Snippit
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This has to be the most weird position to take. One player, a winger at that can take a team to the playoffs? The best goal scorer of the 00s aside from Ovy, Ilya Kovalchuk had 1 playoffs (where he got swept) his first 7 seasons. Connor McDavid, a future HoFer, 1 playoff apperance his first 4 years. 0 for Eichel. Taylor Hall, 1 appearance and hes pushing 30.
Skinner is having a bad season period. But he is 27. He will rebound. He is still an elite skater which is usually the most direct cause for a player to regress. I am not worried. He will still score 200+ goals over the life of the contract.
If Botts let Skinner walk last summer everyone would have blasted that idea. Botts and hopefully Kruger will be gone and the new coach and GM will give Skinner better linemates then a 30 point RWer and a career 40 point winger turned center. Is it that surprising that a high end 5v5 goal scorer who was always invisible on the PP struggles when his linemates are garbage?
Guarantee Sam would struggle to hit 50 points playing with Johansson and Sheary, Vesey or whatever shit winger is cycled in there.
I guarantee Sam would at least be out producing said line mates