Give me your STUD, BREAKOUT, and your SCRUB

[Miamipuck]

Stud: Panarin
Breakout: Lias
Scrub: Andersson

 

[9darter]

Stud: Zibanejad. Team's best player, period.
Breakout: Strome. Finally putting it all together and proving that we were wrong all along.
Scrub: Kakko. Good, but not as good as we thought. Yet.

Of course we can already see that my predictions for the entire season will be 2 for 3.

 

[9darter]

Stud: Zibanejad. Team's best player, period.
Breakout: Strome. Finally putting it all together and proving that we were wrong all along.
Scrub: Kakko. Good, but not as good as we thought. Yet.

Of course we can already see that my predictions for the entire season will be 2 for 3.

More like 3 for 3 now.

 

[Governor]

Breakout: Lias Andersson. He will cement himself as the 2C by seasons end.

Oof.

 

[I Eat Crow]

A lot of these posts didn't age well lol.

At least I'm 1 for 3

 

[Blue Blooded]

Stud: Panarin. Our offence will run through him and he'll be our top scorer by a comfortable margin, he might even flirt with 100 if things break right as he'll be on a much better PP than in Columbus.
HM: DeAngelo. It looks like he will continue on his 2019 level of play and be our best 5v5 defenceman. His point totals will depend on his PP role, but I think he'll establish himself as our PP1QB at some point of the season - but like last season he'll have to fight for it and he might be thrid in line to get his shot at it after Trouba and Fox.

Breakout: Buchnevich. Playing in the top-6 5v5 with either Kreider or Panarin on the opposite wing and playing in the Zuccarello role on the PP will greatly boost his scoring output. I wouldn't be surprised to see him place 2nd in team scoring.
HM: Fox. He is going to step into the Shatty role and perform as well as Shatty did in it - which was very well. Due to the difference in expectations people will be extremely impressed and rightly so.

Disappointment: Zibanejad. He is going to play very well, but I think he is going to score less on a better offensive team and that will have many disappointed. He will probably only play with Panarin periodically 5v5 and he has lost his spot on the PP1 which no longer runs through him where he now plays in the bumper role which is generally the player that scores the least on a PP unit. I wouldn't be surprised to see him score less than 65.
HM: Kakko. I hope I'm wrong, but I have a nagging feeling that Kakko may not be the force many seem to be expecting in his rookie season. There is this misconception that the bigger guys are ready to step into the NHL and dominate from day one while the smaller skill guys need time to build themselves up, but I find it's generally the opposite - the power forwards need time while the skill guys have an easier transition. Barkov, Rantanen, Landeskog, Draisaitl, Zibanejad, Puljujärvi, Eric Staal, Rick Nash all needed at least one season and most of them more than that to really break out in the NHL. Barkov had a more impressive draft season than Kakko and was a 0.5 PPG player in each of his first two seasons.

Scrub: Strome. He isn't going to repeat his Sh% from last season and his somewhat respecable scoring will dry up despite good linemates and deployment.
HM: Howden. It seems like Quinn is going to play him above his head again this season. I still like him as a prospect, but I fear he'll once again be a defensive liability in the NHL this year and I think his point production will be lower than last year.

Correct so far on Panarin, DeAngelo, Fox, Kakko and Howden.

Buch is TBD.

Way off on Zib and Strome.

The Zib take is interesting - I was right about his role but very wrong about how it would affect his production.

 

[Leonardo87]

A lot of these posts didn't age well lol.

At least I'm 1 for 3

Hey, I’m still a stud dammit.

 

[egelband]

More like 3 for 3 now.

Technically you’re right on Kakko but “Scrub” is a harsh word to use. Not sure its really appropriate for an 18 year old. I’d say he’s lingering around the low end of expectations. Going through Rookie Blues.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

So far:

Stud: Panarin
Breakout: Strome
Dud: Kasper Kakko
Omega-dud: Lias Andersson

 

[The Crypto Guy]

My Stud choice of Tony D is looking pretty well.

 

[Machinehead]

Stud: Fox

Breakout: Statically, Buchnevich if he can stick on that top line.

Scrub: The only appropriate choice here is Marc Staal. Go somewhere else.

Me being right again.

 

[Edge]

Thems Andersson predictions...

 

[NernieBichols]

Stud - Panarin
Breakout - DeAngelo
Scrub - Anderrson

Best one player answer of the thread

 

[NernieBichols]

Stud: Tony D
Breakout: Lemieux
Scrub: Skjei

2nd best

 

[ohbaby]

Best one player answer of the thread

Seems like I nailed the trifecta on this one. Panarin was an even money favorite for Stud. Breakout was a choice for me between ADA and Strome. I still think ADA was the better choice. He's on pace to score (60 pts) double what he had last year. But Strome is also having a breakout year.

And Scrub was another given with Lias. Unlike most here, he did not impress me at all in preseason. The writing was on the wall.

This trifecta paid very little. There were no longshots here.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Staal is the ultimate dud.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Staal is the ultimate dud.

Staal and Haley both have the same amount of talent although Haley is more useful