Donato is now leading his team in pts (Donato Thread)

[Bombshell11]

nope. hes a 15 goal a year guy. Hes running crazy hot right now and playing the 1PP because the hawks are so bad.

Chicago will only give him 3 years. Unless another bottom feeder needs to hit the floor he may get 5 or 6 million but hes not getting 5 or 6 years. Too risky

We'll see but i think teams will get him because he'll add depth in their top 6-top9 and provide help on their 1st when needed and he's a veteran. He showed he can produce this year. He's now a certified 30 goal scorer, PP or not.

He's also 7th in PP usage on his team.

 

[BHawk21]

We'll see but i think teams will get him because he'll add depth in their top 6-top9 and provide help on their 1st when needed and he's a veteran. He showed he can produce this year. He's now a certified 30 goal scorer, PP or not.

He's also 7th in PP usage on his team.

blackhawks fans watch him every game. hes running very hot. hes a 15 goal 25 assist guy on a bad team. does the increase in cap give him 5 or 6 million maybe but its not giving him 5 or 6 years.

 

[Prairie Habs]

What a career.

Will finish the year with more than double the pts of his best season to date at 28 years of age. He's currently only making 2 mils a year... wow... and will be UFA this summer.

Just wow.

Im not going to lie, i hope the habs make a move on him.

72 games played, 59 pts and avging only 16 mins of ice per game.

74 pts season if we prorate it to 20 mins per game and thats playing with one of the worst teams in the NHL.

Well over 200 point season if they played him all 60 minutes every game. Makes you wonder why they don't. Or, maybe you can't prorate ice time like that...

He's shooting well over his career average at over 17% on the season and, like you said, he's doubled his career high as a 28 year old. This has all the warning signs of a terrible contract in free agency.

 

[Donnie740]

Well over 200 point season if they played him all 60 minutes every game. Makes you wonder why they don't.

Now that’s the kind of “logic” I’ve come to expect from hf boards.

 

[Bombshell11]

Well over 200 point season if they played him all 60 minutes every game. Makes you wonder why they don't. Or, maybe you can't prorate ice time like that...

He's shooting well over his career average at over 17% on the season and, like you said, he's doubled his career high as a 28 year old. This has all the warning signs of a terrible contract in free agency.

A guy who's been grinding all his PRO NHL career playing bottom minutes and getting paid bottom $$ for it, stepped up big time when the opportunity was thrown at him... you wont trust that guy but you'll take a chance on an unproven 20 years old (Slaf) @ 8 per 8?.... Is this a JoKe?

If anything, this is a sign of a dude showing resilience and dedication

 

[NVious]

I call him Chris Dorito (I like Doritos)

 

[Patty Ice]

 

[wej20]

We'll see but i think teams will get him because he'll add depth in their top 6-top9 and provide help on their 1st when needed and he's a veteran. He showed he can produce this year. He's now a certified 30 goal scorer, PP or not.

He's also 7th in PP usage on his team.

Given Rinzel and Levshunov have played 1 and 10 games respecitvely he's 5th on his team in PP usage. I don't watch the Hawks often but going by the stats I assume he's been on the top unit most of the year.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

He's a depth third line winger that's a bit of a mess defensively. He's gonna get way more than he should.

 

[Hull2Roenick2Kane]

A guy who's been grinding all his PRO NHL career playing bottom minutes and getting paid bottom $$ for it, stepped up big time when the opportunity was thrown at him... you wont trust that guy but you'll take a chance on an unproven 20 years old (Slaf) @ 8 per 8?.... Is this a JoKe?

If anything, this is a sign of a dude showing resilience and dedication

I like your positivity and hope you are right because I like Donato as a person. He almost never takes a play off and deserves everything coming to him.

 

[MoneyManny]

What a career.

Will finish the year with more than double the pts of his best season to date at 28 years of age. He's currently only making 2 mils a year... wow... and will be UFA this summer.

Just wow.

Im not going to lie, i hope the habs make a move on him.

72 games played, 59 pts and avging only 16 mins of ice per game.

74 pts season if we prorate it to 20 mins per game and thats playing with one of the worst teams in the NHL.

Is he generational?

 

[BB79]

Is he generational?

He's a burgeoning star

 

[Bombshell11]

Is he generational?

If the standard of generational is 58 pts per 73 games played than who isn’t?

 

[Prairie Habs]

A guy who's been grinding all his PRO NHL career playing bottom minutes and getting paid bottom $$ for it, stepped up big time when the opportunity was thrown at him... you wont trust that guy but you'll take a chance on an unproven 20 years old (Slaf) @ 8 per 8?.... Is this a JoKe?

If anything, this is a sign of a dude showing resilience and dedication

Slaf is 6'4" former first overall pick who just turned 21 yesterday and is on his way to a second 50+ point season. He has his ups and downs, but every GM in the league would take him at that contract if given the chance.

