ok so it's better to look at exceptions and not the norm? I wouldn't be to take seriously anyone who followed Stu's career and tell me he probably reached his peak in his 21 y/o season. I am not saying it's not possible because injuries have derailed a lot of careers but people who watched him know how RAW he was, despite putting 90 pts at 20 y/o
Not sure why some still miss the point after all this time, I mean it's pretty meat & potatoes point. Nobody (or almost?) has ever said that Stutzle was better or going to be better. The point WAS that some people don't think Matthews was 5.0 AAV better... He clearly wasn't in 2022-23 but maybe was last season. It's not going to be worth 5 M$ every season. Or maybe you are really underrating Stutzle?
You guys make it seem like we were discussing PHD thesis material.
ok cool, so the Leafs making the Qualifying Round (which was before the 1st round) should go in their long recent playoff success history
... and Ottawa was just 2 years after starting an earth scorched rebuild, Stutzle, Sanderson, Greig and Kleven were not even drafted.... Were they supposed to make the playoffs?
Reading this I have 2 questions :
- Are you like, 14?
- You really want to "tempt the hockey Gods" after all that has happened come playoffs time for Toronto? Shouldn't Leafs fans be the MOST HUMBLE sports fans by now?