We've seen Chytil in enough games to have a pretty good book on him. You can see why he really never rose above being a third-line center in New York.
He's big, fast and can gain the blueline with ease. But then things just seem to break down. He skates himself into traffic--and really can't seem to find his wingers to generate much in the way of scoring chances. That line with Lekkerimaki and Debrusk looked dangerous at times--but the bottom line is nothing across the goal-line.
I suppose there's chance he can become more than the sum of his parts in Vancouver. After all, he missed a lot of time with injuries and concussions in New York. so he's still relatively early in his development curve.
But expecting him to be a top-two center, might be wishful thinking on the part of the Canuck faithful.
He's big, fast and can gain the blueline with ease. But then things just seem to break down. He skates himself into traffic--and really can't seem to find his wingers to generate much in the way of scoring chances. That line with Lekkerimaki and Debrusk looked dangerous at times--but the bottom line is nothing across the goal-line.
I suppose there's chance he can become more than the sum of his parts in Vancouver. After all, he missed a lot of time with injuries and concussions in New York. so he's still relatively early in his development curve.
But expecting him to be a top-two center, might be wishful thinking on the part of the Canuck faithful.
