you need to go to his thread on canucks board in his D+1 year. Many advocated to cut bait early while he still has value and trade him away even after his mono diagnosis is common knowledge. Its what happens in msg boards like these, we are all armchair GMs. Thank goodness Allvin doesnt make rash decisions.
I'm a Canucks fan and go on our boards alot but like I said most of the fans were saying this before they found out about the mono as I was one of them and his D+1 year was disappointing and sure some people have the patience of a toddler.
It's simply a Canadian rite of passage to have your name butchered by a hockey announcer.
I think that's a bit overblown. The Canucks are battling for a playoff spot and Tocchet is trying to squeeze any win he can get out of his team without his best player in the lineup. I have no problem with a kid needing to earn his coaches trust before logging big minutes in these situations.
Feels a bit silly calling that a must win game, but that's pretty much what it was. It's good that he got into the game at all, got the call-up I mean. Kid looks to have a bright future.
No pp and no pk. 11 minutes at evens is decent for a young guy learning the game on a club with expectations of players all playing the right way and winning.
He had 2:24 of PP time. 15 total shifts which is fine. As with most young players he's going to make sure his shifts are 40-45 seconds and no longer (shifts ranged from 21 secs to 62 seconds). As everyone gets more comfortable the shifts will extend a bit and he'll get 17-18. There isn't much of a difference between 10 minutes and 13 min when it comes down to it for a forward.
Lekkerimaki clearly has elite skills. he’s light as a feather and still developing the physical strength needed to play a top six role in the National League.
I do agree, if he's being played so sporadically, he might as well continue to dominate the AHL though. Right now, he should be given a chance to play on the PP in Boeser's place now that EP is shooting again. calling him up and not giving his shot PP time is criminal. Once QH is back, with his ability to distribute, just tell him stand still and launch one timers from Ovechkin's spot.
He will probably be down in a couple of days. What the Canucks are doing is bringing up players, letting them play and see the what the pace and everything is like at the NHL level. So when they go back they realize and understand what they have to work on.
