Ryan Van Horne
aka Scribe
Agreed on all of the above. He will be a top-six guy and a PP contributor because I don't think he has the defensive game to be a bottom-sixer -- not yet anyway.
I'd like to see some more stats about his defensive game to confirm this, but his plus/minus (-11) on a Chicago team that is basically even is concerning. I know +/- is not the be all and end of all defensive stats, but there was an eight-game stretch stretch in Jan where he was -11 and a recent five-game stretch where he was -9.
You can teach a guy to play defence, though, and if he's giving the effort, I'm not worried. He will have to round out his game more though before he'll be able to establish himself with the Canes.
I'd like to see some more stats about his defensive game to confirm this, but his plus/minus (-11) on a Chicago team that is basically even is concerning. I know +/- is not the be all and end of all defensive stats, but there was an eight-game stretch stretch in Jan where he was -11 and a recent five-game stretch where he was -9.
You can teach a guy to play defence, though, and if he's giving the effort, I'm not worried. He will have to round out his game more though before he'll be able to establish himself with the Canes.
