mike rogers

[crobro]

dont hear much about him even though he was an elite scorer for a few years.

was he any good

 

[Big Phil]

Can be best described as this:

A player with a good batting average but a low amount of runs batted in - if that makes sense. This is how Harry Sinden once described Marc Savard and for once I agree with cheapo Harry.

Rogers was kind of the same, style and no substance. Lots of players like that who scored pretty good but wouldn't be someone you'd salivate to have on your team. Maybe Denis Maruk is a good comparison.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Classic WHA player.

Cashed his pay checks, played just well enough (or hard enough) to get another contract.

He could flat out fly (and shoot). Once the Whalers got into the NHL, he played like a player with something to prove. Once he proved it (3 straight 100 point seasons) it was back to cashing pay checks.

 

[brianscot]

I watched lots of early Whalers games on ye olde New England Sports channel.

Rogers was unquestionably a talented guy. Despite being a mediocre team, Hartford was offensively fun to watch with Rogers, Stoughton, and the still sometimes left wing Mark Howe.

Rogers was also classic WHA in that he signed with Edmonton where he could play play right away instead of going to Vancouver which owned his NHL rights.

The fact that Rogers scored 100 in his first 3 NHL seasons despite playing on a mediocre team speaks to his talent.

Being a star on a non-contending team, however, can be easier than being a star where expectations are higher.

After drafting Ron Francis, Hartford basically gave him away to the NYR for Doug Sulliman, Chris Kotsopoulis and a minor leaguer. They obviously felt that Rogers wasn't the type to build a team around and had more faith in an 18 year old Francis.

 

[MS]

Have to adjust his numbers for era as well - he equates to a 75-80 point player by today's standards as his 100-point seasons came in the highest-scoring years in NHL history.

To grasp how a pint-sized 80-point player with no intangibles and poor defensive play can have limited value, look no further than Mike Ribeiro.

 

[Jumptheshark]

horrible in his own zone is the first thing I recall and as I recall when it came to gut check time he went MIA

 

[Hardyvan123]

Have to adjust his numbers for era as well - he equates to a 75-80 point player by today's standards as his 100-point seasons came in the highest-scoring years in NHL history.

To grasp how a pint-sized 80-point player with no intangibles and poor defensive play can have limited value, look no further than Mike Ribeiro.

Great comp to Riberio except that not many forwards were playing a solid two way game in the 80's compared to today.

Your point and comp still stands though.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Great comp to Riberio except that not many forwards were playing a solid two way game in the 80's compared to today.Your point and comp still stands though.

Good point.

Especially high scoring forwards.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

horrible in his own zone is the first thing I recall and as I recall when it came to gut check time he went MIA

How many gut checks did he have?

He only played in 17 NHL playoff games (14 points).