4 of the last 5 seasons sounds pretty consistent to me. Why should anyone care what Goodrow was doing 7 or 8 years ago on the Sharks 4th line?
Where three of them he didn't actually hit 30 points? Yeah, I'm sure it does sound consistent to you. As for the second bit, no it doesn't. One because neither Goodrow nor Kunin actually contribute well on the PK and because a rebuilding team should be looking for ways to extract value out of what they're playing whether it's through trades or developing young players. Gushchin has a much better chance at developing into a solid middle six winger that can produce that would have more value than two ineffective veterans that don't defend well at all nor produce much of anything. Let's be clear, Goodrow and Kunin are useless regardless of what role they're put in.
We don't need Goodrow or Kunin to actually be good on the PK. They just need to do it.
Let's be clear, that's just your opinion and the people building the roster and setting the lineups disagree with you.
Anybody can be brought in to just do it. They just waived Bailey who could be brought back up to just do PK shifts. That's not a real point here. It's unlikely that Goodrow or Kunin will even return a 4th round pick in three years. The people that make the lineups often disagree with an opinion. The numbers show how good those players actually perform. The league is full of managers and coaches who continue to play those types of players despite the evidence. It doesn't make you or them right to continue to make such decisions.
It doesn't make you right just because you've convinced yourself "the numbers" are objective evidence either.
No it doesn't but I can at least admit that. There's more than objective numbers that go into roster and lineup decisions. You on the other hand have said that none of this even matters which the players, coaches, and managers wouldn't agree with either.
Barclay Goodrow has scored 25 points in a season literally twice in his career but yeah, he's totally a consistent 30-40 player.
The Rangers didn't just throw out Goodrow's numbers. Why should the Sharks? He should have to earn his spot like anyone else as he's waiver fodder like a lot of other players they have. It should matter that most teams deploy three scoring lines. If we're throwing out a 3rd line that is just being thrown to the wolves, you're not protecting the other two lines. You're only guaranteeing them that when they do get on the ice, it's going to be a defensive zone draw themselves for the most part. I see no reason not to try and have a 3rd scoring line because the talent that they do have lends to that a lot more than trying a shutdown line that's doomed to fail.
So it’s Goodrow’s fault there was a global pandemic that limited him to 26 points in 70 games one season and 20 points in 55 (out of a possible 56) games the next? I’m not saying he’s some offensive dynamo but Goodrow has shown the ability to produce at a respectable 3rd line level since leaving SJ which some Sharks fans might not be aware of.
The President's Trophy winner also waived alternate captain Goodrow. Which judgment of the President's Trophy winner should we accept?
I do think Gushchin looks 1/2 a step faster than last year, but I agree with most of this. IMO his potential is about equal to Yanni Gourde, but even Gourde has had low value around the league despite scoring at a good rate. If Gushchin continues to develop more compete level he could have a similar career, but probably not someone that will be a core piece to the Sharks rebuild. I love watching him though, super fun player in the o-zone.
I personally don't feel like that's a respectable third line rate of scoring, especially when he's usually a possession black hole on top of it.
We don't have better options than Goodrow to fill that 3rd line LW role. Kostin and Grundstrom are less productive and worse defensively. If Gushchin or Graf are in the NHL they should be on a scoring line and not taking defensive zone draws with Wennberg and Kunin.
The defensive line is to lighten the burden for the rookie top 6 C’s. It is actually doing the opposite of trying to win the games.
