BLONG7
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He did have a nice game..................................but Matheson, wow tough night all around for him.
Post-Game Talk: 6 Bells and a loss in St-Louis for the Habs
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BLONG7
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Govt to call an inquiry to the Leafs 4 game losing streak!! Gino Reda on suicide watch....Kypreos hospitalized with panic attacks....
Can you imagine the Oilers tire fire, if McJesus ever says he wants out!!
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The last 3-4 games Matheson is worse than anytime Petry was a Hab. I've been joking to myself that he's finally playing like all the exaggerators say he does.
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It took ten plus games for Dach to start looking better last season too, so I am still holding out hope for Newhook as it's early and he's on a new team. Didn't help that the Plan A for him went out the window with Dach's knee in the second game of the season.
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He’s getting chances. 4 games is no biggie as long as he’s generating chances to score. He’s also a point per game.
You'd think it was a given that we'd be inclined to wait more than 10 games before deciding Newhook's future impact lol
Crazy how impatient some are.
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Slaf has a good game and that's the headline Habs story on the pulp tabloid like LJM -
Lol... labrador adolescent
Lol... labrador adolescent
I had to stop watching. I got totally pissed when there were no adjustments on the PP. Slaf playing well should have been bumped Matheson and Anderson playing ill should have been dumped. 5 guys with no reps together could have done a better job. I was not and am not amused. The lack of execution on basic plays is not acceptable at this level.
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Some here might be on suicide watch seeing Gallagher have as many goals as Caulfield lol.
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But not November.
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I also think the Joe Thornton and Owen Nolan turned out alright. Damn, I wish Slaf would hit and fight like Nolan.
Why the player was universally liked. It's not his fault Bergevin is a moron. All the power to Gally for anything positive he can eek out of his beat up frame.
I love that we finally have a player about whom people wonder ''what's wrong'' even if he's PPG.
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Funny, I was thinking the same thing.
Four games without a goal and we’ve all noticed. When was the last time we had someone like that?
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Matheson has been garbage for a few games now and it seem his solution is to try crazy shit instead of going back to basics. Bold strategy Cotton.
Thornton was playing ~8:00 minutes per game in his first season. I can't find the TOI for Nolan, but it was probably similar. Slaf was avg 12:13 minutes last year.
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Lol... I got the referenceMatheson has been garbage for a few games now and it seem his solution is to try crazy shit instead of going back to basics. Bold strategy Cotton.
Wouldn't it be coach's job to help him? Asking for a friend. Goes back to my "I don't know what these coaches actually do with the players/team".
Probably need the players to listen, has he ever played a full season without injury?Lol... I got the reference
Wouldn't it be coach's job to help him? Asking for a friend. Goes back to my "I don't know what these coaches actually do with the players/team".
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The problem is NHL did not keep track of TOI in the 80ies-90ies. Excluding dmen for obvious reasons here's the list of the top 10 less productive forwards drafted first overall during their 50 first games and their TOI during their first season (doing the 50 games for the TOI was too much work for a sunday morning)
| 1990 Owen Nolan 6 points in 50 games, TOI unknown |
| 1997 Joe Thornton 7 points in 50 games TOI of 8:05 |
| 2022 Juraj Slafkovsky 12 points in 50 games TOI of 12:13 |
| 1998 Vincent Lecavalier 17 points in 50 games TOI of 13:28 |
| 2020 Alexis Lafrenière 18 points in 50 games TOI of 13:53 |
| 1986 Joe Murphy 18 points in 50 games TOI unknown |
| 2019 Jack Hughes 20 points in 50 games TOI of 15:52 |
| 2008 Steven Stamkos 20 points in 50 games TOI of 14:56 |
| 1999 Patrik Stefan 21 points in 50 games TOI of 14:49 |
| 1980 Doug Wickenheiser 24 points in 50 games TOI unknown |
In this list only Stefan and Wickenheiser were really bad players. Lafrenière despite what most fans think the jury is still out imo. It's dangerous to conclude anything before the player is 23 which will be next year for AL (Kotkaniemi is 23 this season).
Joe Murphy was a disappointing 1st overall but he was still a good player and it was a weak draft. The best player of that draft (Brian Leetch) was drafted 9th overall and the 2nd best player (Damphousse) 6th overall. The whole top 5 missed and Murphy was probably the best in the top 5.
Nolan, Thornton, Lecavalier and Stamkos all had pretty good career and unless the sky falls or anything so will jack Hughes. People are panicking way too quickly. When he'll be getting close to 23 will be the time to panic and we are 3 years away from that.
