Let's get creative and look at it this way:
Is there a Bedard or Michkov type of player involved in this final?
Marchessault would be the best comparison lol
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Is there a Bedard or Michkov type of player involved in this final?
Marchessault would be the best comparison lol
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Kind of my point, can’t get fooled into recency bias on what you need to be in the Finals affecting your draft strategy
There's still a blueprint going through IMO.
It's more about grind/hard play/heavy game than pure skill at the end of the day.
Marchessault is not the most skilled or offensively gifted guy out there but he's a dawg!
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Jack Eichel was PPG. Not sure why you wouldn’t check this before interjecting. Mark Stone is a big producer too, close to PPG for Vegas.
When PIT won, everyone said speed.
When TBL won, everyone said skill.
When LAK or STL won, everyone said defence and grind.
Now everyone will say forechecking.
There is no blueprint.
66 points in 67 games is not PPG.
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A year ago Vegas missed the playoffs with almost the same team/blueprint and the year before that we beat them. What’s going on in the finals shouldn’t play into how we build our team. BargainBin tried that years ago wanting to build the Bruins heavy team. Failed miserably
Vegas missed the PO due to injuries IMO, you can't deny their solid 4 lines structure though...
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Demidov is a HAB
Realistically a late first or an early 2nd and another pick.
he can be all situations and will be, but unlikely to be pp1 for us (keep in mind Tampa uses Sergachev over Hedman on pp1 now). You wouldn't use Reinbacher over Mailloux or Hutson just because. Those guys have better offensive tools and worse defensive games so you'd give them their cookies in those offensive focused situations and use Reinbacher more on the PK and 5 on 5.
It will, looks like we will either have our top pairing RD or we will have our skilled offensive catalyst (Smith) or we will have the modern day powerforward. Dach, Slaf and Leonard in your top 6 gives you plenty of skill and jam to thrive in a competitive playoff environment.
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In the Cap world there’s probably been only a few franchises that haven’t been one and done. Pens, Hawks, Lightning and Kings. They’ve all had elite players in different positions.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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Eichel was. And Stone was injured. They are both PPG players. Cherry picking a single year to define "ppg player" is a fallacy.
You know full well Eichel and Stone are PPG players.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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Facts are facts!
Fact
Stone has multiple PPG seasons
Eichel has multiple PPG seasons
Cherry picking is not factual.
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Eichel had 2 and they're 4 and 5 seasons ago.
Mark Stone has 3 and they're 3, 5 and 6 seasons ago.
Stone might pass as such, but Eichel isn't a big stretch to say he is, but it's a stretch.
So, realistically Vegas has maybe 1 ppg player, but their team has a lot of good players and system through and through that helps them.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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This only furthers my point as scoring has gone up since then, meaning they were PPG in a tougher league to score. They both had serious injuries over the past few years. Now, seeing how they are performing right now tells you they are still those PPG players.
Also, being ONE point shy of PPG is still PPG in terms of player accumen.
It's one more made up narrative.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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Defending a guy like Stone?
Where did I "defend" him? I'm simply showing that Vegas has PPG players. It has absolutely nothing to do with who Stone is. Completely childish strawman.
What is funny is how easily you resort to inaccurate reframing (spin) when you're losing an argument.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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You're moving goalposts. You were talking aboit PPG players, not who is making the biggest difference.
Eichel has 23 points in 20 games.
Stone has 19 point in 20 games.
Both were PPG multiple times, both are ppg right now. That's continuity, herego, they both can easily be defined as PPG players.
How do mods decide who is trolling and who is just a bit blessed?
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Demidov is a HAB
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