Anyone notice Martin Necas's start?

[AhosDatsyukian]

I think he hits about 110-115. Off his current pace by quite a bit but would still be an absolutely insane season for him and for the team.

 

[Czechboy]

2 more points tonight.

 

[Czechboy]

 

[DearDiary]

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10 years ago PPG meant you were a top player. More recently it was 100 points. Now it's 120 points

 

[Holkoun]

Ppg player still means you are a top player… this era is comparable to 80s in terms of points… and back then ppg still meant to be great achievement.

 

[Holkoun]

Take away 6 of his 11 goals to account for the shooting percentage if you'd like. Still 24 points in 17 games. And the eye test for anyone who has been watching him this year and in the past is that he's always had utterly insane talent and natural skill and ability, like in that McDavid tier (or 1 below if you put him on his own tier) even. His skating is just unbelievably good. His past issues have been in decision making and strength on the puck, which is where a switch seems to have flipped here because this year I haven't really seen a single bad decision made with the puck this year and he's become very hard to knock off the puck. He's finally seeing the ice and using his skills and his teammates to the best of his ability.

Also, I wasn't really clear in my other post. He's pacing for 145 points--no, I don't see that being likely to happen/being sustainable. What I meant by it being sustainable was that he has taken a step forward and this level of play is sustainable, I didn't mean that I think the level of production will hold up. But I do see him settling in as a consistent 82-100 point guy going forward. Maybe he does take another step even past that and could come closer to that 145 pace than anyone could've imagined. I don't see that happening but I wouldn't completely rule it out from watching him this year. Seriously, just watch the guy out there this year. He's been the best player on the ice damn near every shift and is a threat any time the puck is on his stick anywhere on the ice.

Maybe the offseason training with Jagr, Pastrnak and Cervenka and arguably the best performance within the Czech team at WC 2024 helped him too - both in confidence and in smarter moves.