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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Geese open their season on the highway in opposition to the San Jose Sharks adopted by a highway matchup in opposition to the Vegas Golden Knights the next night time.
Greg Cronin enters his second season because the Geese’ head coach. In Cronin’s first season behind the bench, the crew had a 27-50-5 report.
“I believe we simply need to construct on what we had final yr by way of establishing how we have been going to play (and) what our id is,” Cronin stated. “Lots of stuff occurred that made it a little bit of a shaky season by way of simply having easy elementary stability.”
Offseason additions Robby Fabbri and Brian Dumoulin ought to assist solidify the lineup, with each making their official Geese debuts tonight.
“There’s a variety of build-up to (the season opener),” Fabbri stated. The primary one with the brand new crew is all the time thrilling as properly. It has been a variety of enjoyable being right here and attending to know all these guys. We’re all simply itching to get this going.”
Fabbri will play on a line with Mason McTavish and Trevor Zegras, creating an offensively dynamic trio. “Making an attempt to get the puck in (Zegras’) fingers as a lot as potential, what he can do with it’s fairly particular,” Fabbri stated. “(McTavish) is heavy and I play a heavy recreation as properly, so I believe we have a mix of every little thing on that line.”
“Whether or not it is follow or morning skate, Robby goes 100 miles an hour,” Cronin stated. “You have acquired a 21-year-old (in McTavish) and a 23-year-old (in Zegras) which can be discovering their recreation. (Zegras’) recreation goes to need to pivot off his tempo to his recreation. Whenever you’ve acquired a speedster like Robby and also you need to have the ability to make performs, significantly on the offensive blue line, you have to match their pace. I believe Robby is a extremely good position mannequin for each of these guys.”
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With John Gibson nonetheless recovering from an appendectomy, Lukáš Dostál will begin the season opener. Cronin stated he was not sure if Dostál would go once more tomorrow night time in opposition to the Golden Knights or if they’re going to decide to provide James Reimer his first begin and look as a Duck.
The Geese won’t see 2024 first-overall decide Macklin Celebrini tonight as he was positioned on injured reserve this morning with a lower-body harm. Celebrini scored his first profession objective on Oct. 10 in his NHL debut.
Quick Details:
-Trevor Zegras is one help away from 100 NHL assists.
-Mason McTavish has the prospect to turn into the primary Geese participant with factors in his first 4 profession season openers. McTavish can also be the energetic Geese chief in profession goalscoring in opposition to the Sharks with 5 targets in eight video games. Â
-Lukáš Dostál is 0-1-0 in his profession in opposition to the Sharks with a .833 SV% and 4.04 GAA.
Geese Projected Strains
Cutter Gauthier – Leo Carlsson – Alex Killorn
Robby Fabbri – Mason McTavish – Trevor Zegras
Frank Vatrano – Ryan Strome – Troy Terry
Brock McGinn – Isac Lundeström – Brett Leason
Jackson LaCombe – Radko Gudas
Cam Fowler – Tristan Luneau
Pavel Mintyukov – Brian Dumoulin
Lukáš Dostál (confirmed)
Sharks Projected Strains
William Eklund – Mikael Granlund – Tyler Toffoli
Klim Kostin – Will Smith – Fabian Zetterlund
Barclay Goodrow – Alexander Wennberg – Luke Kunin
Carl Grundström – Nico Sturm – Ty Dellandrea
Jake Walman – Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro – Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun – Matt Benning
Vitek Vaněček (confirmed)