Donato turns 29 in about a week and his previous career high is 31 points. He's riding an unsustainable shooting percentage and is getting way better minutes than he'd get on almost any other team in the league. There's a reason he's on his 5th NHL team. He's fine for what he is, but he's not a difference maker.

 

[Bombshell11]

Slaf is 6'4" former first overall pick who just turned 21 yesterday and is on his way to a second 50+ point season. He has his ups and downs, but every GM in the league would take him at that contract if given the chance.

Donato turns 29 in about a week and his previous career high is 31 points. He's riding an unsustainable shooting percentage and is getting way better minutes than he'd get on almost any other team in the league. There's a reason he's on his 5th NHL team. He's fine for what he is, but he's not a difference maker.

Donato is going to finish the year with 55 pts at even strengh on a 14 mins EV TOI avg budget.

thats a 6-8 million a year easy with the cap space going up, his age, UFA over payment and minus his career track record.

You’re not paying for a difference maker at this point, just for a guy who’s going to solidify your 2nd line and be of use on the first when you have injuries.

He already refused 4 mil @ 3 years 1 month ago

 

[byrath]

He's getting the time. Someone has to score on a bad team.

Glad to see him doing well. I hope this is a breakout season for him but he also seems like a prime candidate to regress or disappoint if he gets paid.

I remember when Lee Stempniak led the blues in scoring

 

[shello]

I legit want Donato to be a hab come July 1st. He will solidify our top 6. A 6 million well spent.

Habs would immediately regret that. He’s having a fluke season. Montreal needs to save their cap space for their rookies

 

[RogerRoger]

Habs would immediately regret that. He’s having a fluke season. Montreal needs to save their cap space for their rookies

I don't know why, but that mistake screams Flyers to me.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Habs would immediately regret that. He’s having a fluke season. Montreal needs to save their cap space for their rookies

In the last 4 years, his 1.05 5v5 g/60 ranks 30th among forwards (>200gp), ahead of guys like Draisaitl, Crosby, Kucherov, Guentzel, and Rantanen.

In the same span, his 2.02 p/60 ranks 74th, ahead of guys like Suzuki, Stutzle, Kopitar, Necas, Svechnikov, Marchand, Terry, Larkin, Rust, and Barzal.

That's very easily 2nd line production.

He's obviously having a career year and is taking advantage of the opportunity, but it's not like his underlying numbers are wholly unsustainable - his 5v5 on ice sh% this season is 10.6% vs a career avg of 9.2%.

With the cap going up, $5-6M on a solid 2nd line winger who can also play some C isn't a bad investment. He's a good forechecker as well, and is really strong on the puck. He's also a decent bumper option on the PP.

No reason he can't be a 50 point player with 2nd line / 2nd PP deployments going forward.

 

[BKarchitect]

Not as good as his counting stats on a bad team in the second half of a season, better than / improved from his reputation from previous years.

Still remember his dad playing for the Bruins…there was a hockey rumor forum waaaay back in the day (talking like 1996 here), there was a pretty funny Bruins fan on the forum whose handle was “Donuts Donato”.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

JAG, just a guy.

Who is compiling some points on a bad team because someone has to.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

OISH% of 14.6% compared to his career average of 10.2%. It's imperfect to do this, but if you apply that normalization towards his point totals, he's sitting at 42 right now.

Same story every year but with a different player, and some dumb GM is going to overpay this summer and end up regretting it pretty quickly.

 

[DemidovSaveUs]

He’s always been capable of scoring at this rate, it’s just been about if the other aspects of the game aren’t so deficient that he can play enough minutes to produce like this. Maybe the details in his game have really flourished, or maybe he’s just getting opportunity because the hawks are bad and trying to be. Time will tell. I think we know how General Managers think though based on the fact that nobody offered something to Chicago to make them move him.

 

[BLNY]

He's getting the time. Someone has to score on a bad team.

Glad to see him doing well. I hope this is a breakout season for him but he also seems like a prime candidate to regress or disappoint if he gets paid.

Always been a decent top 9 player. This year he's shooting 17%. That's unsustainable. If he goes back to 10%, and somehow the # of shots don't drop (which you'd expect if he moves down the lineup on a better team), he's between 15-18 goals.

IMO, that's the player you're paying for. Not a 30g 60 point guy. The team that pays him as such will ultimately regret it.

 

[The Shadow]

What a career.

Will finish the year with more than double the pts of his best season to date at 28 years of age. He's currently only making 2 mils a year... wow... and will be UFA this summer.

Just wow.

Im not going to lie, i hope the habs make a move on him.

72 games played, 59 pts and avging only 16 mins of ice per game.

74 pts season if we prorate it to 20 mins per game and thats playing with one of the worst teams in the NHL.

I just saw a YouTube analysis of why. Is Donato on the same line as Bedard?

If yes what is the breakdown of Bedard being on the ice for Donato’s goals