Was Pierre Turgeon soft?

[Eye of Ra]

Something i heard alot is that he was soft. Was he? Was his softness exaggerated?

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[Bear of Bad News]

I personally think it's an overblown reaction to his role in the Punchup in Piestany.

 

[blogofmike]

Not as soft as his reputation.

 

[Tuna99]

Yes he was soft, regular season PP specialist - I’d define soft in his case as in he got all his points on special teams and versus low ranked teams and if he played vs a top defensive line or a hungry team (like a Florida) he’d generally be invisible

 

[MadLuke]

89 to 93 Turgeon was 7th in even strenght points and 12th in power play points.
94 to 01 Turgeon was 7th in even strenght points and 16th in power play points.

playoff
88 to 93 Turgeon was 61th in even strenght points and 66th in power play points.
94 to 01 Turgeon was 28th in even strenght points and 33th in power play points.

Not sure if that is fair to call him a PP specialist.

In playoff ppg
88 to 93 Turgeon was 14th in ppg, with 1.12
94 to 01 Turgeon was 26th in ppg, with 0.87 like Recchi-Francis-Weight-Shanahan.

Could have been more thought than people give him credit for, hard to play 1294 games in the nhl, make a playoff comeback after that Hunter back injury, in term of soft vs hard, certainly of the softer side.

 

[Albatros]

A skill forward that didn't play very physical but also didn't avoid tough areas, I wouldn't call him either soft or tough in NHL terms.

 

[fish7]

When he was with the Blues, I thought the softness label was overblown