Player Discussion Josh Norris (C) 6’-1” - Part 3

Knave

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Interesting piece on Sportsnet suggesting Josh Norris is our most dangerous shooter:


A big reason why reuniting him with Batherson has helped him and team win.

Now the coach just needs to convince him to position well to get more shot opportunities from feeds by Batherson and Stutzle.
 
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bicboi64

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Hoping he can get hot and pace for 40g. Would be insane having two 40g on the team (if Tkachuk can hit that this season). Can't remember the last time that happened.
 

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I was dead wrong about Norris's comeback from injury. When he went for surgery #3 on that shoulder I thought his career was finished. He would come to camp, attempt to play, but the shoulder wouldn't hold up and he would end up like Oskar Klefbom and be on Robidas Island the rest of his career. Huge shoutout to that surgeon who saved that shoulder, because the odds were not in his favour. So happy for the guy, as he has been on a really rough journey the last two seasons dealing with all of this...
I hold as much hope and best wishes for Norris as anybody and commend him on his return. I know you are not saying he is free and clear. The reality is the shoulder risk looms perilously over him (Sword of Damocles) and that shall be the case for the rest of his career. Obviously it impacts his potential trade value too. Any team taking him on must consider this risk. One bad incident can reverse the entire situation to closer to what you originally envisioned. Here's hoping it holds up and he has a very long and successful playing career, here or elsewhere!
 
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Norris plays like a shortstop, the way he sets his feet and turns his body to pass and how he waits crouched on pucks in battle and his smooth and deliberate passing motion - now that I’ve seen it can’t unsee it, I feel like he would of been a gold glove shortstop or 2nd baseman.
 

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Very prickly response! You doing OK?

Your point is he doesn’t have a lot of assists, no? Should I argue that? I can't, the number is the number.

I couldn't care less for your "if he deserved it they would be in" BS. I know what I have seen, and guys have missed some very good looks that he set them up for.

You can focus on the 1 thing he doesn't do well, and be as bitter as you like. I prefer to recognize the good things he does bring.


BTW, what is the cliche you are referencing?

It was pricky because you only responded for the sake of arguing nothing else. When you know its a fact that his assist count is low and that is due to him having tunnel vision. nothing more nothing less. We have seen this before his injury, too, where he only recorded 20 assist in a career year.

If you care less about my comment then don't care to respond to my comments. At least say what you mean.

The issue with people like you is that you lurk on these forums just to start an argument regardless the other person is stating facts or not, mixed in with a lot of assumption. How do you know I am bitter about Norris? Just because I focused on his 6 measly assists, doesn't mean I am bitter about it. It merely means I am pointing out a stat about a player that plays on this Team the the forum is dedicated to discuss about. Also, go check the history of my posts and you will find on many occasions that I have acknowledged Norris defensive game and other positive things he does bring. I focus on everything, the good and the bad. But people like you wouldn't know because all you care about is starting arguments and assuming stuff

The cliche I am referring to is 'oh he should've had 6 more assists'. This actually goes for every player in the league. Stutzle could literally have 10 more assts. Cousins could have 4 more. McDavid could literally have 50 more assists, last year. Should've and could've, the most useless English worlds ever

I hope you realize that your respond to my original thread was pointless, and you failed to make any valid point, or at least any that I wasn't aware of except for the fact you letting me know that you like to focus on the positive stuff and assuming that I only focus on negative and am bitter about it, and some how I am stupid to point out a clear fact that Norris only has 6 assists (a trend that we have seen before)
 

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It was pricky because you only responded for the sake of arguing nothing else. When you know its a fact that his assist count is low and that is due to him having tunnel vision. nothing more nothing less. We have seen this before his injury, too, where he only recorded 20 assist in a career year.

If you care less about my comment then don't care to respond to my comments. At least say what you mean.

The issue with people like you is that you lurk on these forums just to start an argument regardless the other person is stating facts or not, mixed in with a lot of assumption. How do you know I am bitter about Norris? Just because I focused on his 6 measly assists, doesn't mean I am bitter about it. It merely means I am pointing out a stat about a player that plays on this Team the the forum is dedicated to discuss about. Also, go check the history of my posts and you will find on many occasions that I have acknowledged Norris defensive game and other positive things he does bring. I focus on everything, the good and the bad. But people like you wouldn't know because all you care about is starting arguments and assuming stuff

The cliche I am referring to is 'oh he should've had 6 more assists'. This actually goes for every player in the league. Stutzle could literally have 10 more assts. Cousins could have 4 more. McDavid could literally have 50 more assists, last year. Should've and could've, the most useless English worlds ever

I hope you realize that your respond to my original thread was pointless, and you failed to make any valid point, or at least any that I wasn't aware of except for the fact you letting me know that you like to focus on the positive stuff and assuming that I only focus on negative and am bitter about it, and some how I am stupid to point out a clear fact that Norris only has 6 assists (a trend that we have seen before)
Pretty small sample size though, and I would beg to differ. In 2020-21 & 2023-24 he was basically 50/50 goals to assists. He's only a 4:3 ratio of goals to assists this year, which also matches his career total. His 1 full season in the AHL was 50/50 goals to assists and his previous 2 at UofM had a higher assist than goal total of about a 4:5 ratio. Same pattern with the 2 seasons prior in U-17 & U-18 hockey. His teammates potting a couple more this year would put him pretty close to that 50/50 ratio he seems to be for his Junior/Collegiate/Pro total career.
 
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OD99

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It was pricky because you only responded for the sake of arguing nothing else. When you know its a fact that his assist count is low and that is due to him having tunnel vision. nothing more nothing less. We have seen this before his injury, too, where he only recorded 20 assist in a career year.

If you care less about my comment then don't care to respond to my comments. At least say what you mean.

The issue with people like you is that you lurk on these forums just to start an argument regardless the other person is stating facts or not, mixed in with a lot of assumption. How do you know I am bitter about Norris? Just because I focused on his 6 measly assists, doesn't mean I am bitter about it. It merely means I am pointing out a stat about a player that plays on this Team the the forum is dedicated to discuss about. Also, go check the history of my posts and you will find on many occasions that I have acknowledged Norris defensive game and other positive things he does bring. I focus on everything, the good and the bad. But people like you wouldn't know because all you care about is starting arguments and assuming stuff

The cliche I am referring to is 'oh he should've had 6 more assists'. This actually goes for every player in the league. Stutzle could literally have 10 more assts. Cousins could have 4 more. McDavid could literally have 50 more assists, last year. Should've and could've, the most useless English worlds ever

I hope you realize that your respond to my original thread was pointless, and you failed to make any valid point, or at least any that I wasn't aware of except for the fact you letting me know that you like to focus on the positive stuff and assuming that I only focus on negative and am bitter about it, and some how I am stupid to point out a clear fact that Norris only has 6 assists (a trend that we have seen before)
LOL. Bah Humbug to you too!

I dare you to find anyone on here who says I am a lurker trying to create arguments. I have been posting here for a long time, and had many discussions with a lot of good people, but that characterization is a first!

As for the point of your post...you wanted to post something but not have anyone respond...on a discussion forum? Check.
 
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