What's the deal with all the underachieving players this season?

[Cancuks]

I don't need to even name names. Go down the rosters and every team has one or more players who is/are massively underachieving. Like 1 or 2 goals or 5 or 7 points in 20 games when they're expected to be close to or better than PPG players. Players with huge salaries playing like they want to be bought out or waived. Never seen anything like this and we're at the quarter mark of the season.

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[jetsforever]

I know you don't need to name names, but like, who specifically?

 

[JoVel]

I know you don't need to name names, but like, who specifically?

You know, the players.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

You know, the players.

The Players isnt't until March 11th, can't predict it yet.

 

[TGWL]

Electrifying post.


I googled which NHL players should have more points. ...but all I got was a photo of Austin Matthews. /s

 

[Dread Clawz]

Verhaeghe has had chances, he just hasn't gotten a lot of luck. Sooner or later they will start to go in .

 

[Kcb12345]

Stars have several of these guys.

Ice cold powerplay can do that. For Robertson and Hintz though they were just very meh at even strength before last game

Johnston mostly just unlucky

Heiskanen has not been very active offensively outside of a couple of games and the powerplay not doing anything definitely hurts his numbers a lot

 

[Mr Kot]

Oilers PP being anemic right now is killing them at the wrong moments. RNH and Hyman being cold haven't helped at all.

 

[Khelandros]

I know you don't need to name names, but like, who specifically?

If you want a list, find my fantasy roster. I have them all.

 

[johan f]

The game so fast now and if a just bit off it shows.

 

[Suntouchable13]

If you want a list, find my fantasy roster. I have them all.

Is Stamkos one of them? I am thinking of dropping his ass. He has been brutal.

 

[TheYardMachine]

Some of the pool killers so far are
Stamkos
Robertson
Johnston
Heiskanen
Hyman
Nugent-Hopkins
Kreider
Pettersson

There are many more though

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

This thread will be a lot of names said that are just plain old “unlucky”

Tons of “unlucky” players in the league

 

[Foppberg]

I know you don't need to name names, but like, who specifically?

AKA his fantasy team.

 

[Score08]

I know you don't need to name names, but like, who specifically?

The entire bruins roster except for kastelic

 

[FlyguyOX]

Stars have several of these guys.

Ice cold powerplay can do that. For Robertson and Hintz though they were just very meh at even strength before last game

Johnston mostly just unlucky

Heiskanen has not been very active offensively outside of a couple of games and the powerplay not doing anything definitely hurts his numbers a lot

J-Rob has one PP point so far I think. Just absurd

 

[Kcb12345]

J-Rob has one PP point so far I think. Just absurd

Their unit seems so lost without Pavelski now. They still have Heiskanen flipping weak shots to the net and yet no one is there to deflect them anymore

It's not even a zone entry problem or a problem getting setup too which is the worst part.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I decided to trade for multiple Oilers on my fantasy team assuming they would dominate BUT it’s heavily biting me in the ass and now are very regrettable trades… already had Draisaitl but decided to acquire Hyman, RNH and Ekholm

Damn you Oilers!!

 

[benfranklin]

Looked it up. Here is what I got. This is how you do it OP:

Arvidsson - 16GP 2g 3a 5p

Barzal - 10GP 2g 3a 5p

Beniers - 20GP 4g 6a 10p

Benson - 13GP 3g 1a 4p

Byfield - 20GP 2g 7a 9p

Couturier - 19GP 3g 6a 9p

Cozens - 19GP 3g 4a 7p

Dach - 19GP 1g 7a 8p

Debrusk - 18GP 3g 7a 10p

Faber - 19GP 2g 8a 10p

Hall - 19GP 2g 4a 6p

Heiskanen - 18GP 2g 4a 6p

Hutson - 19GP 0g 11a 11p

Hyman - 20GP 3g 5a 8p

Johnston - 18GP 3g 6a 9p

Kane - 19GP 3g 7a 10p

Karlsson - 21GP 2g 9a 11p

Kreider - 18GP 9g 0a 9p

Letang - 18GP 2g 4a 6p

Marchessault - 20GP 3g 7a 10p

Matthews - 13GP 5g 6a 11p

McAvoy - 21GP 3g 4a 7p

Meier - 22GP 7g 5a 12p

Pettersson - 18GP 6g 7a 13p

RNH - 21GP 2g 7a 9p

Robertson - 18GP 5g 6a 11p

Skinner - 21GP 4g 3a 7p

Slafkovsky - 16GP 1g 10a 11p

Stamkos - 20GP 6g 4a 10p

Tippett - 20GP 4g 6a 10p

Toews - 16GP 1g 4a 5p

Verhaeghe - 20GP 4g 9a 11p

Wright - 18GP 1g 1a 2p

Zegras - 18GP 2g 4a 6p

Zibanejad - 18GP 4g 10a 14p

Def some talking points here.

 

[daver]

Based on the thread title, was hoping for a Seinfeldian punchline.

 

[Bard Marchand]

Flyers:

Morgan "Toilet Seat" Frost

25 years old. 1g, 5a in 16GP. Healthy scratched multiple times. 40+ points in past two seasons. Flyers definitely hoped he would finally turn a corner this year but his progress seems stalled, at least in Philly, at least under Torts.

He's in the final year of 2x2.1M, will still be RFA.

In typical Flyera fashion I guarantee this guy will go somewhere else and immediately end up playing well lol.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Can’t comment, not sure the list with 5-7 points and expected to be about PPG.

 

[qc14]

This happens every year and there are always an equal amount of guys overperforming expectations.

This year they're just all on the Jets and Caps

 

[Wats]

Flyers:

Morgan "Toilet Seat" Frost

25 years old. 1g, 5a in 16GP. Healthy scratched multiple times. 40+ points in past two seasons. Flyers definitely hoped he would finally turn a corner this year but his progress seems stalled, at least in Philly, at least under Torts.

He's in the final year of 2x2.1M, will still be RFA.

In typical Flyera fashion I guarantee this guy will go somewhere else and immediately end up playing well lol.

Why is it typical Flyers for him to do well elsewhere. Bobrovsky is pretty old news.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Jarry and Ullmark can't score to save their life any more