It’s crazy to me how you still don’t understand my argument. You confused emotion with criticism, I’m most certainly not upset. That you would go as far as mislead is hilarious.
Hard to believe that with this litany of doom, and the injuries to key players that we have suffered, we remain a largely 500 team. Must be magic. Or at least, the Smoke Meat.
Say he tops out at 25 goals per year, would the long term deal he signed, be considered reasonable from the org’s standpoint? Or should they have bridged him so he could have shown his wares over a longer period before committing?
Evans prime role is not to score but to prevent same. He's a good skater, cost effective, raises the speed median of the team and is valuable on the penalty kill. Whatever scoring Evans can contribute is only a bonus. There is no one in our system that is ready to replace him and thus Evans will continue to play his contributing role for at least this and next year.
You are what your record says you are. It's a re-building year and we clearly lack the depth to overcome the series of injuries that have beset the team last year and so far this season. There is no simple solutions other than patience. We will draft high this year and probably next year. Those assets will hopefully add to the wave of promising young talent that is coming. I have been watching the trials and tribulations of this team for close to seventy years. I can wait for sunnier days. I suggest that perhaps others should also. It's better for your health than endlessly fussing about the team's obvious limitations .
Yep Evans is one of the few vets who is actually earning his salary. If there is one Hab who doesn't warrant criticism it's Jake Evans. 7th rounders are rarely this good.
I did not mean to suggest that you said he tops out at 25 goals, I was just asking about a hypothetical scenario that I offered for your consideration. You did not miswrite, I’m the one who should have been more clear.
It’s the way they’re losing that disappointing.
Yes he have some qualities but he's not good enouh to "eat" many minutes to quote Pat Burns. He's a defensive center who could not play vs Matthews or any top centers of the league. So he's a defensive center vs 3rd and 4th lines and doesn't contribute much in offense,
Agreed. But you can't 'establish a winning culture' in a vacuum. There are no magic buttons to push. You need a necessary level of talent to consistently win in the NHL. As is obvious, or should be to anyone who has a modicum of knowledge of the game, this current team lacks the skill, size and depth to win on a consistent basis. The fact that they are playing close to 500 hockey is at least, to this observer, surprising. Last night's game (and some other stinkers) aside, I think the team has generally played an entertaining level of hockey. But with players like Matheson playing 29.48 and 25.21 minutes in back to back games, there's only so much one can reasonably expect from this challenged team.
Well yes, there is the return button on your keyboard — it can help indent and make your posts easier to read. Like magic.
It's been a long time since I have had my grammar criticized. It must have been during the Eisenhower administration.Well yes, there is the return button on your keyboard — it can help indent and make your posts easier to read. Like magic.
Wasn’t meant as criticism, but a tongue-in-cheek comebacker and merely a suggestion to make your posts easier to read. Hence, the wink emoji that followed my comment.
Yes, point percentage does not yield a meaningful ".500" in the NHL.
Stolen and loser points? You mean points gained at the expense of the other team, that should have simply won against this terrible team?
Except the “loser points” are not doled out to teams that lose without making it to a certain point in the game. They’re obviously bad but if that’s also the case, teams should be able to beat them in regulation.
You've never heard of the term 'loser point'? I've seen it used plenty of times every day, are you sure you're unfamiliar with the notion?
Stolen points, that's a new narrative. As much as I find that team being so bad, they still have some positive sides and they deserved wins when they worked hard enough. That include some goals by Armia, Gallagher, Pearson and Matheson, even if I know these players are not in the picture of the team Hughes is trying to built in 3 years. I mean, these players cannot have something of their own?
