Grading every player after 34 games

[WatchfulElm]

Since it's Christmas break, I thought it was a good moment to give a proper evaluation of each player so far.

Cole Caufield : 94%. Already a top 10 goal scorer in the NHL!

Arber Xhekaj : 93%. The most unexpected success story you can imagine. He's a beast.

Kaiden Guhle : 91%. A great rookie year so far. A stud already at such a young age.

Samuel Montembeault : 89%. At age 26, he's finally showing he belongs to the NHL. Solid year so far.

Nick Suzuki : 87%. He's been struggling recently but he was stellar before that. A great captain.

David Savard : 84%. The steady veteran D that this young squad needed. His injury is hurting the team.

Jordan Harris : 82%. Another rookie D making a great first impression!

Sean Monahan : 81%. Great rebound year. Brings essential secondary scoring.

Kirby Dach : 78%. Great tools and good complement to CC and Suzuki. Doubt he'll ever be an offensive star though.

Christian Dvorak : 74%. Coaches trust him with defensive missions, but his offense is really nothing special.

Johnathan Kovacevic : 73%. A steady #6 D with size that we got for free? Ok!

Juraj Slafkovsky : 70%. Talented but inconsistent, which is totally normal for such a young guy.

Jake Allen : 68%. We saw the best and the worst from Allen so far. Consistency is an issue.

Josh Anderson : 65%. He can be such a force, but his numbers continue to be underwhelming.

Mike Matheson : 61%. Small sample, but so far, stellar offense, atrocious defense.

Mike Hoffman : 60%. The best among our bad wingers. His overtime goals partly make up for the rest.

Brendan Gallagher : 57%. Effort is still there. Shots and scoring chances are still there. He still makes things happen, but he cannot finish anything anymore and is becoming slower every second.

Jake Evans : 54%. Steady defense and that's it. He needs to produce more.

Joel Edmundson : 52%. You know the steady, hard to play against, stay at home veteran defenseman that is so badly needed? Well it's not him. Where is the Edmundson we saw 2 years ago?

Michael Pezzetta : 50%. He's been better recently, but earlier this year he played like his job was not his to lose.

Jonathan Drouin : 43%. At least he's been trying and he's involved in the play recently. But that's about it. His offense seems completely gone.

Chris Wideman : 40%. I really don't think he's NHL caliber. And definitely NOT a 1st PP quarterback.

Joel Armia : 38%. Was a ghost early in the season. Suddenly, he started trying, which is more than we can say about the last name on this list. Snakebitten.

Rem Pitlick : 27%. The jack-of-all-trade we saw last season has become a jack-of-no-trade.

Evgeny Dadonov : 15%. Such a useless player who so obviously doesn't care.

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[Non Player Canadiens]

Since it's Christmas break, I thought it was a good moment to give a proper evaluation of each player so far.

Cole Caufield : 93%. Already a top 10 goal scorer in the NHL!

Arber Xhekaj : 92%. The most unexpected success story you can imagine. He's a beast.

Nick Suzuki : 89%. He's been struggling recently but he was stellar before that. A great captain.

Kaiden Guhle : 87%. A great rookie year so far. A stud already at such a young age.

David Savard : 84%. The steady veteran D that this young squad needed. His injury is hurting the team.

Jordan Harris : 82%. Another rookie D making a great first impression!

Sean Monahan : 81%. Great rebound year. Brings essential secondary scoring.

Samuel Montembeault : 80%. At age 26, he's finally showing he belongs to the NHL. Solid year so far.

Kirby Dach : 78%. Great tools and good complement to CC and Suzuki. Doubt he'll ever be an offensive star though.

Christian Dvorak : 74%. Coaches trust him with defensive missions, but his offense is really nothing special.

Johnathan Kovacevic : 73%. A steady #6 D with size that we got for free? Ok!

Juraj Slafkovsky : 70%. Talented but inconsistent, which is totally normal for such a young guy.

Josh Anderson : 65%. He can be such a force, but his numbers continue to be underwhelming.

Jake Allen : 61%. We saw the best and the worst from Allen so far. Consistency is an issue.

Mike Matheson : 60%. Small sample, but so far, stellar offense, atrocious defense.

Mike Hoffman : 58%. The best among our bad wingers. His overtime goals partly make up for the rest.

