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Puck Drama wrote:Tangradi can't pass Kennedy and Vitale on the depth chart. He is a bust.
Kaizer wrote:put him on sids wing
Gaucho wrote:Kaizer wrote:put him on sids wing
Why?
GDR wrote:if having good preseason performances was any barometer of NHL talent Jon Sim would've been Wayne Gretzky. I wholly concur with everyone who brings up his lack of skating ability as his biggest problem. Until he gets that solved (if he can) then he's a 4th line/AHL guy, which we have about 17 of.
Bioshock wrote:Tangradi is like Dustin Jeffrey. He will never be given the opportunity because he has fallen out of favor with the coaching staff. Dustin is way more of a mystery to me than Tangradi. Tangradi flat out can't skate well enough to be successful in this system, but Dustin actually has a whole lot of touch. He can actually finish and play the system well. I think Dustin would be a good third line center but we have one of the best in the league at that role now.
penmyst wrote:It's not his skating I care about. It's serviceable for a guy his size.
The problem is that he is a small player in a big man's body. Until he is willing to utilize his size, that many players aren't blessed with, to punch his meal ticket in the NHL-- he is going to woefully underperform.
You can't coach it. Maybe you could get Leclair to come back and talk to the kid. Did wonders for Malone. But even when you get past the "know-how" tricks to be gained from a real-deal Power-Forward.... you still need to have the "wanna do it". And Tangradi hasn't shown that. Which is why I'm not in favor of handing the guy Crosby's wing.
Eismann wrote:Dave Roche until proven otherwise.
Bioshock wrote:Tangradi is like Dustin Jeffrey. He will never be given the opportunity because he has fallen out of favor with the coaching staff. Dustin is way more of a mystery to me than Tangradi. Tangradi flat out can't skate well enough to be successful in this system, but Dustin actually has a whole lot of touch. He can actually finish and play the system well. I think Dustin would be a good third line center but we have one of the best in the league at that role now.
no name wrote:It got to be a hard roll to fill on Sid and Genos line, in the AHL they are the "guy" people give the puck to. Sid and Geno imediatially want the puck on their stick. Your roll at that point is just to get open. Tangradi has to change his whole game to learn to play with thoes guys. This is one reason Kennedy won't be a on a line with Sid and Geno, seen him out there not passing to them 2. I am sure the coaches will hear about it.
Its a big reason for James Neals success with Geno, give him the puck and get open.
Idoit40fans wrote:no name wrote:It got to be a hard roll to fill on Sid and Genos line, in the AHL they are the "guy" people give the puck to. Sid and Geno imediatially want the puck on their stick. Your roll at that point is just to get open. Tangradi has to change his whole game to learn to play with thoes guys. This is one reason Kennedy won't be a on a line with Sid and Geno, seen him out there not passing to them 2. I am sure the coaches will hear about it.
Its a big reason for James Neals success with Geno, give him the puck and get open.
Or just stand behind him during the faceoff and wait for him to give it to you.![]()
no name wrote:It got to be a hard roll to fill on Sid and Genos line, in the AHL they are the "guy" people give the puck to. Sid and Geno imediatially want the puck on their stick. Your roll at that point is just to get open. Tangradi has to change his whole game to learn to play with thoes guys. This is one reason Kennedy won't be a on a line with Sid and Geno, seen him out there not passing to them 2. I am sure the coaches will hear about it.
Its a big reason for James Neals success with Geno, give him the puck and get open.
sil wrote:I think Tangradi will get a chance to start on the roster on the bottom pairing. He's played the right side many times in WB/S (pretty played there all night against Hershey in game 3). It's not too much of a risk to let him get those minutes and give him a shift every once in a while with Geno/Sid. If things don't work, we could always waive him or trade him out. It's not like we're asking or need him to step into top-6 minutes.
Idoit40fans wrote:sil wrote:I think Tangradi will get a chance to start on the roster on the bottom pairing. He's played the right side many times in WB/S (pretty played there all night against Hershey in game 3). It's not too much of a risk to let him get those minutes and give him a shift every once in a while with Geno/Sid. If things don't work, we could always waive him or trade him out. It's not like we're asking or need him to step into top-6 minutes.
He's going to play defense?
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