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An amazing game from Perfetti. Even when he's not scoring though, he's been battling hard. He doesn't lose too many board battles and he's throwing hits out there too.
here’s longtime Minnesota sportswriter Judd Zulgad watching game 7 last night, and regretting the Wild drafted Marco Rossi over Perfetti:
Rossi was demoted to the 4th line in the playoffs, and taken off the top PP unit. He averaged about 11 minutes of ice time per game against Vegas, but still scored 2 goals and an assist. In a postseason press conference, Rossi implied he didn’t like the demotion, saying he thinks he’s “for sure a top 6 guy”.
Wild reportedly offered Rossi a 5 year extension this winter (rumored for $5M AAV) but he turned it down. Expectation from Wild fans/media is that he’ll be traded.
Rossi is a good hockey player and put up 60 this past year. Albeit in large part because he got to play top line and top pp for 3/4 of the year. Not sure why he got demoted in the playoffs. Still I always liked and still prefer Cole's game to his.
yeah just pointing out the grass-is-greener syndrome (like the Jets fans who wanted Lundell or Jarvis over Perfetti) happens all over
Perfetti has missed alot of empty nets, but, has been part of alot of opportunities. I'm so impressed by his physicality.So much about it is usage. Jarvis has been on the top line and top pp unit for years. He wouldn't look near as good as he does if he had Perfetti's role and usage. Lundell has a similar role and scores less.
I'm very happy with Cole's growth.
here’s longtime Minnesota sportswriter Judd Zulgad watching game 7 last night, and regretting the Wild drafted Marco Rossi over Perfetti:
Rossi was demoted to the 4th line in the playoffs, and taken off the top PP unit. He averaged about 11 minutes of ice time per game against Vegas, but still scored 2 goals and an assist. In a postseason press conference, Rossi implied he didn’t like the demotion, saying he thinks he’s “for sure a top 6 guy”.
Wild reportedly offered Rossi a 5 year extension this winter (rumored for $5M AAV) but he turned it down. Expectation from Wild fans/media is that he’ll be traded.