Cale Fleury

Then you've got Riker Evans, who is young and fast.

And Joshua Mahura, Cale Fleury, Will Odovanen, who is making the team, who is getting sent down.

Lindgren versus Larson is the key matchup here.

Lindgren is relentless.

It depends on the opponent.

So, it's situational? That means both make the team? What about Riker Evans? He's been lighting up the minors.

Does he jump ahead of Mahura or Fleury?

Evans has the upside.

They compounded their problems there when Bobby McMann, uh, finds a rebound all alone in front of the net.

Cale Fleury down the right side had, uh, a ton of room to gain the zone.

And, uh, I liked Kevin Lankinen the other night in Calgary when he was one of the few NHLers in the lineup, uh, against the Flames.

And for the most part, I liked Kevin Lankinen tonight, but didn't love the puck control and the rebound control there to, uh, punch that puck right back into the slot.

Pettersson, uh, makes no mistake in front.

But, uh, the play starts behind the net.

Uh, terrific pressure by Jake DeBrusk on Cale Fleury.

That's not Cale Makar, uh, it's Cale Fleury, and you can tell because Cale Makar would've just stick handled his way out of trouble and, uh, probably down the ice and scored.

You've got to give opportunities for guys to come in and earn a spot.

You ask yourself, okay, so, like, what's the third pair and who's the seventh defenseman? You know, do they go with Cale Fleury again, who's been here for a long time, and off and on, up and down, all that? I don't know.

I think Otto had a pretty good, pretty strong case for himself, that's for sure.

So, you know, we'll see where it takes us, but when they figure out the final roster.

Well, I think that, you know, I think there was a decision made with Jamie Oleksiak.

And, you know, we feel like certainly Cale Fleury and Josh Mahura, who spent, you know, months extra skating last year and played well when they played, you know, were in and earned an opportunity to, you know, fight for that spot.

Lane, I know there'll be different combinations along the way, but what specifically do you like about Wright with Canton and Calco?

Yeah, well, you know what? Shane, I think for Shane, he's a shooter.

But we know that Jared McCann, Matty Benitez, Mackie Semskevich, Bobby McMahon, Chandler Stevenson, Jordan Everly, Capococco.

berkeley cat and shane wright and freddie goodrow are all pretty much locks to make the roster that that leads to forward spots and then on defense it's it's pretty well set it's Vince Dunn, Adam Larson, Riker Evans, Brandon Montour, Ryan Lindgren, and Cale Fleury.

And then your two goalies are Joey Decord and Philip Grubauer.

There should not be any question there as well.

Ryan Lindgren's accumulated enough experience here to know what you're going to get as far as a defensive stalwart back in his own zone when his game is at top notch.

You've got Riker Evans in the mix, Cale Fleury in the mix, and then the question bears, could Tyson Jugnot be there? Could Ty Nelson be there? Could Billy Odovinan be there? What do you make out of this defensive core as we get deeper and deeper into the weeds of training camp and what could be brewing as far as a battle?

Well, the battle is for the number six position.

And I know right now it looks like Cale Fleury has it.

And if you're going to write down a depth chart and then you have Josh Maher right behind him or alongside.

But, you know, can a young player like Jugnoff, you know, make an impression? I know he had a really good year in the American League.

And the defense pairs? Vince Dunn is obvious.

Who is his partner? Riker Evans or Cale Fleury?

Dunn needs a partner who can clear the crease and take shots.

Josh Mahura or Riker, Evans could fit.

I think there's a job to be had there.

Right now, if you're going to lay out the depth, I guess it's Cale Fleury's job to But I'm not sure Josh Mahura doesn't move him out or they make a deal because I'll tell you what, that's an important piece.

And I don't want to disrespect anybody, but I think it's fair to say that both Fleury and Mahura have been borderline players at the NHL level throughout their careers.

That's hard to lock in a number six defenseman right there and say, okay, it's your job, right? So to me, there's some holes and we'll see where it plays out.

I think realistically, yeah, you're, you're kinda looking more so for a trade.

Uh, Josh Mahura and Cale Fleury, I mean, for me, RJ, Josh Mahura, I just wanna see him on the ice more.

Like, I really like Josh Mahura.

I love seeing him play.

Uh, and he's the kind of guy that you, you don't notice him a lot, but that's a good thing.

Yeah, definitely.

And for Cale Fleury, somebody who's probably gonna be in that starting n- lineup on the right side there-

'Cause he's on the right side.