Brendan Gallagher : 55%. Effort is still there. Shots and scoring chances are still there. He still makes things happen, but he cannot finish anything anymore and is becoming slower every second.

Jake Evans : 54%. Steady defense and that's it. He needs to produce more.

Joel Edmundson : 52%. You know the steady, hard to play against, stay at home veteran defenseman that is so badly needed? Well it's not him. Where is the Edmundson we saw 2 years ago?

Michael Pezzetta : 50%. He's been better recently, but earlier this year he played like his job was not his to lose.

Jonathan Drouin : 43%. At least he's been trying and he's involved in the play recently. But that's about it. His offense seems completely gone.

Chris Wideman : 40%. I really don't think he's NHL caliber. And definitely NOT a 1st PP quarterback.

Joel Armia : 38%. Was a ghost early in the season. Suddenly, he started trying, which is more than we can say about the last name on this list. Snakebitten.

Rem Pitlick : 27%. The jack-of-all-trade we saw last season has become a jack-of-no-trade.

Evgeny Dadonov : 15%. Such a useless player who so obviously doesn't care.

Thanks for getting this discussion started! Here's what I disagree with:

- Guhle should be 90+, he's just been that good given the expectations, and keeps impressing on a regular basis
- Dach should be 80+
- Allen is way too low, should be high 70s; he's a journeyman after all, who's been thrust into the #1 role

rest seems good

 

[Galchenyuk15]

Since it's Christmas break, I thought it was a good moment to give a proper evaluation of each player so far.

Cole Caufield : 93%. Already a top 10 goal scorer in the NHL!

Arber Xhekaj : 92%. The most unexpected success story you can imagine. He's a beast.

Nick Suzuki : 89%. He's been struggling recently but he was stellar before that. A great captain.

Kaiden Guhle : 87%. A great rookie year so far. A stud already at such a young age.

David Savard : 84%. The steady veteran D that this young squad needed. His injury is hurting the team.

Jordan Harris : 82%. Another rookie D making a great first impression!

Sean Monahan : 81%. Great rebound year. Brings essential secondary scoring.

Samuel Montembeault : 80%. At age 26, he's finally showing he belongs to the NHL. Solid year so far.

Kirby Dach : 78%. Great tools and good complement to CC and Suzuki. Doubt he'll ever be an offensive star though.

Christian Dvorak : 74%. Coaches trust him with defensive missions, but his offense is really nothing special.

Johnathan Kovacevic : 73%. A steady #6 D with size that we got for free? Ok!

Juraj Slafkovsky : 70%. Talented but inconsistent, which is totally normal for such a young guy.

Josh Anderson : 65%. He can be such a force, but his numbers continue to be underwhelming.

Jake Allen : 61%. We saw the best and the worst from Allen so far. Consistency is an issue.

Mike Matheson : 60%. Small sample, but so far, stellar offense, atrocious defense.

Mike Hoffman : 58%. The best among our bad wingers. His overtime goals partly make up for the rest.

Brendan Gallagher : 55%. Effort is still there. Shots and scoring chances are still there. He still makes things happen, but he cannot finish anything anymore and is becoming slower every second.

Jake Evans : 54%. Steady defense and that's it. He needs to produce more.

Joel Edmundson : 52%. You know the steady, hard to play against, stay at home veteran defenseman that is so badly needed? Well it's not him. Where is the Edmundson we saw 2 years ago?

Michael Pezzetta : 50%. He's been better recently, but earlier this year he played like his job was not his to lose.

Jonathan Drouin : 43%. At least he's been trying and he's involved in the play recently. But that's about it. His offense seems completely gone.

Chris Wideman : 40%. I really don't think he's NHL caliber. And definitely NOT a 1st PP quarterback.

Joel Armia : 38%. Was a ghost early in the season. Suddenly, he started trying, which is more than we can say about the last name on this list. Snakebitten.

Rem Pitlick : 27%. The jack-of-all-trade we saw last season has become a jack-of-no-trade.

Evgeny Dadonov : 15%. Such a useless player who so obviously doesn't care.

Pretty agree with you but still think Guhle and Dach deserve better. And for my part, I think Montembault need to be the number 1 in % because of the way he outpass the expectations, he stole already maybe 6-7 points in the games he played and this is the last thing I expect in a year I hope we sucked for Bedard :p

 

[Canad13ns]

Thanks for starting this!

