Polak signs 1x1.1

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Leafs PR

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Well, this was inevitable.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Last night aside, I thought Carrick has been very good on the bottom pair and Marincin has been excellent in the AHL, seems like a backward step a little bit.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

This move means somebody needs to go down. Either Borgman or Rosen likely. Or maybe Babs finally gives Moore the 4C spot permanently and Fehr finds a new home. But my money's on Rosen.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I brought this up before, but with Babcock basically only playing Zaitsev and Hainsey on the PK some type of move here was inevitable. I was hoping it'd be bringing Marincin back up, but here we are. I'd expect Polak to sub in for Carrick pretty quickly to fill that hole on the PK.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

This move means somebody needs to go down. Either Borgman or Rosen likely. Or maybe Babs finally gives Moore the 4C spot permanently and Fehr finds a new home. But my money's on Rosen.

Probably correct.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Is there a chance they can slide Carrick onto the second pair with Reilly and keep Polak and Hainsey as a bottom pair PK eating duo?

Give Borgman and Rosen the run of the AHL and keep Marincin as a 7th?

 

[ZBBM]

I take this as another sign that they want to try to go deep right away.  Last night's gong show just earned Roman a cool mil.  (And those two horrible giveaways by Borg may be his ticket to Ricoh.)  As long as Polak's bottom pairing it isn't a bad move.

 

[ZBBM]

Last night aside, I thought Carrick has been very good on the bottom pair and Marincin has been excellent in the AHL, seems like a backward step a little bit.

I agree.  Yeah, not a vote of confidence in either, is it? 

 

[L K]

I don't really care for this.  I get it based on Babcock's PK strategy of only using Zaitsev and Hainsey but I wasn't a huge Polak fan before his injury.  Adding a slow defenseman who is only likely to be slower really doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

 

[Bender]

I don't really care for this.  I get it based on Babcock's PK strategy of only using Zaitsev and Hainsey but I wasn't a huge Polak fan before his injury.  Adding a slow defenseman who is only likely to be slower really doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Yeah I mean hasnt the injury hampered his already limited mobility?

 

[pnjunction]

Wow hopefully this is to sit in the press box mostly so Rosen can go down to get more minutes/games in AHL and Borgman can get into all the games?

 

[riff raff]

I don't really care for this.  I get it based on Babcock's PK strategy of only using Zaitsev and Hainsey but I wasn't a huge Polak fan before his injury.  Adding a slow defenseman who is only likely to be slower really doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Yeah I mean hasnt the injury hampered his already limited mobility?

Injuries like that rarely increase your mobility.....

 

[KadriFan]

I like it.  Team needs someone to clear the front of the net.  Far too much traffic for our goalies to see past

 

[Zee]

I like it.  Team needs someone to clear the front of the net.  Far too much traffic for our goalies to see past

https://twitter.com/regressIan/status/922247494792126464

 

[dappleganger]

I like it.  Team needs someone to clear the front of the net.  Far too much traffic for our goalies to see past

https://twitter.com/regressIan/status/922247494792126464

Is it possible to see GAA and save percentage rates 5v5 for when Polak is on the ice and without?

 

[herman]

I have been thinking that our team needs more experience learning how to:
- play without the puck
- break out of our own zone
- have forwards cover for defensemen
- play shorthanded

We are going to get a lot more reps of all of that with Polak on the ice.

 

[AvroArrow]

This move means somebody needs to go down. Either Borgman or Rosen likely. Or maybe Babs finally gives Moore the 4C spot permanently and Fehr finds a new home. But my money's on Rosen.

Isn't Polak a RD?  Wouldn't this more likely spell the end for Carrick?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Isn't Polak a RD?  Wouldn't this more likely spell the end for Carrick?

I would imagine it would bump Carrick out of the line-up (or at least they'll rotate), but my money would be on Rosen getting bumped off the roster and onto the Marlies.

 

[AvroArrow]

Isn't Polak a RD?  Wouldn't this more likely spell the end for Carrick?

I would imagine it would bump Carrick out of the line-up (or at least they'll rotate), but my money would be on Rosen getting bumped off the roster and onto the Marlies.

Ah, right, that makes sense.