Player Discussion Drake Batherson (RW) - Part II

[Larionov]

Tkachuk is noted as 6 foot 4, Batherson noted as 6 foot 3

One of those numbers must be wrong.

Batherson is not 6'3" - no chance...

 

[bert]

Batherson is not 6'3" - no chance...

He's pretty big. Have stood beside him and I'm 6'1 definitely had a few inches on me.

 

[Icelevel]

He's pretty big. Have stood beside him and I'm 6'1 definitely had a few inches on me.

Shit so now he’s 6’5”+?!

 

[OD99]

Batherson is not 6'3" - no chance...

Why not?

 

[Micklebot]

Why not?

At his size the desire to exaggerate height and weight dissipates, I could see them rounding up from 6'2 1/2, but aside from that I don't think we'd see any funny business in his measurements.

Maybe Tkachuk is 6'4 1/4?

 

[dmarc]

Brady is obviously a big guy, but Drake looks so tense in his stance, makes him look smaller imo

 

[StoicSensFan]

There's other factors at play here, such as sole thickness, hat loft, and spine compression.

 

[PatrickEaves]

There's other factors at play here, such as sole thickness, hat loft, and spine compression.

It's ridiculous how much of a difference this makes. I'm like an inch taller when I wake up in the morning compared to when I get home after work.

 

[Alex1234]

It's ridiculous how much of a difference this makes. I'm like an inch taller when I wake up in the morning compared to when I get home after work.

Secretary taking care of business
I know the feeling

 

[RAFI BOMB]

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Brady looks bigger but Batherson’s hands are smoother. You can tell because of the finesse on his sauce of the puck to the second balcony (less wobble).

#offseason

 

[Nova Stutzlia]

Brady looks bigger but Batherson’s hands are smoother. You can tell because of the finesse on his sauce of the puck to the second balcony (less wobble).

#offseason

Apparently he was a scratch golfer when he was about 15. He talks about it here (10:00 minute mark).



He also talks about Timmy at 19:15.

(Video is dated July, 2021.)

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Batherson Alledgedly on the ice today

 

[Sweatred]

Batherson Alledgedly on the ice today

That’s great news … for lots of reasons …

 

[Hale The Villain]

This is ignoring the chemistry that norris Brady and batherson have. They clearly click and elevate eachother. The other three might not

My post was a response to a post saying Tkachuk-Norris-Giroux would be our 1st line over DeBrincat-Stutzle-Batherson, should those be the combinations DJ goes with.

I think that's crazy. Give me DeBrincat > Brady, Stutzle > Norris and Batherson > Giroux.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

My post was a response to a post saying Tkachuk-Norris-Giroux would be our 1st line over DeBrincat-Stutzle-Batherson, should those be the combinations DJ goes with.

I think that's crazy. Give me DeBrincat > Brady, Stutzle > Norris and Batherson > Giroux.

Okay right.. and my response was to exactly this? Your player to player comparisons are correct. Doesn’t mean it will be the better line.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Okay right.. and my response was to exactly this? Your player to player comparisons are correct. Doesn’t mean it will be the better line.

If all 3 players are better it's almost certainly going to be the better line.

 

[OgieO]

Batherson is not 6'3" - no chance...

I am 6'1 and Drake is taller than me.

 

[Cosmix]

He's pretty big. Have stood beside him and I'm 6'1 definitely had a few inches on me.

Could be his high heels!

 

[StephenHenshaaw]

Batherson Alledgedly on the ice today

Allegedly.... Clever choice of words


I went to watch the skate yesterday and general public wasn't allowed. I did see Drake pull out of the parking lot of Sensplex in his Mercedes AMG G Class with Chabot in the passenger seat so there is evidence he did skate yesterday.

 

[Sun God Nika]

guy is making less than 5m and pacing for 65 pts.

You can’t expect more out of wingers with that salary guys

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

guy is making less than 5m and pacing for 65 pts.

You can’t expect more out of wingers with that salary guys

Drake having 19 points in 24 games is a bit of a joke considering how he's played.

scoring is really easy right now. every team has ppg guys it seems.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Drake having 19 points in 24 games is a bit of a joke considering how he's played.

scoring is really easy right now. every team has ppg guys it seems.

How much are their ppg guys getting paid ?

Batherson is not a shut down winger. He is paid to produce and that is what he is doing .I get bitching about our D core it sucks. But Batherson is not a problem on this team

 

[OD99]

guy is making less than 5m and pacing for 65 pts.

You can’t expect more out of wingers with that salary guys

To be fair he has shown capable of playing far better than he had been so falling back on his contract isn't reflective of why people want more.

He has looked more engaged the last 2 games and good to see him get rewarded with a couple of apples tonight.

If he can take that PP production to 5v5 and help get Pinto and Cat going that would be huge.

 

[Adrianopolous]

He seems off this year. Could it be the Hockey Canada stuff?