Agree with you pretty much as is. Would move Monahan above Harris (after all, would the team self-destruct without Harris? No, he can sit a game and we’re OK) I’d also move Kovacevic’s numbers up. He’s got a great stick; he’s good at defense I think, and not all our defense are..

 

[WatchfulElm]

Pretty agree with you but still think Guhle and Dach deserve better. And for my part, I think Montembault need to be the number 1 in % because of the way he outpass the expectations, he stole already maybe 6-7 points in the games he played and this is the last thing I expect in a year I hope we sucked for Bedard :p

Thanks for getting this discussion started! Here's what I disagree with:

- Guhle should be 90+, he's just been that good given the expectations, and keeps impressing on a regular basis
- Dach should be 80+
- Allen is way too low, should be high 70s; he's a journeyman after all, who's been thrust into the #1 role

rest seems good

You're having some good points. I'm upgrading my grades for Monty and Allen, also for Guhle.

 

[knuck]

Dadonov has been more useful than Pitlick. He also shows more effort, has played more games, has twice as many goals (2 lol) and 7 times as many points (7 lol). Pitlick doesn't even have an assist in 14 games

 

[DailyKaizen]

Jonathan Drouin : 43%. At least he's been trying and he's involved in the play recently. But that's about it. His offense seems completely gone.


Generous marker for the Drouin dossier @WatchfulElm but I do like the report

Nothing against Drouin but sadly he is struggling mightily with all those horrendous giveaways…yikes, that said he is pretty good vision

 

[slybel]

And I thought we could possible have good trade baits this year..... so much for that...

 

[BLONG7]

And I thought we could possible have good trade baits this year..... so much for that...

True........................in a nutshell, the kids are playing well, the vets are driving the tank.
Coles notes version.
Monahan and Eddy should fetch something....

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Caufield: A
Suzuki: A
Dach: A-
Monahan: B
Gallagher: B-
Slafkovsky: B-/C+
Dvorak: C+
Anderson: C+
Evans: C+
Hoffman: C+
Drouin: C
Pezzetta: C
Armia: C-
Pitlick: D+
Dadonov: D

Guhle: A-
Harris: B
Xhekaj: B
Savard: B
Kovacevic: B-/C+
Edmundson: C+
Matheson: C+
Wideman: C-

Montembault: B+
Allen: B

 

[The Real Timo]

All the above are very Gen Z type grading... come one

Caufield: A-
Suzuki: A-
Dach: B
Monahan: B
Slafkovsky: C
Gallagher: F
Dvorak: F
Anderson: F
Evans: F
Hoffman: F
Drouin: F
Pezzetta: F
Armia: F
Pitlick: F
Dadonov: F

Guhle: A
Harris: C
Xhekaj: A-
Savard: C
Kovacevic: C
Edmundson: F
Matheson: F
Wideman: F

Montembault: C
Allen: C

Let me throw in the coaches (not because of the number of points. Beucase of the brain dead decisions and absolutely horrid special teams)

MSL - F
Burrows - F
That red haired guy - F

 

[rickthegoon]

Caufield: A-
Suzuki: A-
Dach: B
Monahan: B+
Slafkovsky: C
Gallagher: D-
Dvorak: C+
Anderson: D
Evans: D-
Hoffman: F
Drouin: F
Pezzetta: D-
Armia: F
Pitlick: F
Dadonov: F

Guhle: A+
Harris: C
Xhekaj: A-
Savard: B+
Kovacevic: C
Edmundson: D-
Matheson: F
Wideman: F

Montembault: A-
Allen: away games B+, home games F

Grades given with my personal expectations from each at the season's start.
So my biggest goes to Ghule, close behind are Caufield, Suzuki,Xhekaj and Monty

 

[StCaufield]

Every vet except Monahan F and everyone else C-A

 

[Canad13ns]

All the above are very Gen Z type grading... come one

Caufield: A-
Suzuki: A-
Dach: B
Monahan: B
Slafkovsky: C
Gallagher: F
Dvorak: F
Anderson: F
Evans: F
Hoffman: F
Drouin: F
Pezzetta: F
Armia: F
Pitlick: F
Dadonov: F

Guhle: A
Harris: C
Xhekaj: A-
Savard: C
Kovacevic: C
Edmundson: F
Matheson: F
Wideman: F

Montembault: C
Allen: C

Let me throw in the coaches (not because of the number of points. Beucase of the brain dead decisions and absolutely horrid special teams)

MSL - F
Burrows - F
That red haired guy - F

Departments are not allowed to fail more than 20% of the class, so yeah, the original might have been Gen Z grading but think you regrade might be veering into Tiger Mom territory: Caufield top 10-ish in the NHL for goals at 21 and he's getting an A-..

