Martin Skoula
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- Oct 18, 2017
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Nobody wants to hear this , but maybe he just needs to play with some skilled guys to get the best out of him because he's sure as hell not going to drive the play on his own .
Yeah but you could say that about any of the UFA leftovers that are barely going to get PTOs. MDC isn't a guy worth designing a line around to help him produce as the priority over being an effective NHL unit, who cares if you can squeeze 30 points out of him in the perfect situation?
Yeah I don't get the impression that Islanders fans have much hope for him at this point. The kind of prospect that just doesn't have the skills or talent to be a "he just needs to put it all together" type of guy that you hold out for.
I remember a couple years into Luke Schenn's illustrious career thinking "how the hell did anyone think this guy had the skills to be a top-5 pick?". But just like Dal Colle, that's where he was ranked. Sometimes you just get a dud.
Schenn still played 700+ games somehow (albeit as a negative CF Rel player in all but 2 seasons), at least he's going to get an NHL pension.