Sorry, English is not my first language. What I'm saying is any stat that suggest that playing more minutes per game is a deterrent is actually not a good stat to compare players. Game per game Ice time is often a good measure of when players are actually having a good game, if you consider that coaches take good decisions.
I mean… I’d like to reply to you seriously here. But do you really think Dvorak and Evans are the leaders on this club?
I would like vets to be better mentors to kids to developp than Dvorak and Evans. Or at least have someone who smile a little bit and give something else to the fans. Monahan is perfect in that role and it was a chance to have him and not forget the 1rst round that comes with. And maybe another 1rst round if he's getting traded.
We limped into the playoffs that year and the guys who did the heavy lifting in that cup run, including the two core pieces the team was built around for years were basically retired due to injury. And we knew that in the summer leading into the next season. The team was only going one way.
I agree, but the general fanbase doesn't look at the team the way HFboarders do. It should have been done, but it would have been a tough sell.
Good thing we have Suzuki then…
This is what all rebuilds look like.
Nobody is forcing you to watch anything. I’d say it’s been pretty exciting hockey though. And personally I love getting to watch players like Slaf and Guehle develop.
Personally I’d rather do this then go load up on players like Gionta and Gomez in the name of trying to squeeze into 8th place.
It's up there, some of the bin-mans best work. I always imagine him backing out of a dumpster looking like this, with Dvo in tow.
Late first plus third is a fair return for a kid coming off 6 and 5 goal seasons
I do instinctively the same as you, I watch Slaf, CC, Ghu and Su, also Mon and Stru and my eyes and memory erase Evans, Dvo, Arm, Gal, Har and Stephens. After the game I don't remember any of them. And why would I care?
Enjoy the younger players. I remember enjoying the early days of PK/Price. It’s cool to watch them develop. We’re going to have one of the best bluelines in the league.
We don’t have anyone that sticks out remotely as much as Price and Subban did in 2011. They were only 23 and 21 back then as well.
Hutson has just broken everyone’s record in the minors. So yeah, he sticks out every bit as much as any blueliner coming up.
Even if it's true, one of these young D might have to be traded like what happened with Romanv to bring Dach. So that tells that up front the forward group isn't very promising or at least needs another addition or two. And one of these D will have to be traded, so that leaves a margin of uncertainty in the final picture.
When PK/Price came, the team was making the PO one year out of 2. There was what we could call a team. Nobody liked that team but they were not humiliated like what we see from the last 2 years. How PK and Price would perform and developp if they were in a sad and abandonned team like Yotes or Sabres?
We’ll have to deal off some D regardless. There are only so many slots.
Right, we’d finish 9th and get mid picks. There was no plan at all and our development sucked.
I’m not saying we don’t have prospects that could work out. But there’s a whole lot of chance with them. We knew at a very young age that we had super stars with Price and Subban. Hopefully Slafkovsky, Hutson, and whoever else become those players but as of now, a lot has to go right.
There is still that spark missing, the game changer with extraordinary skating skills and finishing touch. I know CC skate fast but not like Naslund, Courtnall or Bure. Beck might become the expert defensive center but I doubt he become as good as Carbonneau, Pleks or Danault. Leafs and Oilers have the finest scoring forwards but their team sucks in defense, they need a defensive squad like Danault, or two first lines that does everything 200 feet like Bergeron and Kreji in Boston. Roy might become a winger in that mold but I'm waiting for the center who takes charge of the checking duty. I wanted Gaucher at the time but he was gone when Habs had to pick.
