Stutzle does play on the perimeter going wide and using his skating to drive the D back and looking for a player to pass to for a shot. He needs to play with a winger who goes to the open areas for a shot, in addition to Tkachuk who goes to the front of the net. Giroux is no longer a player who can keep up, so a replacement is needed. He is still young and very creative so I think he will improve with additional experience.
Player Discussion Tim Stützle - (C) - Part VI
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DylanSensFan
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Ummm, Timmy or Zetterlund? Both definitely have explosiveness. Zetterlund was crashing the net a lot against Buffalo. Stü can definitely go to the center of the ice.
DylanSensFan
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He also goes the net. There are multiple examples in the highlights of him doing this even against Buffalo. He hasn't had any clear breaks in recent months, probably because Green isn't utilizing him on the PK, and because he's been asked to be defensively responsible, rather than cherry picking.
DylanSensFan
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This... he needs to stop trying to make it look pretty and just start rifling shots on net. He has the capability to score in bunches when he's a bit more greedy with the shot. Right now him getting goals would be more helpful than watching him try to make sweet passes.
Yes he has. However he seems to favour going wide and behind the net if the D forces him wide.
I like his play; if he can drive to the net he does so; if he cannot he goes wide and tries to go behind the net to create a pass out. Sometimes he stops and curls back.
Bjornar Moxnes
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Tonight's a prime example of why he needs to shoot more. His shot isn't super powerful, but it's deceptive and accurate.
ReginKarlssonLehner
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When he has fast wingers, he doesn't need to focus on always being the playmaker with limited space to get his shot out. Zetterlund's position has given him much more space to work with.
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Gil Gunderson
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Passed up a golden one timer chance tonight so he can pass it to Chabot and watch him kill a cycle dead.
Either his wrist is cooked or he left something in 2023 and has never gotten it back.
Either his wrist is cooked or he left something in 2023 and has never gotten it back.
Dionysus
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That pass from the slot to Batherson in a much worse shooting position was symbolic of Stutzle's overpassing lately.
Gil Gunderson
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He seems to keep doubling down rather than learn anything. Maybe another offseason…
Tage Thompson's pass from the slot to Peterka who then fed it back for a tap in looked like a pretty surprising 'one pass too many' at first but ended up a beauty. I was wondering at first why he would pass it to someone in a much worse shooting position there too.
Micklebot
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You can do that type of thing when coverage breaks down as much as it did for us there. Jensen needed to stay focused on Thomson, but he turned his back on him in the slot as Timmy did a fly by,
Stu was lost on that play, so what should have been a 3 on 3 became a 3 on 2, and they isolated Jensen, but Jensen basically turned it into a 2 on 0 with his play.
I get a brain fart from Stu, he's still young and learning that you can't try and pull that type of soft defensive play on a guy like Thomspson, but Jensen is a vet and defended like an AHL'r there, heck, that was bad for the AHL.
What does our boy need? Mohawk? Full bald? Change it up Timmy.
Schmautz11
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I would say he needs to remove his head from his ass.
1 goal in his last 14 games
Lots of giveaways - especially on the PP
Its not effort. He gives it.
But most of the time these past few weeks, it's not pretty.
Cozens is trending the wrong way too.
Sting
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I think he is what he is. The lofty expectations were placed on him because he entered the league from such a young age and clearly has a high talent level. I don't know that he will ever reach the highest of echelons that places him in the top 10 players in the league or into completely elite territory.
In my opinion his biggest area for improvement is completely physical. He's too weak on the puck and he's too weak on his feet. Watch Tampa's top players like Point/Kucherov/Guentzel last night as an example. They have such a better base to them that allows them to cycle and generate high danger chances endlessly.
Icelevel
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Small recent sample size. Both young players. I agree with your post but am optimistic they’ll improve the next few years.
Future looks good for them.
Stu just turned 23 earlier this year. He still has room to grow his game. He is still our ppg 1C playing a more defensive minded game this year and contributing to our wins. I am not too worried and rather confident that he will breakout to become the 90-100 point C in the future for us.
Sounds like you’re voting for full bald. Will slide out easier that way.
Sounds like you’re voting for a Burrowsaurus-like woe-is-me emo-cut
Schmautz11
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I hope you are right however I am not confident at all. From where I sit, he still has a lot of bad habits he has to get rid of. The kind of bad habits that do not translate well in playoff games.
Sens need him to play a lot smarter. The sooner the better.
