I’m not sure what to expect, but if he’s one of our best 3 LD he should play.
Prospect Info: #129 Arseny Gritsyuk RW
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I’m not sure what to expect, but if he’s one of our best 3 LD he should play.
Captain3rdLine
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What in the world are you talking about? Nobody should be pencilling Holtz or Gritsyuk out. Although Holtz is a better prospect despite having skating issues too. Better shooter and playmaker by far.
Gritsyuk is definitely overrated by devils fans who like his KHL numbers and he might be our most overrated prospect. Skillset isn’t that great. Should definitely bring him over and see what he can do but shouldn’t be pencilling him in as anything.
Captain3rdLine
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On here and some other places I’ve seen he is.
Got ranked 4th of our prospects on here with 76% of the votes. Over Mukhammadullin, Casey, and other guys. That is absurd. The numbers are good. The actual skillset that will be a big factor and how well his game translates isn’t great.
Captain3rdLine
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I completely disagree on the skating. The mechanics on it don’t look good and he doesn’t seem to get around all that great. I don’t think he should be given a shot. Should be brought over and then earned if he shows he’s good enough.
And problem with some excitement over his numbers but he’s clearly overrated by fans on here. As I said above he was ranked as our 4th best prospect with 76% of the votes on here over guys who he’s is not a better prospect than whatsoever.
Guadana
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No offense, but I'm not interested. Gritsyuk has enough problems, he has something to work on and he has shortcomings that will probably still affect his path to the NHL, but This is not an analysis for him at all.
Anyway everyone can have their own opinion.
glenwo2
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Uhh...You do know that Captain wasn't exactly endorsing Grits, right?
When you call someone overrated, that means you don't have a high opinion of that player nor believe he's as good as others make him out to be.
Guadana
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In other words, you are evaluating not so much the specific level of the player, but the level of someone else's judgment about the game of this player.
glenwo2
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EXACTLY.
It's personal preference basically, which is a pretty dumb way of evaluating a player.
Captain3rdLine
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I didn’t make it for you specifically. Just my personal opinion based off of what I’ve seen from him.
What in gods name are you talking about? I gave my analysis of what I think of Gritsyuk as a prospect and said I don’t think he’s as good of a prospect as people on here seem to think. I’m genuinely really confused as what you’re even trying to say. A personal preference is a dumb way of evaluating a player? What does that mean lol?
The preference is based on the analysis not the other way around man.
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PizzaAndPucks
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Gritsyuk isn't a blue chip prospect. I don't think anyone is realistically thinking he will be a 1st line forward but he has potential to be a 2nd or 3rd line forward with some skill. Yeah he won't be a penalty killer or anything but he might have the offensive upside of a 40-50 point player which isn't bad considering where we drafted him. He could maybe be a replacement for the Tatar/Haula/Palat type of depth.
glenwo2
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Gritsyuk has a decent skill level to my eyes. He’s only 21 and was a top six player on the WJC team that featured some good players. He is feisty and fearless. His skating looks ok to me in terms of keeping up with play. I’d expect him to have a chance to be the player NJ was hoping they had in Johnsson. He has a way to go but let’s see. If he could play a short end of season stint with Utica after thr KHL ends its season that would give him a sense of where he stands and he can go from there.
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What I took from it was that he is concerned that NJ is grooming him to play on the third line with Hischier.
OmNomNom
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this might be why he was so cold the start of the season
he doesn't camp in the slot anymore, i guess?
PizzaAndPucks
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He likes everything the Devils post on Instagram. I'm pretty sure he is hyped to come over here and try to make it.
glenwo2
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DAAAAAMN...
That shot was so fast, the Goaltender didn't have time to even begin to move.
That shot was so fast, the Goaltender didn't have time to even begin to move.
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DAAAAAMN...
That shot was so fast, the Goaltender didn't have time to even begin to move.
Against Muk’s team I believe!
Devils731
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Nice to see he’s getting his form back.
1 goal and 2 assists today.
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Guadana
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It``s not crazy awesome, but it`s good. "NHL potential".
He has slow start and now he has 18 points in his last 19 games. That`s good.
Jason MacIsaac
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Does anyone know the rules on him joining the Devils following the season? When I watch him play, I truly believe he could provide an offensive spark to the bottom 6 immediately. This would be a cheap option down the stretch that allows NJ to focus on size at the trade deadline.
