Player Discussion Charlie McAvoy IV

[Dr Hook]

I hate to see him turning into Darnell Nurse, and I hope that the trend does not continue. He was paid more than he was worth last contract in hopes that he would arrive as a top 5 d man in the league, and it looked like he was on his way. He seems to have regressed.

 

[McGarnagle]

Needs a disciplinarian coach to get the best out of him. Monty isn't it. Though in this case maybe the player is the problem and not the coach.

 

[RoccoF14]

He's always played his best hockey when paired with Grizz. Now he's got Lohrei (who's still a work in progress) and before that, Zadorov.

Not gonna make excuses for him.,....he needs to be better. But I don't think you can disregard that fact, either.

 

[Hookslide]

He's always played his best hockey when paired with Grizz. Now he's got Lohrei (who's still a work in progress) and before that, Zadorov.

Not gonna make excuses for him.,....he needs to be better. But I don't think you can disregard that fact, either.

Maybe you are right, but he is too good a defenseman, to be playing like this and certainly being enough not to play like this. Lately I find him to be invisible, that not like him, I will say get him off the PP

 

[mjhfb]

He's always played his best hockey when paired with Grizz. Now he's got Lohrei (who's still a work in progress) and before that, Zadorov.

Not gonna make excuses for him.,....he needs to be better. But I don't think you can disregard that fact, either.

Great players make average players better, average players don't make great players worse.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

We all saw him dressed as Cindy Lou Hoo for tiktok, not a shred of masculinity there right now.

 

[22Brad Park]

He's always played his best hockey when paired with Grizz. Now he's got Lohrei (who's still a work in progress) and before that, Zadorov.

Not gonna make excuses for him.,....he needs to be better. But I don't think you can disregard that fact, either.

Fair enough ,but just watching him you can see his play has dropped off significantly

 

[PatriceBergeron]

It would be one thing if it was just a bad stretch, but he has been their worst defenseman two playoffs in a row.

He’s just not the $9.5M #1 stud that they paid him to be. I wish they moved on from him before the rest of the league figured that out.

 

[LouJersey]

He's always played his best hockey when paired with Grizz. Now he's got Lohrei (who's still a work in progress) and before that, Zadorov.

Not gonna make excuses for him.,....he needs to be better. But I don't think you can disregard that fact, either.

He was good with Mike Reilly and Hampus Lindholm as well. This is the first time I can remember wondering about his toolbox because the tools are certainly there and always have been. Those two Florida series have seemed to do some damage maybe. Ages 22-24 he had three top 10 Norris finishes and now just doesn't seem the same player. He's going into his prime though, so the book is not complete.

 

[hrdpuk]

The whole team is playing injured or looks that way

 

[TheReal13Linseman]

It would be one thing if it was just a bad stretch, but he has been their worst defenseman two playoffs in a row.

He’s just not the $9.5M #1 stud that they paid him to be. I wish they moved on from him before the rest of the league figured that out.

remember when people would say, Orr, Bourque, Chara….McAvoy? Yeah, I remember that. Good times

 

[Bmessy]

He's been looking like a #2 for quite awhile now. Probably doesn't have the offensive goods to fetch norris finalist votes. Oh well, i guess. not yet 27 which is nice