Canes reassign Dalpe to Charlotte

Guess I’ll be going to the Scope in Norfolk for the game tomorrow. Go Checkers.

we’d would like to go for thursday & fridays games in Charlotte…so who ever goes…have fun !! And dalpe will be back ..sooner than Boychuk will !! :-)

It’s Brett Sutter. Sorry to be all nitpickety.

Well the Checkers won 4-2. We looked good offensively the back end…. Well, My son’s comment was : “The Ardmirals have a much better goalie and their defense is better too, but our offense makes up for it and is a lot better than theirs.”

Genral observations:

Muse is a small goalie—if they could have shot high, man it was open—and that’s right where the Admirals first goal went. Good first sshot stopper, but left lots of rebounds in inopportune places—but for team team cleaned most of them up.

Our defense is not physical—less than McBain overall—passed up many opportunities to pnich/hip check/stop forwards coming down the boards. It’s a stick checking defense, and it explains a lot of the comebacks against us—our defense when pressed isn’t physical enough to withstand pressure. We have to score. But our four lines worth of offense looked good and balanced—still not all that physical either, but speedy.

Individuals:
Dadonov—showed pretty good board work, won puck battles, controlled posession (puck sticks like glue with him) Had some good shots—which led to the first goal on a tough shot for the goalie to hanlde: Sutter put it in from mid air. Would like to see his shot a bit more to see how accurate he can be, like to see him look to take more shots. Needs defensive work, but not unlike most AHL forwards.

Dalpe—Mixed game. Showed nice speed and some accurate passing—doesn’t stick handle much. Seemed out of place half the game, but at other times looked dynamic. That’s when I thought it could be do to position: Previously I always saw him play as a center—this game even in the AHL he was played predominantly at wing—he looked best when he was played at Center, which he did for the Power Play and for a only couple of shifts. It seems to me his transition to winger isn’t as easy as he thought it would be. He had two nice shots—one was a very good save against.

Bowman—good game in all zones, nice redirection of Sang’s pass for a PP goal.

Boychuck—WTF. Dude moved his feet less than any other player on the ice. Both zones tended to camp in spots. The puck rarely found him, he rarely fought to go and get the puck. When he did get the puck while hanging in his spot he got off a very quick and pretty shot, but it was saved. Nice release and accuracy—not seeing the Skinner like drive and desire to get the puck and make things happen. I wouldn’t call him up at this stage. But it was one game.

Nash—Solid game, but not much offensive flair.

Sutter—played as top line center, looked good, but not like the 4th liner we saw up here—guess that’s why it took him time to adapt and to tell Muller he could give more.

Terry—Nice shots, rang a couple off posts, but small, not quite NHL ready to me, needs more strength, but works harder than Boychuk who has more skill.

Sanguinetti. Good offensively, very McBain like defensively, less physical than McBain and smaller and weaker. Less prone to the yips than McBain when pressed in the corners. Smooth skater but did not appear particularly fast.

None of the defenseman stood out as being NHL candidates. Mical Jordan looked the best two way type guy overall, composed, very Harrison like before Harrison developed to what he is today.

Jenks looked fairly good sized and did a very nice job as a 4th liner. But it was AHL, not thinking he’s NHL 4th line yet, but I was pleassantly surprised—I wasn’t expecting much.

Fun game to go to.