Prospect Info: #129 Arseny Gritsyuk RW

[Guadana]

Gusev plays different hockey than most NHL coaches are used to, and NHL coaches usually hate what they don't understand...

Cmon. Gusev is slow and well below average in puck battles. He plays very well with his stick but if he is under physical forecheck he barely can survive. I like player a lot and I have nothing against him, he just isnt there in some aspects of the game. I believe he can produce on NHL level, but gms and coaches should want to find specific players for him and live with his weak sides. Un-ly he is Russian player and GMs in NHL are not so toleranted with this type of Russian players. I would say they are not so toleranted with this type of Euro players overall.


Lucky us, Gritsyuk is waay better skater with much better puck protection and overall puck battling. He is returning to the D zone and can start really fast with his first steps. So even with less creativity and stick skills(he is good in this aspects, its just Gusev who is top in this aspects) he still has much more chances to be better regular top-6 NHLer who will survive against top-6 NHLers.

 

[Triumph]

Gusev plays different hockey than most NHL coaches are used to, and NHL coaches usually hate what they don't understand...

Nah, he just wasn't that good an NHL player. Now he did get unlucky that that second season was the COVID season where there weren't practices; Gusev seems like a really precise player and not having those to work on his game seemed to really affect him. But it's hard to imagine a player like Gusev succeeding in the NHL playoffs - not enough time and space for his game.

 

[Guttersniped]

Nah, he just wasn't that good an NHL player. Now he did get unlucky that that second season was the COVID season where there weren't practices; Gusev seems like a really precise player and not having those to work on his game seemed to really affect him. But it's hard to imagine a player like Gusev succeeding in the NHL playoffs - not enough time and space for his game.

I will add that IIRC, the Gusevs had a baby right before the 20-21 season and that likely contributed to his drop in play that season.

I remember thinking that his wife probably really wanted to go home lol.

Goose was a real boon to our power play in 19-20, particularly at the end. Very fun. I was hopeful that would continue in the next season but, alas, it did not.

Buf 20-21 was a bizarre misery factory of a season, I can’t see any player outside of a rookie not struggling to get through it.

I have his dumb f***ing jersey too lol.


Good 19-20 Goose




Bad 20-21 Goose

 

[Xirik]

so far has one secondary assist today.