the scoring falls off pretty hard after Repik and Erat, and those two weren't known for their explosive scoring in the NHL as it is. In saying that, though, I think the Czechs have assembled a very solid team. They have a good defensive core with Jordan, Kundratek, and Nakladal carrying the bulk of the ice-time, and their goaltending will be solid but unspectacular. Scoring may be their Achilles' heel, but the Czechs might be able to score just enough and defend like demons to shock a few nations. Of course, the house could collapse at any moment if things unravel as we've seen happen at a number of international tournaments, but the Czechs, at least on paper, look like they could be medalists based on this squad. In reality, they'll most likely end up in fourth- or fifth-place, but the Czechs could just shock one nation in one game and find themselves competing for a medal. We'll have to see if they play for the Czech-mate. Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice! from Sports News http://hockey-blog-in-canada.blogspot.com/2018/01/czechs-name-their-olympians.html

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seliasaihcsalavatufa-blog · 8 years ago

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Bad Times for Salavat Yulaev Ufa. February 4, 2017.

I haven't written anything in this blog for almost a month, a horrible thing to do. The more horrible thing is HCSalavat's play. Since my last post, Salavat Yulaev has lost all of its games. January 23rd the guys played against Vityaz Podolsk after the All Star Weekend in Ufa. The 1st thing to say is there is something wrong with the team's fate regarding injuries. Salavat's newby Tomas Mertl after several games got a head concussion in the previous game vs Ak Bars. So minus 1 centre-forward vs Vityaz. Unexpectedly the game starts brilliantly for Ufa guys, Kirill Kaprizov and Zakhar Arzamastsev made it 0:3 at the beginning of the 2nd period. Good start, right? The fans were on cloud 9. Is it Salavat? After 3 consecutive losses? Yes, because everything fell into the groove to the middle of the 3rd period - 3:3. Again shootouts where Vityaz was luckier, or more skillful... After Podolsk, the team went to Moscow to fight Dinamo. Important thing to mention is that Dinamo Moscow haven't lost to Salavat Yulaev in Moscow since 2010. Each time Dinamo wins, scoring no less than 4 goals. Last 3 games Dinamo permanently scores 6 goals to Ufa's net. This game couldn't break this statistics. Moscow scores 2 goals right in the beginning. Nothing new, we're used to that. Kaprizov and Igor Grigorenko were able to even the score. However, the 1st period ends with 3:2. Ufa fans had hopes that maybe this game would become Salavat's rise. But no, Lucas Kaspar makes it 4:2 in the beginning of the 2nd. It was necessary for Dinamo just to support this score and mind the defense in the 3rd period. Easiest thing to do now against Salavat. Martins Karsums and Fedorov even make it 6:2 in favour of Dinamo. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl was the next opponent which didn't even consider that it was the great Salavat Yulaev they were playing against. Lokomotiv could score 5 goals in the net of Niklas Svedberg. As for him, we cannot say that he is a bad goalie. He's a good one, but right now he is not the one who can rise the team on his shoulders. Niklas doesn't make silly mistakes, he does everything he can, he plays his level, but apparently that's not enough. Generally speaking, the team tries to score, tries to do everything it can. There are a couple of reasons of Salavat's bad luck this year. But the most important right now is lack of players because of lots and lots of injuries: one of the leaders - Teemu Hartikainen, the man who could bring the confidence to the guys - Sergei Soin, the man who started the season brilliantly - Igor Makarov, a new foreign striker - Tomas Mertl, one more centreforward - Evgeny Bodrov. 4 of them are centreforwards. This is huge for any team. But that's not all regarding injuries. The worst is yet to come. Salavat Yulaev finished its away series with a game against Severstal Cherepovets. Everybody hoped that maybe this game would become a breaking one, because Severstal sure won't take place in play-offs and isn't motivated. Really, Linus Omark was the one to open the score. Rare thing to see by the way. Sami Lepisto and Aleksander Loginov assist him in powerplay. During the game you could see that everything can end well. The movement was good, the players made more shots to Jakub Kovar's net. But that's unmotivated Severstal, right? Hell no, in the second they made it 2:1. Now Salavat again needs to find strength to even the score. Only in the 3rd period Dmitry Makarov scores and leaves the fans' hopes. Unfortunately, Severstal broke them in the overtime - 3:2. But it wasn't the only thing that had been broken in this game, Salavat's real leader, Linus Omark trying to block the puck, broke his leg. Can we call it just the bad luck or is the team cursed? Really, right before the play-offs? The loss to Severstal probably took the fans' cake because they decided to have a talk with the players. The wild fans caught the team in the Ufa airport and gave the players a piece of their mind. They told that the fans believe in the team, but it seems that the team cannot believe in itself. The coach, Igor Zakharkin, assured that the guys will do whatever they can to break this series and make it to play-offs. Do you know how many years Ufa fans haven't talked about not making it to play-offs? 12 years. All these years Salavat does it without any problems. This year might be a shock. Salavat Yulaev has 4 games left and 6 opponents in a fight for play-offs. The next 2 games are against the best teams in Western Conference - SKA Saint-Petersburg(February 1) and CSKA Moscow (February 3).

