Post-Game Talk: Pre-season Game 7 - Jets vs Devils - 7:00 pm CT - TSN3

[LowLefty]

Little said himself on a couple of occasions later in the season that he was totally healthy. I don't believe injury had anything to do with his issues last year.

Maurice said there was an issue that was impacting his ability to take face offs - I don't have it but I remember it

 

[Board Bard]

Maurice said there was an issue that was impacting his ability to take face offs - I don't have it but I remember it

I'll believe Little before I believe Maurice every day of the week.

 

[LowLefty]

I'll believe Little before I believe Maurice every day of the week.

Injury moves Jets Little to wing

 

[Ukkosenjumala]

I have plenty of faith in Little and I also realize that we are not going to be elite in all positions. Our money appears to be tied up in wingers right now and even more so going forward. Maybe we can ask these elite wingers for a little help (pardon the pun) driving this line.

And yes, they took advantage of a Center coming available as they were closing in on the playoffs - that doesn't point to Little and his playing wing had nothing to do with the rental and you must know that.
Picking up a good center made perfect sense since there appeared to be a number of injury issues down the middle including Little's (part of why he wasn't taking face off's), Lowry who was in and out all season and Scheif coming off a longer term injury. Even glue was in and out at that point. Of course they're going to jump all over Stastny.

It doesn't matter why they went for Stastny, tho the reasons can be argued. What matters is the results which you can't deny, Stastny bumped Little down, they did great and Maurice never felt the need to bump Little back up. As for the blame game, I'm not interested in that tho implying Laine and Ehlers do nothing considering their production is a bit ridicilous.

 

[Board Bard]

Injury moves Jets Little to wing

Meh. It affected his faceoffs late in the season, not his whole season's work.

 

[Eyeseeing]

What would be acceptable for the Little detractors as far as point totals this year.
Curious to see what expectations are

 

[Board Bard]

What would be acceptable for the Little detractors as far as point totals this year.
Curious to see what expectations are

I wouldn't call myself a Little detractor really. Up until last year he was either my favourite or second favourite Jet.

As far as points go, 20-30-50 would be fine. But it's more than points. He needs to make the plays he used to be able to make, which he wasn't doing last year. Things like takeaways, effective backchecking, quality skating.

 

[Eyeseeing]

I wouldn't call myself a Little detractor really. Up until last year he was either my favourite or second favourite Jet.

As far as points go, 20-30-50 would be fine. But it's more than points. He needs to make the plays he used to be able to make, which he wasn't doing last year. Things like takeaways, effective backchecking, quality skating.

I think last year was an outlier.
He’s not as bad as most make him out to be.
His hockey iq is higher than his younger line mates and they will “get” his style.
We were second overall and dumping on Little seems like pettiness to me.

 

[LowLefty]

It doesn't matter why they went for Stastny, tho the reasons can be argued. What matters is the results which you can't deny, Stastny bumped Little down, they did great and Maurice never felt the need to bump Little back up. As for the blame game, I'm not interested in that tho implying Laine and Ehlers do nothing considering their production is a bit ridicilous.

Ehlers and Laine do plenty - and I didn't say other wise.
I also didn't say that Stastny wasn't a nice addition -
I glad you're not interested in the blame game- either am I

 

[Board Bard]

I think last year was an outlier.
He’s not as bad as most make him out to be.
His hockey iq is higher than his younger line mates and they will “get” his style.
We were second overall and dumping on Little seems like pettiness to me.

One man's pettiness is another man's objectivity.

 

[Eyeseeing]

One man's pettiness is another man's objectivity.

Ok I don’t see it ‘myself.

 

[Eyeseeing]

One man's pettiness is another man's objectivity.

I agree with lots of your POV
Just not this one

 

[JetsFan815]

What would be acceptable for the Little detractors as far as point totals this year.
Curious to see what expectations are

Not a Little detractor but for that contract to not be a drag on the Jets, I would hope for atleast ~45 points considering it is year 1 of the 6 year deal. I would be reasonably okay if he kept up his point totals from last season with similar usage. My fear is that he drops below 40 points with not great 2 way numbers at which point we might start worrying about that contract becoming an albatross as considering his age, those numbers are only going to decline.

 

[LowLefty]

Meh. It affected his faceoffs late in the season, not his whole season's work.

Yes, I know if effected his face offs - that was the point I brought up.
You called it out as being incorrect.
But that wasn't the case.
Meh

 

[Board Bard]

Yes, I know if effected his face offs - that was the point I brought up.
You called it out as being incorrect.
But that wasn't the case.
Meh

Some minor injury might have affected his faceoffs, but it was play stopages that effected them.

 

[pucka lucka]

Regardless of what you think of Gary Roberts, Trouba signed up for a training program and quit on it. That says a lot to me about his level of commitment. You start something, you should see it through.

Or he's American and has a partner who is American so would prefer to spend his off-season in his own country or he's really lazy and Gary Roberts is the only good trainer on earth.

 

[pucka lucka]

I'll believe Little before I believe Maurice every day of the week.

Maurice has never thought of a lie he didn't like

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

What would be acceptable for the Little detractors as far as point totals this year.
Curious to see what expectations are

Assuming he spends most of the year with Laine, 25 goals and 60 points.

 

[ocdaddy]

What would be acceptable for the Little detractors as far as point totals this year.
Curious to see what expectations are

Based on what my eyes have seen the past 50 games or so... (includes preseason, playoffs, last yr regular season) I would be happy if he exceeds 15 goals and 30 assists this year. Hope he can do it.

 

[Mud Turtle]

Forgetting about 1st line, 2nd line, 3rd line... Playing with talent like Laine and Ehlers he should be at 65 points at least in an 82 game season.
What are the chances of that honestly?

 

[Duke749]

Forgetting about 1st line, 2nd line, 3rd line... Playing with talent like Laine and Ehlers he should be at 65 points at least in an 82 game season.
What are the chances of that honestly?

Y’all do realize there are things you have to do that lead up to getting points and if you don’t, then getting points isn’t just like a video game? There is a lot more to hockey then some of y’all seem to realize.

 

[DonM]

Forgetting about 1st line, 2nd line, 3rd line... Playing with talent like Laine and Ehlers he should be at 65 points at least in an 82 game season.
What are the chances of that honestly?

You know who else gets to play with talent like Laine and Ehlers and has never hit 65 points? Ehlers.

 

[BullLund]

Getting assists, like Wheeler, to me is more important than Little scoring goals. Laine and Ehlers can score goals plenty enough by themselves. I don't really care, personally, if he scores less than 20 goals as long as he can consistently put up points, and rack up more than the 0.5 PPG he had last season.

The problem with last season was that Little was involved in a very low percentage of the goals made by his wingers (particularly Laine). For whatever reason, the work he did on the offensive zone just didn't translate into success.

He needs to get more involved in the offense and get his game going, building success upon successes. When it comes to other responsibilities, we know that he can hold his own.

 

[YWGinYYZ]

There are probably more relevant threads to post about Trouba, Schief, Little, etc. The last few pages have nothing to do with the final pre-season game. Start a pre-game for the next game, or carry on in a more appropriate thread.

Edit: here's a pre-game thread to discuss lines, the season opener, etc: https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/jets-blues-thurs-oct-4th-7pm-ct-tsn-season-opener.2549663/

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