 RDOilerfan
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| AndersonRules wrote on Fri, 09 December 2022 09:10 |
Agree to disagree. I think casting JP's role in stone is a mistake. Those who argue to play him on the top line, or 2nd line, for "the rest of the season," to allow him to work through his difficulties, are (in my mind) making a terrible mistake. If extended play dictates a demotion, you demote.
Your suggestion is the equal and opposite error. If JP were to thrive on the 3rd line, and become a dominant outscorer (say 2.0 pts/60, or 0.7PPG), and there were continuing injury problems in the top 6, then insisting that he has to remain on the 3rd line would be a terrible mistake. If extended play dictates a promotion, you promote.
Either way, don't cast the player's precise line and role for the remainder of the season in stone. I can see a plausible scenario where JP stays on the 3rd line the rest of the season. I can also see a plausible scenario where he works his way up to the 2nd (or 1st) line along the way. The coach needs more flexibility than you're offering, and the player ought to have some hope of progression and promotion.
(Yes, this even applies to McD and LD. If they are 1C and 2C, then play and opposition may dictate which one is 1C and which one is 2C on any given night.)
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You can think of JP however you want but right now he is a player who by his own mission has zero confidence, questions if he can even play in the NHL and definitely feels like he's unable to play with McD and Leon. So the team needs for him to find his confidence again. They need him to find his confidence so he plays well to help team success but they also need him to find his confidence and play well so it can try to improve his trade value because the likelihood he will be an Oiler after this season is very low. Him building his confidence and improving his game is probably not something that will just switch over night. It will probably take some time and many, many games to improve. So I would keep him on the 3rd line for awhile so he can do exactly that. Build up his game again playing against probably lesser competition and have him do that over and over again so hopefully it sticks.
In my opinion, promoting JP too quickly would be a mistake because if he gets promoted because he has a good period or even 1 game and he doesn't produce with McD or Leon, all it will do is cement the self doubt that he can't do it with those guys. He already thinks he can't so if you play him down for a few games, he gets going a little, then you bump him up again and he misses another McD set up AGAIN, you will lose what confidence he gets.
Like it or not, this guy appears to be a bit of a head case meaning a massive part of his game is driven on confidence. I would say he relies on confidence more than most players. So they need to have him feeling good about himself for a very long time before they even think of promoting him. They need to try and salvage this player. Tell him they need him to keep doing what he is doing but also drive the line and excel. I just think some of you think being a 3rd liner is beneath him. Teams these days need 3 scoring lines, they days of just having your 3rd line as nothing but a bunch of checkers and PKers are over. Having really good 3rd liners is really important to teams.
[Updated on: Fri, 09 December 2022 10:39]
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