Kucherov Hattrick

[Goose]

Good for him, it still counts as 3 goals, haters can suck some d.

I’m not the biggest Kuch fan by any stretch, but hating on someone for getting two empty netters and a PP goal is just plain stupid.

I’d love to see Matthews get a few this year, hell yeah.

 

[Acallabeth]

I think the difference between Gretzky and Crosby here is not how many career EN points Kucherov has per-game or whatever (which is entirely normal), but that he effectively won the 2024 Art Ross trophy on EN points. That is, if he'd posted his career-average EN points last season (say, 5 or 6) he probably doesn't win the Art Ross.

Other players are welcome to score EN points as well and win Art Ross on them. It's not like last year's Art Ross required a 100-assist season or something.

I would guess if you split Kucherov 's career into halves they would look quite different in terms of ENP/GP. He's always been one of the worst defensive players in the league, his coach just now supports his statpadding

Yeah, it's losing hockey, they will never win a Cup with that coach supporting statpadding. He should bench Kucherov next game to teach him a lesson that you don't win on scoring EN goals.

 

[StammerHammer]

It's amazing that scoring goals, in a league where the objective is to score goals, can be so controversial.

 

[Ducati Boy]

Thing is, if you’ve coached or played you know it’s a good strategy.

If one man stays high when the other team pulls the goalie, it forces the opponent to not fully commit to manning the point. But even if they do, and the puck comes out, it’s an easy EN goal. Game over.

The popular fan idea that all the players on the team leading are supposed to drop into a d-zone shell is a recipe for allowing prolonged pressure at the very least (and icings). The team with the extra skater loves it.

 

[Rschmitz]

Kucherov absolutely cherry picked when we were up by two goals with 10 seconds left, because he is smart enough to know his defense didn't matter at that point and confident enough to not care what others thought.

Watching people rage about it here is entertaining though, don't stop HF

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Other players are welcome to score EN points as well and win Art Ross on them. It's not like last year's Art Ross required a 100-assist season or something.

Yeah, it's losing hockey, they will never win a Cup with that coach supporting statpadding. He should bench Kucherov next game to teach him a lesson that you don't win on scoring EN goals.

Well considering that Kucherov isn't being used in the same way during EN situations in the playoffs indicates it is solely about stat padding.

 

[DFC]

what haters?

EN merchant is back with a vengeance.

Lol

 

[Soul Assumption]

Kucherov scores a lot empty net points because he's an elite defensive forward.