Player Discussion Halfway Mark Grades

[Saundies]

Drouin got way more heat than Newhook despite being way better. Newhook has a ridiculously low IQ. I don't doubt his compete level but it's impossible to be this ineffective with that skating and shot.

Nice list. I'd probably just make Monty/Carrier/Laine higher and Struble lower but otherwise that's what I would have as well.

Thanks!

The only reason Laine isn't higher is just due to the lack of 5 on 5 offense and I attribute a ton of that to his injury/playing catch up all year + missing a ton of time next year. He just hasn't had the time to find his legs.

I wouldn't die on the hill of him being a B let's put it that way.

 

[David Suzuki]

Forward
Suzuki A
Caufield A
Slafkovsky C-
Dach D
Newhook D
Laine A
Evans A
Anderson B
Heineman A
Dvorak D
Armia B
Gallagher C

Dsquad
Savard C
Struble C
Xhekaj C
Carrier B+
Matheson B
Guhle B+
Hutson A+

Montombeau B+

Relative to my expectations.

 

[Frankenheimer]

My grades are all relative to my expectations at the beginning of the year for each guy.

Suzuki - A
Gally - C
Caufield - A+
Dach - C
Slaf - C
Evans - A+
Anderson - B+
Hutson - A+
Newhook - D
Guhle - B
Xhekaj - B-
Matheson - B-
Savard - C+
Heineman - A
Armia - B
Dvorak - D
Montemabeault - B
Laine - B
Dobes - A (Primeau was F)
Struble - C
Carrier - B

Notable performers:

Cole has looked really good and bounced back from what I saw as a so-so year last year.

Nick is his steady self.

Evans, Heineman and Hutson all come out looking great (and Dobes as well)

Anderson has bounced back great this season from last season. He's not going to be what we paid him to be but I'm glad to see he's found a role and took it seriously.

Notable lower grades:

Slaf and Dach - have underperformed expectations. Both can easily turn it around with a strong second half.

Gally - started out good but has petered off.

Newhook - doesn't look like the same guy as last year so far. I'm surprised how little offense he's creating.

Dvo - nothing more to say I haven't said 100 times over.

Struble looks like and should be the odd man out with Carrier in the lineup.

Primeau was probably the worst goalie in the league when he was up.

So if I understand your grading correctly, you had much higher expectations of Dvorak than what he is producing now? I suppose I'm among the few who didn't have high expectations and who has been pleasently surprised that he hasn't been a deadweight. I think this is actually the first year that he has positively contributed to the team and been trusted in that role. He has exceeded the low expectations that I thought everyone had of him. This is probably his best season here.