Quoting: Hawksguy81
In fairness, the Hawks D as a group looked discombobulated last night. Guess I'm all for playing the young guys. Phillips will end up on the left side eventually whenever Korchinski goes back to Seattle. Rather have Phillips get NHL experience, even on the right side, then watch Zaitsev and Tinordi screw up game after game.
Quoting: Garak
My only issue with playing Phillips on the third pairing RD is that he does not look good at RD. Maybe it'll grow on him with time, but I thought he looked dominant in the game against Detroit playing LD, but then last night playing RD he looked confused and was constantly scrambling. I think an important part of getting guys comfortable with playing their off side is preaching some aspects of a "position-less hockey" mentality. Know where your teammates are, where the other team is, where the puck is, and where the play is going, and those things will tell you where you need to be.
I do have to say, after watching the preseason, I have changed my opinion and believe Korchinski will head back to the juniors after playing 9 games or more. I don't think the Hawks care about burning his ELC, so he may play 20 games or more.
Zaits needs to be on the waiver wire....he's terrible but I suspect they won't as at least he can provide protection on the ice. The other issue is throwing a LHD prospect on the right side is not ideal and we don't have a RHD prospect ready. At the end of the day, we aren't trying to win games so I guess who cares.
Entwistle has done everything well to be on the team...have always liked him as a 4th liner and think he's proven he belongs.
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