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If he had 40pts as a rookie Habs fans would be erecting statues and sprouting erections.
40 points to 32, to 34 the following two years....Im not so sure Habs fans would have been so patient.
Stanley cups or not, it has taken Sergachev 6 year to fully blossom. He's progressed each year as you would expect for a Dman under 25.
Habs fans were super high on Romanov. It’s just you’re strangely down on Sergachev — he’s absolutely the wrong example for “patience” he was a stud from day 1.
I think we have a bias in our collective patience cause it's very unusual to have 4 rookie defensemen in the lineup and we can compare them to each other every night. When you think of it, all of them had an impressive season and were not sheltered behind Hedman and McD.
... and didn't have forwards like Stamkos, Kucherov or Point (among others) to make passes to. That helps the points totals.
I don't know if I trust your credibility here since you were the poster that was criticizing Slaf game-to-game and has been incredibly negative about him since draft day.
In the online commentary biz we call this an Ad Hominem.
I never said Sergachev was a late bloomer. I said he’s a good example of being patient for dmen to fully blossom. 60 points is a big step and he only did it in his 6th season.
Sergachev was blue chip from his first game. He was never a tweener. He was instantly top4 on the best team in the NHL and never looked back. He’s just simply gotten better as time has gone by.
I think you argue for the sake of arguing. This is not what I’m disputing.
He looked good early on He was a better prospect then Romanov but his offensive potential was somewhat in doubt after his mediocre performance in his last year in junior.
And then by the end of his rookie season there was no doubt he was a genuine NHL player and puck moving dman.
Dvorak was on his standard 35-pts pace.
There was no guarantee he would develop into an offensive defenseman. and there never is. That is why in 40 years in my keeper league (points only) the majority of us stay stay away from defensemen. Almost as difficult to predict as goalies and production can change a lot from year to year.
