Well he answered in a way :I would ask him what makes him so high on a guy, other then his junior years, that has never produced more then 38 pts in a season at 25 years old.
Well he answered in a way :
Concernant Christian Dvorak : « C'est un centre responsable dans les deux sens de la patinoire. Il ne sera pas le joueur qui va te faire dire : Wow. Mais il fait les détails, il joue une game honnête. Nous avons différents joueurs à l'aile que ceux qu'avaient les Coyotes. »
The way Bergevin is talking about KK makes you think that they really did not value him highly and pretty much were giving up on him.
I would ask him what makes him so high on a guy, other then his junior years, that has never produced more then 38 pts in a season at 25 years old.
The way Bergevin is talking about KK makes you think that they really did not value him highly and pretty much were giving up on him.
I don’t see how people can watch this presser and be upset with him
I don’t see how people can watch this presser and be upset with him
Translation: he’ll be back for playoffsShea Weber staying captain. No new captain this year.
Arpon asked MB if having KK in the NHL at 18 could serve as a lesson for future prospects, bringing up examples of Suzuki going back to Junior for a year and Caufield who went back to college. MB said yes, it is something they can learn moving forward. He said he's not perfect and they may not always make the right decision, but that they always do it with the best intentions.
Not how I comprehended that. Bergevin basically said that he is not a flop but we wanted another 2 years to find out where he lands. But not at $6.1M. So no, we were not valuing him like Suzuki at this stage but nobody is.
Over the last two seasons Dvorak has scored at a 45 point pace. He played 70 games in 19-20 and 56 in 20-21.I would ask him what makes him so high on a guy, other then his junior years, that has never produced more then 38 pts in a season at 25 years old.
Translation: he’ll be back for playoffs
FWIW - Same # as TBay, more than Pit etc since 2012His comments of development show exactly why MTL has 4 drafted players on the roster under his regime.
10 years of watching the same mediocrity of management might have a bit to do with it
I would’ve liked someone to ask him if the plan is to have Evans as 3rd C or they’re planning to actually play Drouin at center
Interesting that he also alluded to other problems with KK that they noticed over the last few years and that going back to Finland for an extra year would probably not have changed muchI'm glad someone asked that question and I like his answer. I feel they will avoid it now... player needs to look better than "Don't look out of place". Have less holes and a stronger pool with good patience helps that process.