GoCaps2004
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i had the exact same reaction "he was" lololololololllllllll
Tom Wilson, 20 goals and counting
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Great Dane! Love that Eller feller.
Meh. He's playing with better linemates and getting good passes in prime scoring areas.
This isn't a fluke, if that is what you are insinuating.
JaegerDice
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He has a better shooting percentage than Alex Ovechkin this season.
Is he a more gifted goal-scorer than Alex Ovechkin?
Other players with lower shooting percentages than Wilson this season:
Sidney Crosby
Steven Stamkos
Auston Matthews
Connor McDavid
John Tavares
Nikita Kucherov
I could go on.
ALLCAPSALLTHETIME
Great Dane! Love that Eller feller.
There are plenty of players with a higher career shooting % than Ovechkin. Are these players better than Ovechkin?
Wilson is not a fluke. Get used to it.
JaegerDice
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There are plenty of players with a higher career shooting % than Ovechkin. Are these players better than Ovechkin?
Wilson is not a fluke. Get used to it.
It's a fluke. They happen.
Willian Karlsson scored 43 goals last season after all. All 43 of them still count, even if everybody knew it would probably never happen again.
But you're free to enjoy it while it's going.
ALLCAPSALLTHETIME
Great Dane! Love that Eller feller.
We'll see next year.
Wilson has steadily improved year by year and has a great work ethic.
Feel free to doubt.
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Captain Bowie
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Nah a picture is worth a thousand words then a gif is worth a million words and that's enough as an explanation.
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Meh. Wilsons 1st 2 seasons he was used as an enforcer and wasn't NHL ready (He was ready physically but not skill wise). His 1st 2 years he had a combined 7 goals with a shooting % around 5 both years.
He's raised his shooting % every season since. Beginning last season he started playing in the top 6 his shooting % had been over 11 since. He's clearly a different player than earlier in his career and I expect him to be at this level or better through his prime. He is after all a true power forward and took a few years to develop offensively. The scary thing is he still has some unrealized potential.
ALLCAPSALLTHETIME
Great Dane! Love that Eller feller.
We'll see next year.
Wilson has steadily improved year by year and has a great work ethic.
Feel free to doubt.
There's pretty much no chance he repeats his shooting percentage. That doesn't mean he hasn't improved, but he'll probably be closer to a 20+ goal pace instead of a 30+ goal pace going forward, unless he improves more.
Coastal Kev
There will be "I told you so's" Bet on it
He's Matt Cooke... whoopee
Faux tough guy
Picks on the smallest opponent and only fights when he gets the jump on an equal.
Faux tough guy
Picks on the smallest opponent and only fights when he gets the jump on an equal.
Skrudland2Lomakin
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Getting real tired explaining to people how a power forward works.
Long story short:
He was instrumental in the Cup run and success of last season because by their own admission he opens up the ice for guys like Kuznetsov and Ovechkin. If you're a player who requires space to be successful (Ovechkin/Kuznetsov/etc) a guy like Wilson is irreplaceable. When he's on the ice he's clearing out openings for them to work with.
Just because he's now receiving a point windfall doesn't mean he's only now proving his worth.
Cursed Lemon
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So you're saying he doesn't need to play like a reckless idiot to stay in the league...
harmonica
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Fully get that. But prior to last season what did Wilson bring on a regular basis other than questionable hits and dangerous play?
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Skrudland2Lomakin
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There are so many fallacies here.
Matt Cooke's career high was 42 points in 82 games. Tom Wilson is 7 points away from that and he's played 31 less games.
He's fought guys like Joe Thornton, take a look at his hockey fight db and you'll see him give up height and lbs quite a few times.
Lastly, and this drives me crazy, is no one here aware of the idea of smart fights vs. bad fights? This has been the turning point of Tom Wilson's career. It seems like there is a breed of fans here who think that if you turn down a fight you're scared or a coward, they have absolutely zero sense for the strategy involved. I mean honestly, I've seen people call him a coward for not fighting while his team is holding on to a thin lead in a game. I've seen them call him a coward for drawing a penalty because he wouldn't fight and then the Capitals scoring on the resulting poweplay. It's like people have no idea how smart fighters and teams use fighting to change the momentum or draw out dumb penalties.
In addition to being much better that Matt Cooke, Tom Wilson also was a in the top 10 in penalties drawn for the 3 previous seasons. He knows it's a game of strategy, and it's a game of getting your opponent to be less disciplined.
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Skrudland2Lomakin
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It's not going to be something you see on the score sheet, but if you were to go and watch the Islanders series in 2015 you'd see that he was one of the biggest agents of change. His physical play essentially made the Islanders throw an entire game of the series because they spent the next game after the Visnovsky hit chasing him.
It's rather recent that he's been able to put the physical play, the baiting teams into getting off of their game, and the offensive production together, but those first two skills have been around for a bit.
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Captain Bowie
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Really? Legendary enforcer Joe Thornton?? And he survived?
