[Please change title]Larsson

[Drunkard]

This is strange reasoning. Concussions occur just as frequently at the NHL level.

That may be but here we at least have guys like Kane, Foligno, Deslauriers, Bogosian, McGinn, and even Weber to jump in an defend him. Maybe I'm just not familiar with the Amerks roster but who do we have in Rochester to protect him? Kaleta when he's not injured or in the penalty box?

 

Maybe the numbers don't back it up or my memory is fuzzy but I remember several of our better prospects getting targeted. I guess I could be wrong though.

Edited October 6, 2015 by Drunkard

[Thorner]

I think Larsson is/will develop into a very good third line player, but I think his future is more likely on the wing. I know he has played center and that is what people are often referring to him as, but he is officially listed as a left wing on many sites and has played a lot of wing in his career. I see a line like Larsson - Girgensons - Baptiste in the not-too-distant future.

[bob_sauve28]

Was he benched last night in third?

[darksabre]

Was he benched last night in third?

I don't believe so.

[Doohicksie]

I wouldn't put too much stock in his playing time in the 3rd.  They were losing and trying for scoring; his role isn't necessarily that.

[Taro T]

Was he benched last night in third?

He got moved to the 4th line some. McGinn has more offensive upside.

 

Bylsma was changing up a lot of lines. Even swapped the D pairs a bit.

[X. Benedict]

He got moved to the 4th line some. McGinn has more offensive upside.

Bylsma was changing up a lot of lines. Even swapped the D pairs a bit.

I've never seen Bylsma juggle lines so much. That's a change.

[Taro T]

I've never seen Bylsma juggle lines so much. That's a change.

Very true & it was probably the major source of criticism of the hire. But in fairness, this team has a lot more interchangeable parts than the Pens did & when he came to the Pens there was aclot of history of what lines had worked & what hadn't. Still trying to figure out who will click w/ who.

 

it'll be real interesting to see if he goes to specialized lines like he did in Pittsburgh once they settle in or if he does more of a Lindy circa 2006 roll 3-4 similarly structured and tasked lines.

[bob_sauve28]

I thought Larsson was best player on the ice for us in first 15 minutes or so. I thought he had a pretty big sour puss on sitting there on bench in third.

[dudacek]

Sabres basically went with three lines for most of the third.

And the third line was pretty mix and match with the bottom six.

Larsson probably got as much or more time than any of them.

 

He looked very good last night.

[spndnchz]

I thought Larsson was best player on the ice for us in first 15 minutes or so. I thought he had a pretty big sour puss on sitting there on bench in third.

 

He played the same number of minutes in the third as he did the first two periods. Reinhart and Deslaurier had less shifts in the third.

[qwksndmonster]

I've never seen Bylsma juggle lines so much. That's a change.

It seems like he's still doing science.  His initial lines had Kane-O'Reilly-Ennis and Moulson-Eichel-Girgensons together, so I'm sure he'll juggle them that way sometime soon.

[inkman]

He played the same number of minutes in the third as he did the first two periods. Reinhart and Deslaurier had less shifts in the third.

This can't be true. Larsson made some flippant comment about his place in the organ-eye-zation. So now I hate him and have some weird bias against him forever.

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