How good was Fernando Pisani in 2006?

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[VanIslander]

He was obviously not one of the top-3 impact players that postseason.

It was clear as day.

Pronger, Peca, Roloson...

Pisani was part of a trio on the next tier.

 

[hypereconomist]

He was obviously not one of the top-3 impact players that postseason.

It was clear as day.

Pronger, Peca, Roloson...

Pisani was part of a trio on the next tier.

100%. Not that Pisani wasn't good and overachieving during the 05-06 run, but he also benefited immensely in the media from being a hometown Edmonton kid during that run.

 

[MS]

Career 3rd liner who got on the heater of his life at exactly the right time.

He was good, but it was Ruslan Fedotenko/John Druce 'hot streak good' rather than true elite play.

 

[buffalowing88]

That season was a bit unique in that the teams with the most depth were far-and-away better than the teams with the bigger stars, at least in terms of forwards. Carolina, Buffalo, and obviously Edmonton lacked a ton of big-name offensive players that year but had guys like a Pisani or a Stillman or a Dumont who were serviceable and could be plugged in wherever. Pisani was having a moment but it wasn't sustainable as the league reverted back to some sense of normalcy after.