Where's Joe Pavelski?

[Perfect_Drug]

More like "Slow Pavelski".

I know the Oilers 3rd line depth forwards aren't considered very good, but McLeod and Foegele are insanely fast skaters (faster than McDavid).

But if Dallas' depth is supposed to be some kind of massive advantage for Dallas in this series, they're gonna have to get Slow-Joe away from these speedsters.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Nothing is wrong. He's just old as balls.

 

[Canovin]

Father time

Mid life crisis

 

[NyQuil]

I looked at his ice time and it looks pretty solid, is it his linemates?

Look at his lifetime.

 

[Chileiceman]

I don't understand why DeBoer keeps giving him so many minutes. He drags down any line he's on.

 

[DitchMarner]

Well, he sneaks around the League from Vegas to Carolina...
He's a sneaky-fingered sniper from Edmonton down to St. Louis
He'll take you for a ride on a slow boat to China

Tell me...

Where in the world is Joseph Pavelski?

 

[BonMorrison]

He's old. A better question is where is Jason Robertson? He had 109 points last year and he's been missing all playoffs.

He's tied for lead in scoring on the team.

 

[paragon]

If this was a younger player everyone would be saying he was injured just because he is cold. Somehow Pavelski doesn't get that benefit of the doubt. I think he very well could be injured.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Bro he is 63 years old

 

[TanguaySauce]

He's in the conference finals which is more than I can say about my squad

 

[mr figgles]

He‘s starting to look like my dog. He thinks he can still jump over walls and run up and down steps, but his legs giving out says otherwise.

He just needs fish oil and regular walks to slow it down.

 

[CanadienShark]

He's what like 39 years old now? You can't rely on him so heavily. He's the type of guy that can come up big in big moments, will be a great leader, still a good contributor, but he's not 28 anymore.

He's old and it's finally caught up to him. Can't skate anymore, can't shoot, can't pass, is always behind the play. It's bad

And yet, he's on the line we INTENTIONALLY match up against McDavid or Draisaitl. We also matched him up against MacKinnon a lot. Very weird coaching decisions

He shouldn't be on the PP anymore either.

Since when does DeBoer match lines? He famously just didn't give a shit and ran lines willy nilly with the Sharks. The guy is not a tactician, or wasn't with San Jose.

 

[Kcb12345]

He's what like 39 years old now? You can't rely on him so heavily. He's the type of guy that can come up big in big moments, will be a great leader, still a good contributor, but he's not 28 anymore.


Since when does DeBoer match lines? He famously just didn't give a shit and ran lines willy nilly with the Sharks. The guy is not a tactician, or wasn't with San Jose.

He's fine with any line out there, but he intentionally has the Pavelski line out there against the other top guys even when he has last change so idk

 

[Troy McClure]

If this was a younger player everyone would be saying he was injured just because he is cold. Somehow Pavelski doesn't get that benefit of the doubt. I think he very well could be injured.

A Dallas media guy a week ago or more reached out to his Stars contacts and was told Pavelski isn't dealing with any injuries, and this news was delivered with a bit of sadness because no one wants to see a guy like Pavelski drop off.

I want to be clear. I love the guy. He's been amazing for the Stars. At a time when Benn and Seguin were starting to decline due to their own runs of injuries, Pavelski joined the Stars and has been one of their best forwards the past few seasons. He's a huge part of the Stars having success from the bubble onward.

 

[Bizz]

He's 39, and he was already one of the slowest players in the NHL before he left the Sharks, and that was 5 years ago.

 

[TheOrganist]

The Matt Dumba hit probably didn’t help matters.

 

[pld459666]

Running on empty.

Great Reg season, but the tank is on E

 

[winnipegger]

It's not just your legs that get slow when you get into your thirties and forties. It's your reflexes too. His game has always revolved around fast hands because he's never had fast feet.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Hickam's dictum: perhaps age has caught up with Pavelski, but maybe he's suffering from an injury as well.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Father time is catching up for sure. Would be perfect timing for him to win the cup and hang em up.

Dallas first signed him 5 years ago when he 35 years old entering the season. I don't think anybody projected him to be as good as he's been overall for the Stars for this long.

307 points in 369 regular season games, 39 games in 47 playoff games before this spring, and played all 82 games the last 3 seasons. How many guys past their mid 30's are able to do that?

It's unfortunate he's slowing down when they're so close now, but he's been full value for them.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

It's been a struggle to score in the playoffs this year but he had 67 points in the regular season playing around 16 minutes a game. To me, he's probably capable of at least 50 points next year. One more season probably, especially if he can get 500 goals.

 

[Peasy]

Seems like he really hit a wall at the end of the season/when the playoffs started. Father time might have finally caught him. Hope he gets his cup so he can ride off into the sunset.

 

[Elysian]

Nothing is wrong. He's just old as balls.

But only 39 year old balls

 

[Mr Positive]

I thought he wad decent last night. Not driving much play but always seems to be in the right spots.

 

[Ghetty Green]

He's old. A better question is where is Jason Robertson? He had 109 points last year and he's been missing all playoffs.

Wasn't Robertson a no show last years playoffs as well ?