 

[hardcorehabs]

Slaf: C-
Coaching of Slaf: D
Managing of Slaf: F

 

[First Line]

Guhle is a force , well above what anyone could have thought.
Xhekaj also performed better than anticipated.
Monahan if/when healthy is back to being an impact player.
Matheson gets a mulligan for this year.
Everyone else is performing exactly as I expected.

 

[Bacchus1]

Caufield: A+
Suzuki: A
Dach: B+
Monahan: B+
Gallagher: D-
Slafkovsky: B-
Dvorak: B
Anderson: C+
Evans: B
Hoffman: C+
Drouin: F
Pezzetta: C+
Armia: D-
Pitlick: D-
Dadonov: D-

Guhle: A+
Harris: B+
Xhekaj: A-
Savard: A-
Kovacevic: B+
Edmundson: C
Matheson: B+
Wideman: C-

Montembault: B+
Allen: B

 

[CHwest]

Since it's Christmas break, I thought it was a good moment to give a proper evaluation of each player so far.

Cole Caufield : 94%. Already a top 10 goal scorer in the NHL!

Arber Xhekaj : 93%. The most unexpected success story you can imagine. He's a beast.

Kaiden Guhle : 91%. A great rookie year so far. A stud already at such a young age.

Samuel Montembeault : 89%. At age 26, he's finally showing he belongs to the NHL. Solid year so far.

Nick Suzuki : 87%. He's been struggling recently but he was stellar before that. A great captain.

David Savard : 84%. The steady veteran D that this young squad needed. His injury is hurting the team.

Jordan Harris : 82%. Another rookie D making a great first impression!

Sean Monahan : 81%. Great rebound year. Brings essential secondary scoring.

Kirby Dach : 78%. Great tools and good complement to CC and Suzuki. Doubt he'll ever be an offensive star though.

Christian Dvorak : 74%. Coaches trust him with defensive missions, but his offense is really nothing special.

Johnathan Kovacevic : 73%. A steady #6 D with size that we got for free? Ok!

Juraj Slafkovsky : 70%. Talented but inconsistent, which is totally normal for such a young guy.

Jake Allen : 68%. We saw the best and the worst from Allen so far. Consistency is an issue.

Josh Anderson : 65%. He can be such a force, but his numbers continue to be underwhelming.

Mike Matheson : 61%. Small sample, but so far, stellar offense, atrocious defense.

Mike Hoffman : 60%. The best among our bad wingers. His overtime goals partly make up for the rest.

Brendan Gallagher : 57%. Effort is still there. Shots and scoring chances are still there. He still makes things happen, but he cannot finish anything anymore and is becoming slower every second.

Jake Evans : 54%. Steady defense and that's it. He needs to produce more.

Joel Edmundson : 52%. You know the steady, hard to play against, stay at home veteran defenseman that is so badly needed? Well it's not him. Where is the Edmundson we saw 2 years ago?

Michael Pezzetta : 50%. He's been better recently, but earlier this year he played like his job was not his to lose.

Jonathan Drouin : 43%. At least he's been trying and he's involved in the play recently. But that's about it. His offense seems completely gone.

Chris Wideman : 40%. I really don't think he's NHL caliber. And definitely NOT a 1st PP quarterback.

Joel Armia : 38%. Was a ghost early in the season. Suddenly, he started trying, which is more than we can say about the last name on this list. Snakebitten.

Rem Pitlick : 27%. The jack-of-all-trade we saw last season has become a jack-of-no-trade.

Evgeny Dadonov : 15%. Such a useless player who so obviously doesn't care.

Drop everybody 20% and you are close.

