Joe Smith interviews 19th overall pick of the 2022 NHL Draft and Minnesota Wild prospect — Liam Öhgren — along with several current news topics as covered on “Fellowship of the Rink” Episode 23.
Topics include:
-Thoughts on Dean Evason being hired as Head Coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets
–What should we expect in the season opener as the Wild host their old coach?
–For the home opener, will Freddy Gaudreau be on the Wild bench, on the CBJ bench, or in the press box?
-Who does Joe EXPECT John Hynes to deploy as his 1st line?
-Which lines would Joe LIKE to see?
-Which prospects have a real shot at cracking the NHL roster this upcoming season?
-Liam Ohgren interview
–Minnesota Wild logo
–Any “nerd itches” outside of hockey?
–First development camp as a returning NHL player
–Biggest takeaway from his end of year call-up
–Most surreal moment of his debut in Vegas
–What did he do with the milestone puck from his first career NHL goal, scored against the San Jose Sharks?
–Photo of him with Nicklas Backstrom and Marcus JoJo Johansson
—-Conversations with JoJo about those days
–What it’s like to have a father who’s a trainer to top NHL players like Gabriel Landeskog, Patric Hornqvist, Nicklas Backstrom, and Jesper Bratt
—-What did he take away from being around those players and watching them train?
–Plans for offseason training
–Describing what it’s like seeing Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy, etc. up close
FROM FANS
–Which player does he model his game after?
–Best part of the Twin Cities so far?
–Favorite Swede of all time?
–Best coach/biggest influence on his career? (besides dad)
–Difference between NHL and SHL?
–Secrets to the hair game?
–Artist or album he’ll listen to in the car for a long roadtrip?
–Captaining Team Sweden in the World Juniors?
–Waggle Golf Dream Foursome
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-Barrel Theory “Keyboard Warriors” where we address hot takes from the listeners and X/Twitter
–Bill Guerin should resign and let Marc-Andre Fleury be the GM
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Fellowship of the Rink Ep 23 | Liam Ohgren + Line Combos | Dean Evason joins Columbus Blue Jackets
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6 Comments
I really liked what I saw in Liam! So glad we've moved on from Lettieri and Luccini! They were place holders, not play makers nor finishers. I wish them luck but they added little to Wild's depth.
Will Dean bring Freddy Evasson over to Columbus? Freddy needs to produce or be sent to press box as healthy scratch. Maybe thst realization would get him to rescind trade protections.
Kaprizov Rossi Zuccarello
Johansson Ek Boldy
Foligno Hartman Ohgren
Trenin Khusnutdinov Lauko
Guadreau
+Great Interview with Ohgren! Enjoyed it
Kaprizov – Rossi – Boldy
Ohgren – Ek – Zucc
Johansson – Hedit – Hartman
Trenin – Marat – Foligno
Ek has the ability to elevate everyone around him which would be great for Ohgren to adjust to a second line role.
1. Dean didn't do anything wrong last year. Guerin gave him a bad team to work with.
2. The best possible lines with this most mediocre of rosters is:
1. Kaprizov-Khusnutdinov-Rossi
2. Mats-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
3. Heidt-Hartman-Foligno
4. Lauko-Freddie-Trenin
scratch Johansson and whoever
1. Brodin-Faber
2. Spurgeon-Bogosian
3. Merrill-Middleton
scratch Chisholm
Wallstedt all home games but back-to-back
Flower all road games but back-to-back
scratch Gustavsson
3. If we're going to go with "dream lineup" using actual Wild owned players, than it is:
Kaprizov-Khusnutdinov-Yurov
Rossi-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Heidt-Ohgren-Haight
Lorenz-Kumpulainen-Trenin
Hunt-Faber
Buium-Lambos
Pionk-Peart
Wallstedt
Flower
4. Marat Khusnutdinov is the best center in the organization. Full Stop.
–everything Eriksson Ek does, Marat does better.
5. due to limited view, Ohgren looked good on TV. however, in his 1 home game, I was in the arena vs Seattle, and seeing what he does without the puck, he has a long way to go. He was out of position a lot of the time. He was pushed off the puck way too easy. He made quite a few bad decisions with the puck. He's not the fastest guy. Honestly, he needs to start in Iowa. Give him half a season in the AHL, and then call him up for good.
need an interview with Midsy!