Player Discussion Nicholas Robertson vs. Ryan Reaves

[SprDaVE]

Why Robertson when you have a proven scorer in Steeves. Reaves is a zero for playoffs, Robertson has had time to be something, but has not shown growth while Steeves sets records. Hmmm

"proven scorer" Steeves has 0 NHL goals. Wouldn't be the first AHL scorer that can't carve it in the NHL. If Robertson was in the AHL since 2021, he'd probably have broken that record too.

Steeves should be playing in the NHL over Reaves 1000% though.

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

Reaves in a fight

So Robertson then.

 

[Maple Leaf]

So Robertson then.

Both are useless you need difference makers in this game

 

[thewave]

Both are useless you need difference makers in this game

They make a difference. They make us worse

 

[LeafEgo]

Robo is awesome, great kid and don't mind seeing him out there, but the harsh truth is he hasn't been valuable to the Leafs from the very beginning. He has a hard shot and it can be electric at times, but he's nowhere close to leveraging this skill reliably in the NHL. In recent times out of desperation he has added some crazy stuff to his approach but it doesn't work. Not a strong top 9 option but we probably can't get around to fixing it so whatever, maybe he lands some timely goals in the playoffs. Dude hustles.

Anybody bashing Reavo as the 12/13th forward has lost the plot. Just hope he can bring this year what he did last year in the playoffs. That would be great.