Player Discussion Nick Suzuki Part 11

[tooji]

Nick Suzuki probably reads hfboards

 

[Fatbiggie]

Good thing happen when you shoot the puck.

That was my captain in the 2nd & 3rd

 

[Mrb1p]

And here we go hes PPG in a single game. Chill the f*** out haters.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Season High five shots. More of this please.

 

[The Great Weal]

Can't wait for Roy to join that Suzuki and CC line. Might be the first time we get a line where all 3 players each score over 70+ points in a long ass time.

 

[Scriptor]

Nick Suzuki probably reads hfboards

Think he prefers to take the nap before games.

 

[Scriptor]

Can't wait for Roy to join that Suzuki and CC line. Might be the first time we get a line where all 3 players each score over 70+ points in a long ass time.

Pretty sure we'll see Monahan complete that duo first, around November 4th, when Dvorak returns to the lineup.

Best possible thing for those two youngsters as Roy continues to marinate in Laval.

I also don't think he'll start with Caufield and Suzuki when he gets called later this year.

I think Roy would also complement Slafkovsky and Newhook pretty well, away from the limelight of playing on the first line to start.

Anderson can return to third line duties playing alongside RHP, whom he had good chemistry with to end last season.

Pearson and Evans may also need to settle on 4th line minutes with Evans as a C rather than Monahan.

Caufield - Suzuki - Monahan
Slafkovsky - Newhook - Roy
RHP - Dvorak - Anderson
Pearson - Evans - Gallagher
Ylonen, Pezzetta, Armia

 

[ReHabs]

Can't wait for Roy to join that Suzuki and CC line. Might be the first time we get a line where all 3 players each score over 70+ points in a long ass time.

I’m worried they have enough speed and jam to sustain offense if they play on the same line. What do you think? Roy has a strange skating style and I don’t feel like Caufield and Suzuki can do as well as they can without a strong or fast guy on their flank.

 

[The Great Weal]

I’m worried they have enough speed and jam to sustain offense if they play on the same line. What do you think? Roy has a strange skating style and I don’t feel like Caufield and Suzuki can do as well as they can without a strong or fast guy on their flank.

I think they need someone with very strong offensive smarts more than anything. Anderson is both very strong and fast but he's as dumb as a rock so they don't work.

The Toffoli-Suzuki-CC line was excellent most of the time and I do think that CC and Suzuki are both better now then at that time. They had issues at times with all of them being right handed. Would it be the perfect line? Probably not. Dach with them instead would be better due to his size, speed, physicality and smarts but it's a waste to not play him at center.

 

[Mrb1p]

The hands on this lad.

And he can dish it

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

who gets more points this year? Suzuki or Monahan

 

[Redux91]

Can't wait for Roy to join that Suzuki and CC line. Might be the first time we get a line where all 3 players each score over 70+ points in a long ass time.

It's definitely feeling more and more like he could be the answer...

 

[rik schau]

Good to see that he's shooting the puck with more regularity,it was getting annoying to always see him trying to set up,too predicable.

 

[Rapala]

I’m worried they have enough speed and jam to sustain offense if they play on the same line. What do you think? Roy has a strange skating style and I don’t feel like Caufield and Suzuki can do as well as they can without a strong or fast guy on their flank.

They did fine with Toffoli though. I get what you are saying but sometimes being smart will trump being a step slower. We don't have the player who can check all the boxes for that wing unless it's Kirby Dach and he's slated for a different role.

 

[Skip Bayless]

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I like his game right now. Needs to keep shooting the puck. He's playing his best hockey since early last year.

 

[Redux91]

I like his game right now. Needs to keep shooting the puck. He's playing his best hockey since early last year.

On pace for 76 pts

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

On pace for 76 pts

71.

 

[Redux91]

71.

Bah
He was on pace for 76 yesterday

 

[bobholly39]

I like his game right now. Needs to keep shooting the puck. He's playing his best hockey since early last year.

He seems very streaky as a player. Goes through a stretch where he's above ppg and looks like he'll do 80+ points in a year....then goes through a stretch where he's barely scoring a 1 point every 2 game for like ~20 games.

If he can figure out how to be more consistent within a full season, it would be great.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

He seems very streaky as a player. Goes through a stretch where he's above ppg and looks like he'll do 80+ points in a year....then goes through a stretch where he's barely scoring a 1 point every 2 game for like ~20 games.

If he can figure out how to be more consistent within a full season, it would be great.

I agree.

 

[ginomini]

He seems very streaky as a player. Goes through a stretch where he's above ppg and looks like he'll do 80+ points in a year....then goes through a stretch where he's barely scoring a 1 point every 2 game for like ~20 games.

If he can figure out how to be more consistent within a full season, it would be great.

I'd say pretty much every player that produces between 60-85 pts in the league is like that. The difference is they become consistent when they can rely on a strong supporting cast.

 

[bobholly39]

I'd say pretty much every player that produces between 60-85 pts in the league is like that. The difference is they become consistent when they can rely on a strong supporting cast.

Maybe, but it's pretty extreme with Suzuki.

Last year - first 25 games, 28 points. Next 25 games, 10 points. Next 23 games, 23 points.
Two years ago - first 37 games, 19 points. Last 45 games, 42 points.

On a smaller scale, he started this year streaky too. First 6 games, only points in 2 games. Than points in 7 of next 8 games.

I would say players in the ~60-85 points range are probably streaky over ~5-10 game sample sizes. Do really well for ~5-10 games, then worst following 5-10 games, then good again. With Suzuki, it seems to be bigger chunks, of like ~20-25+ games where he goes cold, then hot, which seems a bit more unusual.

 

[Team_Spirit]

$uzuki ads barrage cannot be stopped

Now pushing seed oils with fat Tony

 

[ReHabs]

Suzuki is remarkably consistent. With 22pts in 28gp, he's on pace for 65pts again, a repeat of last year's 66pts.

Right now I'd say he's a step below Plekanec in terms of overall effectiveness but he plays for a significantly worse team, so call that a push. He's ahead of Danault, Gomez, and Desharnais. By default Saku Koivu, somehow, remains the best Habs C in my living memory.