I find it odd how down people are on Evans. He's not a star but he's put up 29/28 and 28 pace seasons as mostly a 4C without any help. I won't be upset if we move on to another 4C down the line given he's already 28 and bottom six guys can hit the wall very quickly, but it's not like he's some waiver fodder create a player, it's no shame at all if Beck isn't better than Evans yet.
Idk just hard to really understand why Evans is being treated like some total plug when we've seen Colin White and Chris Tierney play for the Habs as waiver acquisitions and Evans is miles better than guys like that. He's not some amazing perfect 4C or anything but he's a perfectly OK bottom six NHL center.
I find it odd that people won't acknowledge the fact that Evans wasn't playing 4th line for most of that time.
Go ahead and check how many point Evans put up as a fourth line center two seasons ago when he actually played a fourth line.
Here's a hint he played a fourth line up and until Monahan went down I think it was Dec 11th.
After Game 25 he had a grand total of 4 points.
Did he spend more than 2 games as a fourth liner last season nope Dach went down Jake got bumped.
So I get it if you like Jake Evans and see value there but stick to facts when it comes to his point production.
Personally I don't think he's a good fourth line center I don't think he'll put up points.
I'll go even further and say I don't think he particularly likes the role.
He's better off as a 3rd line center preferably with a couple of heavy wingers.