Player Discussion Drake Batherson (RW) - Part II

[Xspyrit]

Slots pretty well. Gives the team the potential for a dominant first line when all three players are going.

Second and third lines still look solid and could provide scoring. Maybe slightly top heavy, but I think there is enough to support that.

Since we paid to dump Joseph, wish we could have gone with Teravainen and Noesen for example

Tkachuk - Stutzle - Batherson
Teravainen - Norris - Giroux
Greig - Pinto - Noesen

Damn, that would have been a very efficient Top-9. If we can manage to have better results the next 2 seasons, we might be able to attract better players down the road

 

[aragorn]

This is exactly it.

I think he will have a Zbad style boom and reach that next level. People will raise an eyebrow, but it wasn't until Zibanejad was roughly Batherson's age that he got to that next level and went from top 6 producer who sometimes turns it on into being a top 20 producer in the league who peaked near the top 5 for some seasons.

Do you feel the same way about Stutzle?

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Wish we kept Joseph, signed Amadio and Gregor, and didn't sign Perron. Would have saved the extra 1M + kept our pick, and given us another speedster.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Wish we kept Joseph, signed Amadio and Gregor, and didn't sign Perron. Would have saved the extra 1M + kept our pick, and given us another speedster.

or never traded for him in the 1st place

 

[vandelay]

5 in 7. He's flying. Liking his defensive game and tge physicality as well. Our best forward so far.

 

[dumbdick]

What do people guess he'll hit for points this season?

 

[StoicSensFan]

What do people guess he'll hit for points this season?

95

 

[dumbdick]

95

He's technically on pace for 105. But i'd be pretty happy if he breaks 80.

 

[bicboi64]

What do people guess he'll hit for points this season?

Hoping he ends up as a PPG player, I'm hoping 85ish

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Really good move by Green getting Giroux with Norris and Batherson... Easily been our best line and Batherson has been really good.

 

[mysens]

These guys were creating big time. I am so impressed with Batherson this year. Looks like training with Sid and Marchand is rubbing off on him.

 

[sena]

These guys were creating big time. I am so impressed with Batherson this year. Looks like training with Sid and Marchand is rubbing off on him.

He looks great, he just needs a little less one man team out their and he will be unstoppable

 

[Hale The Villain]

Going to give this guy some love after 15 points in 15 games with almost 2 hits per game on average.

Effort level has been great. Has been winning battles all over the ice and has limited the mistakes.

This is the best he's ever looked IMO

 

[bicboi64]

Going to give this guy some love after 15 points in 15 games with almost 2 hits per game on average.

Effort level has been great. Has been winning battles all over the ice and has limited the mistakes.

This is the best he's ever looked IMO

Incoming 85 point season

 

[DrEasy]

Going to give this guy some love after 15 points in 15 games with almost 2 hits per game on average.

Effort level has been great. Has been winning battles all over the ice and has limited the mistakes.

This is the best he's ever looked IMO

He was maybe a bit better pre-Dell, but it's clearly the best he's looked post-Dell.

 

[NyQuil]

I like having a little creativity on multiple lines.

I’d keep Batherson and Stutzle separate.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

He was maybe a bit better pre-Dell, but it's clearly the best he's looked post-Dell.

pre-Dell he was our best forward by far (that season). He was flying, physical, and detail oriented. His details and physicality are right there but he was creating even more back then.

I still think Batherson has lots of room to grow, and we will see much of that growth steadily occur over the next couple of years.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Going to give this guy some love after 15 points in 15 games with almost 2 hits per game on average.

Effort level has been great. Has been winning battles all over the ice and has limited the mistakes.

This is the best he's ever looked IMO

And more to come imo.. He is just really starting to feel his power

 

[DueDiligence]

Wish we kept Joseph, signed Amadio and Gregor, and didn't sign Perron. Would have saved the extra 1M + kept our pick, and given us another speedster.

There are other reasons why they got rid of Joseph.

 

[swiftwin]

This needs a bump.

Batherson has been quietly so good this year. Hugely improved defensively and is playing with a calmness and poise I haven't seen from him before. Easily the most improved player this season.

 

[Micklebot]

This needs a bump.

Batherson has been quietly so good this year. Hugely improved defensively and is playing with a calmness and poise I haven't seen from him before. Easily the most improved player this season.

I mean, Chabot has be really good too, so Idk if Bath is easily the most improved. Both deserve some props though.

 

[Beech]

This needs a bump.

Batherson has been quietly so good this year. Hugely improved defensively and is playing with a calmness and poise I haven't seen from him before. Easily the most improved player this season.

if his numbers hold, he could hit 90 points. I didn't think that he had that in him.

 

[swiftwin]

I mean, Chabot has be really good too, so Idk if Bath is easily the most improved. Both deserve some props though.

Fair point. I was just thinking of the forwards. Chabot could be the most improved player. Batherson the most improved forward.

if his numbers hold, he could hit 90 points. I didn't think that he had that in him.

I thought he had that in him. But I didn't he had that in him while also being very solid defensively.

 

[bicboi64]

Engaged Batherson making impact for Senators in multiple ways

Drake Batherson grew up cheering for Jason Spezza and the Senators. Now he's trying

www.sportsnet.ca

Batherson out here looking up to Spezza? Love it, get that PPG season in Bath!

 

[Alex1234]

This needs a bump.

Batherson has been quietly so good this year. Hugely improved defensively and is playing with a calmness and poise I haven't seen from him before. Easily the most improved player this season.

Defensively Bath and Stu are so much better
They have cut completely the blind pass in the middle to nobody (meaning to an opponent) that we used to see in the years past