Player Discussion Jake Evans (Part II)

[Rapala]

I'm afraid he's gonna have to start blocking shots.

I like Jake as a three but not as a four and yes my one criticism of his play on the PK is he's missing a physical component to be really good.
Blocking shots and getting in passing lanes isn't his forte his positional awareness and anticipation is.

 

[Rapala]

He's playing really well since the start of the season, really an ideal 4th line center.

It will be sad when he his inevitably traded.

He's playing on the 3rd line
And no I don't think he's an ideal 4th line center.

 

[Naslundforever]

Been playing well, looks “manlier”. PK doing well too.

I thought I’d say because I’m usually so down on the bottom 6.

 

[Habssince89]

Been playing well, looks “manlier”. PK doing well too.

I thought I’d say because I’m usually so down on the bottom 6.

He has definitely benefitted from a big role last year. No team plans to give a player like Evans that kind of TOI in a non-tank situation, but it leads to a silver lining of giving him tons of development time. He's never going to be a top6 player obviously, but it shows how much decision making and IQ can be improved with experience. He's 29 now and he hasn't stopped working on himself.

love to see a 7th rounder carve out a respectable career

 

[Habby4Life]

Only UFA I would sign. He wouldn’t break the bank.

Very versatile guy who is good on the PK

 

[HuGo Sham]

I think hughes will offer him another one of those 3 year, 2 mill deals. If he doesn't accept, he'll get dealt

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

He has definitely benefitted from a big role last year. No team plans to give a player like Evans that kind of TOI in a non-tank situation, but it leads to a silver lining of giving him tons of development time. He's never going to be a top6 player obviously, but it shows how much decision making and IQ can be improved with experience. He's 29 now and he hasn't stopped working on himself.

love to see a 7th rounder carve out a respectable career

His IQ was always very good, he has taken the time to improve his puck skills and now has the confidence to take advantage of his skating and IQ.

 

[Habssince89]

His IQ was always very good, he has taken the time to improve his puck skills and now has the confidence to take advantage of his skating and IQ.

Agreed I'm just saying the increased role last year gave him reps to improve

 

[Levard]

Get this guy out of the team ASAP can't stand him anymore. He is ALWAYS on the ice for important faceoffs and PK(which we suck at) is weak as a child ..way too much ice time and bring ZERO physicality and almost zero production .. as long as we have losers like him Dvorak and Anderson in the bottom 6 we are going nowhere.

 

[salbutera]

Get this guy out of the team ASAP can't stand him anymore. He is ALWAYS on the ice for important faceoffs and PK(which we suck at) is weak as a child ..way too much ice time and bring ZERO physicality and almost zero production .. as long as we have losers like him Dvorak and Anderson in the bottom 6 we are going nowhere.

Evans + Anderson duo on PK has been excellent and was so last night again

 

[Sorinth]

Get this guy out of the team ASAP can't stand him anymore. He is ALWAYS on the ice for important faceoffs and PK(which we suck at) is weak as a child ..way too much ice time and bring ZERO physicality and almost zero production .. as long as we have losers like him Dvorak and Anderson in the bottom 6 we are going nowhere.

We have the 2nd best PK in the league. Like if your going to complain about something there's a ton of stuff we are near the bottom of the league at, pick one of those instead of saying our PK sucks when it's running at 90.9%.

 

[Tyson]

We have the 2nd best PK in the league. Like if your going to complain about something there's a ton of stuff we are near the bottom of the league at, pick one of those instead of saying our PK sucks when it's running at 90.9%.

Evans is the least of our concerns, in fact he is solid at what his role is.

 

[Whalers Fan]

Evans is the least of our concerns, in fact he is solid at what his role is.

Evans is under appreciated around here.

 

[Tyson]

Evans is under appreciated around here.

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[Estimated_Prophet]

Get this guy out of the team ASAP can't stand him anymore. He is ALWAYS on the ice for important faceoffs and PK(which we suck at) is weak as a child ..way too much ice time and bring ZERO physicality and almost zero production .. as long as we have losers like him Dvorak and Anderson in the bottom 6 we are going nowhere.

One of the worst posts I have seen in a while and considering the low bar that this board represents....that is saying something.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Not Evans fault Dvorak is shit and Dach is struggling so he’s back to getting over used. He’s the least of our worries and would be an exceptional 4th line C on a contender

 

[MasterD]

Get this guy out of the team ASAP can't stand him anymore. He is ALWAYS on the ice for important faceoffs and PK(which we suck at) is weak as a child ..way too much ice time and bring ZERO physicality and almost zero production .. as long as we have losers like him Dvorak and Anderson in the bottom 6 we are going nowhere.

I wish he was more physical and/or had more skill, but Evans is way down the list of problems for this team.

He's cheap, he works hard, wins faceoffs, good on the PK... Whatever, he's fine.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Our PK is 2nd overall in the league and Evans is a massive part of that playing 3:30 a game on the PK. At ES, his line has also been our most consistent line so far this year.

I'd love for him to come back, but wouldn't be surprised to see him test free agency given he'll only be 28 years old and some GMs likely will offer him plenty of term that Hughes might not want to give with guys like Kapanen/Beck around.

 

[LaP]

Our PK is 2nd overall in the league and Evans is a massive part of that playing 3:30 a game on the PK. At ES, his line has also been our most consistent line so far this year.

I'd love for him to come back, but wouldn't be surprised to see him test free agency given he'll only be 28 years old and some GMs likely will offer him plenty of term that Hughes might not want to give with guys like Kapanen/Beck around.

He'll be 29 when he hits free agency.

Evans is the least of our concerns, in fact he is solid at what his role is.

He's the least of our concern both ways. He's okay but let's not pretend he is "la crème de la crème" as a 3rd line center.

 

[LaP]

Not Evans fault Dvorak is shit and Dach is struggling so he’s back to getting over used. He’s the least of our worries and would be an exceptional 4th line C on a contender

He's too expensive to be a 4th line center on a contender. If you are contending you don't want to spend more than 1ish millions on your 4th line players. Dallas currently has 6 forwards paid 1.2 millions and less. Colorado has 8. Toronto has 8 paid 1.3 millions or less. Florida 6. Boston 7. NYR 6.

At 1.7 millions Evans has to be considered a 3rd line center specially since he will likely have a small raise for next season. What contending teams will see in him if he hits the UFA market is a potential cheap 3rd line center.

 

[kyne]

I like him as a player and he's earned every minute of ice time. I wish he was a faceoff ace or had a some sort of above average ability that set him apart from others. There is no questioning the mindset or effort. A solid NHL pro. At almost 30, he'll want to win.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

He's too expensive to be a 4th line center on a contender. If you are contending you don't want to spend more than 1ish millions on your 4th line players. Dallas currently has 6 forwards paid 1.2 millions and less. Colorado has 8. Toronto has 8 paid 1.3 millions or less. Florida 6. Boston 7. NYR 6.

At 1.7 millions Evans has to be considered a 3rd line center specially since he will likely have a small raise for next season. What contending teams will see in him if he hits the UFA market is a potential cheap 3rd line center.

We’ve got close to $20MM tied up in 4th liners Is the problem more so than Evans salary. $1.7 MM for what Jake brings is great value so as long as he doesn’t get the Marc Bergevin 4x $3.5MM renewal special I’m ok bringing him back but also won’t be hurt if he gets dealt at the TDL when we are out of the mix