Re: UNH Wildcats 2019 Offseason - How Much Progress Did We Really Make This Past Seas
I have been watching a lot of the Carolina games this year mostly for the group of UNH players in their system. Foegele had a very interesting season where he started off hot on the offense and moved up to the second line for a stretch of 5-7 games. After the hot start his offense fell way off and it caused him to slip down the lineup to 4th line duty where he stayed until the playoffs. The part that impressed me is that when he lost his offensive streak he started showing some great two way playing skills that made him a key piece of their penalty kill. This also kept him from being in the rotation of 4th liners who were healthy scratches 1 out of every 3 games. At the end of the season he got hot on the scoring and adding in a few injuries and now he is back in the top 6 again. It is great to see him adapt to the roles the team needed to fill and that should lead to him being a solid NHL level player going forward.
Jumping to Poturalski, it was said here by someone (Dan, Chuck, or both) that his skill set really doesn't play well to being a bottom 6 forward at the NHL level. Where Carolina has a pretty good top 6 I can see why he has not made the jump yet, honestly I think he would have been the next call up if they had lost another forward to injury. Unlike some I have not seen him play since he left UNH but it sounds like he is on the edge of getting to the big show. I would not be surprised to see him end up with another team next year, my guess would be a team that is having cap problems looking for a cheap scoring option. It would be a bit of a gamble but not an unreasonable one.
I have been watching a lot of the Carolina games this year mostly for the group of UNH players in their system. Foegele had a very interesting season where he started off hot on the offense and moved up to the second line for a stretch of 5-7 games. After the hot start his offense fell way off and it caused him to slip down the lineup to 4th line duty where he stayed until the playoffs. The part that impressed me is that when he lost his offensive streak he started showing some great two way playing skills that made him a key piece of their penalty kill. This also kept him from being in the rotation of 4th liners who were healthy scratches 1 out of every 3 games. At the end of the season he got hot on the scoring and adding in a few injuries and now he is back in the top 6 again. It is great to see him adapt to the roles the team needed to fill and that should lead to him being a solid NHL level player going forward.
Jumping to Poturalski, it was said here by someone (Dan, Chuck, or both) that his skill set really doesn't play well to being a bottom 6 forward at the NHL level. Where Carolina has a pretty good top 6 I can see why he has not made the jump yet, honestly I think he would have been the next call up if they had lost another forward to injury. Unlike some I have not seen him play since he left UNH but it sounds like he is on the edge of getting to the big show. I would not be surprised to see him end up with another team next year, my guess would be a team that is having cap problems looking for a cheap scoring option. It would be a bit of a gamble but not an unreasonable one.
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