Eric Tangradi

[Puck Drama]

Tangradi can't pass Kennedy and Vitale on the depth chart. He is a bust.

[no name]

Trade him, Dan has never shown the patience to give him a extended look on one of the top 2 lines. If your coach doesn't have the faith to give you a look, why are we holding onto him. I like him, i think he deserves a shot out there, its seems to me Dan tries him for half a period then moves him back to the 4th line.

I do think Tangradi-Sutter-Cooke would make a real good 3rd line. Give Kennedy a shot on a top 2 lines when bring in a replacement at the trade deadline. Then next season in free agency there should be a decient crop to find Sid a line term winger.

[BigMcK]

Tangradi can't pass Kennedy and Vitale on the depth chart. He is a bust.

After 40 games? What a tough crowd.

[Puck Drama]

How many games does it take? Tangradi can't skate.

[mikey287]

As probably the biggest Kennedy supporter over the course of his career, he's not an option in the top-six. Don't misread the ceiling. He's a third liner forever.

[Kaizer]

put him on sids wing and make him stand in the crease on powerplays for 10 games. if he still sucks, see if radulov needs a room mate in siberia.

[BigMcK]

Awards and honors

Tangradi was a member of the United States team in the 2008 World Junior Hockey Championships.

During the 2008-09 season, Tangradi was named the Boston Pizza OHL & CHL Player of the Week for the week ending April 12th.

Also during the 2008-09 season, Tangradi was named the Belleville Bulls Humanitarian of the Year, Most Outstanding Forward, and Top Scorer.

Tangradi was named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 12, 2010.

Named to the 2011 AHL All-Star game.

I give him a chance to get to camp with full understanding that this is his NHL chance that his minor league credentials have afforded him. Give him an honest chance to earn his spot. But I am not ready to pencil him on the 1st line without earning it. At 23 it seems early to call him a bust, but that's just my opinion.

[Gaucho]

put him on sids wing

Why?

[ExPatriatePen]

put him on sids wing

Why?

Cause there's an opening??? <shrugs>

[GDR]

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.

[mikey287]

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.

I wish I had sound effects on this board.

Anyway, when people that know what they're doing evaluate a preseason performance, they don't sort by points and add the top 20 to the roster and waive the rest. You can tell how a player looks in preseason vs. the speed of the game and make a good determination of what he'll look like in the regular season. It's the same way you evaluate a player at every lower level in the world...you watch. That's why Maxime Boisclair was never drafted, someone watched and said, "no...wrong." That's why Brandon Bochenski never made significant advances from his "awesome" preseason performances...

You don't take it for face value like a Jon Sim...it's to help evaulate the progression of the player...

[Bioshock]

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]

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.

[Idoit40fans]

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.

I'm not sure how you're getting that Jeffrey was never given an opportunity. I don't think he ever got healthy this year.

[Idoit40fans]

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.

Its not serviceable for an NHL player. You need a lot more than "want it", which I think he has anyway, if you're that immobile. Your positioning has to be perfect, and your hands have to be much the same. He is not that.

[KG]

Dave Roche until proven otherwise.

Not a bad comp....seriously...

Lemieux/Sandstrom/Roche!!!

[Bunkerman535]

[quote="DesertPenguin"]Ive been a Tangradi supporter, but I think its now or never for him to stick with this team at the NHL level.

To me, the improvement in his game that I saw at the end of last year was a result of him finally trying to play a 3rd/4th line type game, instead of trying to flash some first line moves.

The addition of Glass makes it tougher for him to make the team, but I think Tangradis chance is to play the Mike Rupp role this season as a banger with a little skill that can move around the lineup.[/quote/]



Beginning , middle, and end he was horrible. He seems to lack a.) talent at NHL level b.) heart, c.) grit....
Mike Rupp can fight, Tangradi as he showed last year can not. Let's be honest he sucks.

[Gaucho]

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.

What makes you think they should be given the opportunity instead of having to earn it? If Tangradi was given the opportunity to play on Sid's wing he might score 10 goals in 10 games, but he'd still be a below average skater and weak along the boards. He needs to work on his overall game on the 3rd and 4th lines and go from there.

[no name]

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]

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.

[sil]

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.

[sil]

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.

Yeah, but only when Malkin feels like winning a faceoff.

[JoseCuervo]

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.

I think if we butter-up tangradi enough, he could easily fill that roll

[Idoit40fans]

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?

[sil]

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?

I kept wondering what made you write that...and than I saw that I used the word "pairing."

How's this..."I think Tangradi will get a chance to start on the roster on the bottom forward line."