Player Discussion Drake Batherson (RW) - Part II

[aragorn]

Batherson plays exactly the way I play in my beer league.

Are you leading the beer league in scoring?

Batherson is a great player & elite passer especially on the PP. He has made so many great plays this yr & has 52 pts in 65 games, there has only been 13 games where he didn't register a pt. And most consider him having a down season & of course his plus/minus sucks, but he is playing with a rookie centre & with DeBrincat who some also say is having a down season.

With the return of Norris next yr & maybe Formenton along with potentially a few new players this team should be a playoff team next season. This team has most of the pieces already in place & just need to start filling some holes in the bottom six & bottom pairing & in net to be a contender.

 

[Crosside]

Batherson: It's been unbelievable to play in front of the fans at CTC this year

Senators Forward Drake Batherson joins Steve and Graham to chat about his season, last night's game against the Avs and much more!

www.tsn.ca

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

I liked Hoffman's offensive instincts, but he had zero hustle in his skating. Batherson is turning into a worse version of him. If Bath is going to cheat defensively, he better be scoring at a rate that Hoff did which he isn't even doing. So frustrating

I thought Hoffman was dumb as a door knob on defense and to a lesser extent offence. He just had a wicked shot

 

[StoicSensFan]

Batherson: My ankle is finally feeling good, doesn't feel tight anymore

Well that sort of confirms that Batherson has been playing somewhat injured since his high ankle sprain.

 

[Alex1234]

Batherson: My ankle is finally feeling good, doesn't feel tight anymore

Well that sort of confirms that Batherson has been playing somewhat injured since his high ankle sprain.

Here hoping looses ankles = more backcheck

 

[Micklebot]

Batherson: My ankle is finally feeling good, doesn't feel tight anymore

Well that sort of confirms that Batherson has been playing somewhat injured since his high ankle sprain.

Idk how much of his early play you can blame on it but there's been a notable improvement in his play lately, so I'll take it. If he can get back to how he played last year before the injury, that would be great.

 

[Sun God Nika]

woah, didn't know that injury was actually still affecting him. Hopefully we see the best Batherson next season.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

As expected, that injury takes a while to fully heal.

 

[OD99]

As expected, that injury takes a while to fully heal.

Turris and Nick Paul took about the same time. That is a brutal injury.

 

[bert]

Batherson: My ankle is finally feeling good, doesn't feel tight anymore

Well that sort of confirms that Batherson has been playing somewhat injured since his high ankle sprain.

Takes a really long time to come back from those. Brutal injury, he has played alot better lately.

 

[Larionov]

Turris and Nick Paul took about the same time. That is a brutal injury.

Yeah, high ankle sprains are rough - they take their own sweet time to heal, and there's nothing you can do to speed up the process...

 

[Golden_Jet]

Ya I think I was about 1 1/2 years, but not getting the amount of physio they have.

 

[DrEasy]

I'm vindicated: always thought his decline in performance must have been injury-related rather than mental.

 

[dumbdick]

Bath's contract is so good that even a down year for him looks like good value.

 

[Dionysus]

Bath's contract is so good that even a down year for him looks like good value.

If he comes back next year fully healthy and engaged that would be huge.

 

[coladin]

Would have been nice for him to share this earlier.

Last night, it looked like a switch went off. He was an absolute line driver in a way the DeBrincat can only dream about. He made Pinto look so much better as well who also had a strong game . I appreciate that his ankle takes time to heal, and really, the last couple games he has looked better. But last night he was flying, suddenly.

Can't help but think that the mental side may have been alleviated and some news may be coming shortly...completely baseless but just a gut feeling is all

 

[Que]

Drake with an ‘A’ tonight.

Core piece.

 

[Adrianopolous]

We made a mistake with him. Just a dead player out there. If he's not being carried then he can't create anything himself

 

[OD99]

We made a mistake with him. Just a dead player out there. If he's not being carried then he can't create anything himself

I expect a bounce back next season.

He is getting around the ice much better the last couple of weeks so with a proper off season and reset he will be back to where he can be.

Production wise his contract is fine.

 

[playasRus]

We made a mistake with him. Just a dead player out there. If he's not being carried then he can't create anything himself

Not a Colin White level mistake thought

 

[Burrowsaurus]

We made a mistake with him. Just a dead player out there. If he's not being carried then he can't create anything himself

What was the mistake? Drafting him? Signing him for under 5 million. He creates fine. He just doesn’t play defence.

 

[GCK]

I’ve seen some occasional good defensive effort from him the last few weeks, not consistently but still improved. I honestly think the Hockey Canada stuff has messed with his head.

 

[Micklebot]

I’ve seen some occasional good defensive effort from him the last few weeks, not consistently but still improved. I honestly think the Hockey Canada stuff has messed with his head.

Seemed like until the last couple months he's been skating better, I think the high ankle sprain was still lingering to start the season to, he said as much afterall.

 

[Sun God Nika]

excited to see what he does with a healthy offseason.

We made a mistake with him. Just a dead player out there. If he's not being carried then he can't create anything himself

4.95 for a player who when he is at his worst is a 60pt+ one dimensional winger?

what a mistake my god.

 

[SensFactor]

Big offseason for Drake this year...he really needs to work on his defensive game...too many lost battles, too many fly bys