 

[Habs13]

Caufield: 9/10
Suzuki: 9/10
Dach: 7/10
Monahan: 6/10
Gallagher: 3/10
Slafkovsky: 6/10
Dvorak: 3/10
Anderson: 4/10
Evans: 3/10
Hoffman: 2/10
Drouin: 0/10
Pezzetta: 2/10
Armia: 0/10
Pitlick: 1/10
Dadonov: 0/10

Guhle: 9/10
Harris: 7/10
Xhekaj: 8/10
Savard: 5/10
Kovacevic: 6/10
Edmundson: 6/10
Matheson: 3/10
Wideman: 2/10

Montembault: 6/10
Allen: 5/10

 

[Matthew McConaughay]

Since it's Christmas break, I thought it was a good moment to give a proper evaluation of each player so far.

Cole Caufield : 94%. Already a top 10 goal scorer in the NHL!

Arber Xhekaj : 93%. The most unexpected success story you can imagine. He's a beast.

Kaiden Guhle : 91%. A great rookie year so far. A stud already at such a young age.

Samuel Montembeault : 89%. At age 26, he's finally showing he belongs to the NHL. Solid year so far.

Nick Suzuki : 87%. He's been struggling recently but he was stellar before that. A great captain.

David Savard : 84%. The steady veteran D that this young squad needed. His injury is hurting the team.

Jordan Harris : 82%. Another rookie D making a great first impression!

Sean Monahan : 81%. Great rebound year. Brings essential secondary scoring.

Kirby Dach : 78%. Great tools and good complement to CC and Suzuki. Doubt he'll ever be an offensive star though.

Christian Dvorak : 74%. Coaches trust him with defensive missions, but his offense is really nothing special.

Johnathan Kovacevic : 73%. A steady #6 D with size that we got for free? Ok!

Juraj Slafkovsky : 70%. Talented but inconsistent, which is totally normal for such a young guy.

Jake Allen : 68%. We saw the best and the worst from Allen so far. Consistency is an issue.

Josh Anderson : 65%. He can be such a force, but his numbers continue to be underwhelming.

Mike Matheson : 61%. Small sample, but so far, stellar offense, atrocious defense.

Mike Hoffman : 60%. The best among our bad wingers. His overtime goals partly make up for the rest.

Brendan Gallagher : 57%. Effort is still there. Shots and scoring chances are still there. He still makes things happen, but he cannot finish anything anymore and is becoming slower every second.

Jake Evans : 54%. Steady defense and that's it. He needs to produce more.

Joel Edmundson : 52%. You know the steady, hard to play against, stay at home veteran defenseman that is so badly needed? Well it's not him. Where is the Edmundson we saw 2 years ago?

Michael Pezzetta : 50%. He's been better recently, but earlier this year he played like his job was not his to lose.

Jonathan Drouin : 43%. At least he's been trying and he's involved in the play recently. But that's about it. His offense seems completely gone.

Chris Wideman : 40%. I really don't think he's NHL caliber. And definitely NOT a 1st PP quarterback.

Joel Armia : 38%. Was a ghost early in the season. Suddenly, he started trying, which is more than we can say about the last name on this list. Snakebitten.

Rem Pitlick : 27%. The jack-of-all-trade we saw last season has become a jack-of-no-trade.

Evgeny Dadonov : 15%. Such a useless player who so obviously doesn't care.

Agree with your rating.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Caufield has been our best player but I’m happiest with Guehle and Dach’s development.

 

[OnTheRun]

I'll keep it simple, If you're not a rookie and your name is not Caufield, Suzuki or Dach then your grade is GTFO+.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

All the above are very Gen Z type grading... come one

Caufield: A-
Suzuki: A-
Dach: B
Monahan: B
Slafkovsky: C
Gallagher: F
Dvorak: F
Anderson: F
Evans: F
Hoffman: F
Drouin: F
Pezzetta: F
Armia: F
Pitlick: F
Dadonov: F

Guhle: A
Harris: C
Xhekaj: A-
Savard: C
Kovacevic: C
Edmundson: F
Matheson: F
Wideman: F

Montembault: C
Allen: C

Let me throw in the coaches (not because of the number of points. Beucase of the brain dead decisions and absolutely horrid special teams)

MSL - F
Burrows - F
That red haired guy - F

Agree 100% with that except for Slaf id go D and Xhekaj B-

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Agree 100% with that except for Slaf id go D and Xhekaj B-

In your case, does the B for Dach stand for Bagofcrow since you were super wrong?

 

[the]

In your case, does the B for Dach stand for Bagofcrow since you were super wrong?

Bro... you gave a B to Gallagher.