Player Discussion Kiefer Sherwood

[VanJack]

Kiefer Sherwood--so far, the UFA signing of the year in NHL. Preds must be kicking themselves.

 

[PavelBure10]

Sherwood is at 115 hits through 18 games thus far this season, on pace to smash the NHL single season hits record of 383 set last year by Nashvilles defenseman Jeremy Lauzon. Kiefer has been a one man wrecking ball this season. Not only has Sherwood been a train, he looks fantastic as Pettersson's winger right now finding his offensive touch.

Fantastic signing by Allvin

 

[Bobby9]

Love him but you cant sign a payer like him to more than 2-3 years. His style tends to fall of a cliff fast.

 

[MS]

If we were paying him $5 million it would be solid value.

 

[Quinning]

Dude looks like the steal of the offseason. Alex Burrows 2.0

 

[F A N]

If we were paying him $5 million it would be solid value.

Whoa… slow down here…

 

[MS]

Whoa… slow down here…

He's on pace for 46 ESP while leading the NHL in hits and being a very good two-way forward. You'd pay $5 million all day long for a full season of that.

 

[4th line culture]

Can anyones body hold up for a full season throwing as many hits as he does? A little worried about him breaking down

 

[arttk]

He's on pace for 46 ESP while leading the NHL in hits and being a very good two-way forward. You'd pay $5 million all day long for a full season of that.

I think he needs to chill out with the hitting, this can't be sustainable. His shoulder is going to pop at the current rate.

 

[supercanuck]

I wonder what his baseline is. We know/assume he can't continue that hitting pace, but can he still maintain that 45ish point pace while still being a disturber?

Last year we had a bunch of guys who really prospered under Tocc's system at the beginning that eventually plateaued (i.e.. Lafferty, PDG). Hope Sherwood is not going to follow this pattern.

 

[F A N]

Can anyones body hold up for a full season throwing as many hits as he does? A little worried about him breaking down

Clutterbuck?

 

[4th line culture]

Clutterbuck?

Sherwood is averaging 2 hits a game more than clutterbucks peak. Hopefully he can sustain it

 

[F A N]

Sherwood is averaging 2 hits a game more than clutterbucks peak. Hopefully he can sustain it

Well I think Sherwood's pace will slow down (otherwise he would be smashing records) but that is different from saying his body would break down. I think Clutterbuck is the best comparison. The others are D or bigger forwards.

 

[Cancuks]

He's going for 500 hits in a single season.

 

[maroon 6]

I wonder what his baseline is. We know/assume he can't continue that hitting pace, but can he still maintain that 45ish point pace while still being a disturber?

Last year we had a bunch of guys who really prospered under Tocc's system at the beginning that eventually plateaued (i.e.. Lafferty, PDG). Hope Sherwood is not going to follow this pattern.

Looking at his splits from last season he had 5 goals and 10 points in the first 20 games which is identical to this season with 2 less games played. The next 20 games however he only had 1 assist. He went all of December and January with just 1 assist. So I guess we’ll see.

 

[Hodgy]

If we were paying him $5 million it would be solid value.

I mean, who looks like they deserve Debrusk’s contract: him or Debrusk. Watching them on the same line with Petey and it’s a staggering difference.

 

[nucks88]

Sherwood is averaging 2 hits a game more than clutterbucks peak. Hopefully he can sustain it

Hopefully he can save a couple dozen for the rematch against the Kings.....

 

[JT Milker]

His puck skills are surprisingly good, man can dangle.

 

[Regal]

Looking at his splits from last season he had 5 goals and 10 points in the first 20 games which is identical to this season with 2 less games played. The next 20 games however he only had 1 assist. He went all of December and January with just 1 assist. So I guess we’ll see.

What a bizarre split. He then finished the year with 16 points in his last 28 games as well, so he had two chunks of 40 point level play along with that huge slump. I wonder if something was going on. He actually did miss a chunk of time toward the end of the slump