#HCSalavat #Gagarin Cup #khl #Салават Юлаев

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pilatoews · 9 years ago

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are u serious are u rlly serious wtf is this fuckery are u normal

#team czech #GOD #jakub kovar #why bae #why

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chunkletskhl · 7 years ago

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When you just want to bask in the feeling of moving into first place in the KHL East Conference, at home, on teddy bear toss night! As demonstrated by Avtomobilist’s Jakub Kovář on Friday in Yekaterinburg. (Image Source)

#Jakub Kovar #Goalies #Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg #Teddy Bears #KHL #Stuffed Animals #Russia #Czechia #Czech Republic

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goalhofer · 7 years ago

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2018 Olympics Czech Republic Roster

Alpine Skiing

Ondrej Berndt (Jablonec Nad Nisou)

Filip Forejtek (Svaty Petr)

Adam Kotzmann (Sumperk)

Jan Zabystran (Chomutov)

Jan Hudec; Jr. (Sumperk)

Gabriela Capova (Ostrava)

Martina Dubovska (Trinec)

Ester Ledecka (Liberec)

Katerina Paulathova (Havirov)

Biathlon

Michal Krcmar (Nove Mesto Na Morave)

Ondrej Moravec (Letohrad)

Jaroslav Soukup (Jicin)

Michal Slesingr (Jablonec Nad Nisou)

Adam Vaclavik (Jilemnice)

Marketa Davidova (Janov Nad Nisou)

Lea Johanidesova (Usti Nad Orlici)

Jessica Jislova (Jablonec Nad Nisou)

Eva Puskarcikova (Jablonec Nad Nisou)

Veronika Vitkova (Vrchlabi)

Veronika Zvaricova (Krnov)

Cross Country Skiing

Miroslav Rypl (Liberec)

Martin Jaks (Plzen)

Petr Knop (Jablonec Nad Nisou)

Michal Novak (Vitkovice)

Ales Razym (Liberec)

Barbora Havlickova (Liberec)

Petra Hyncicova (Liberec)

Katerina Berouskova (Plzen)

Karolina Grohova (Dvur Kralove Nad Labem)

Petra Novakova (Karlovy Vary)

Freestyle Skiing

Nikol Kucerova (Turnov)

Nordic Combined

Lukas Danek (Harrachov)

Ondrej Pazout (Turnov)

Miroslav Dvorak (Liberec)

Tomas Portyk (Jilemnice)

Ski Jump

Roman Koudelka (Turnov)

Cestmir Kozisek (Lomnice Nad Popelkou)

Viktor Polasek (Harrachov)

Vojtech Stursa (Liberec)

Lukas Hlava (Harrachov)

Bobsleigh

Jakub Havlin (Prague)

Jakub Nosek (Prague)

David Egydy (Prague)

Jaroslav Kopriva (Prague)

Jan Sindelar (Prague)

Jan Vrba (Prague)

Dominik Dvorak (Prague)

Dominik Suchy (Prague)

Figure Skating

Anna Duskova (Prague)

Cortney Mansour (Prague)

Speed Skating

Michaela Sejpalova (Prague)

Nikola Zdrahalova (Dvur Klalove Nad Labem)

Karolina Erbanova (Vrchlabi)

Martina Sablikova (Nove Mesto Na Morave)

Hockey

Josef Jandac (Prague)

Roman Cervenka (Prague)

Michal Birner (Litomerice)

Dominik Kubalik (Plzen)

Ondrej Nemec (Trebic)

Jan Kolar (Pardubice)

Patrik Bartosak (Koprivnice)

Pavel Francouz (Plzen)

Dominik Furch (Prague)

Petr Koukal (Zd’ar Nad Sazavou)

Jan Kovar (Pisek)

Michal Jordan (Zlin)

Roman Horak (Ceske Budejovice)

Adam Polasek (Ostrava)

Michal Repik (Vlasim)

Jiri Sekac (Kladno)

Vojtech Mozik (Prague)

Lukas Radil (Caslav)

Ondrej Vitasek (Prostejov)

Milan Gulas (Ceske Budejovice)

Tomas Zohorna (Chotebor)

Michal Vondrka (Ceske Budejovice)

Tomas Kundratek (Prerov)

Tomas Mertl (Ceske Budejovice)

Jakub Nakladal (Pardubice)

Martin Erat (Trebic)

Luge

Jaromir Kudera (Bratrikov)

Ondrej Hyman (Jablonec Nad Nisou)

Lukas Broz (Jablonec Nad Nisou)

Antonin Broz (Jablonec Nad Nisou)

Matej Kvicala (Prague)

Tereza Noskova (Smrzovka)

Snowboarding

Petr Horak (Kladno)

Jan Kubicik (Prague)

Vendula Hopjakova (Prague)

Katerina Louthanova (Dolni Morava)

Sarka Pancochova (Moravia)

Ester Ledecka (Prague)

Eva Samkova (Vrchlabi)

#Sports #Winter #National Teams #Races #Hockey #Hockey Goalies #Czech Republic

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