Zach Hyman...

[GlitchMarner]

I'm sure not many (if anyone at all) expected him to score 54 goals again this year, but his steep decline in goal scoring has to be considered surprising.

Having watched quite a lot of his games this year, he hasn't looked as confident and he seemed to be whiffing/failing to convert on chances quite often early on.

Is this year's version the player we can expect him to be going forward or will he be closer to the 54 goal version next year?

 

[NikolaTesla]

He might just be a Jonathan Cheechoo. One career year that he will never come close to matching.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

I'm sure not many (if anyone at all) expected him to score 54 goals again this year, but his steep decline in goal scoring has to be considered surprising.

He simply "regressed" to his norm.

The fact that he'll score 30 this year isn't surprising, the fact he scored 54 last year was.

 

[shello]

He might just be a Jonathan Cheechoo. One career year that he will never come close to matching.

I mean, Hyman was already a decent goal scorer before last year. Cheechoo went from 9 to 50 in 3 years

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...much the same as RNH's 100 point Season...good player that had a GREAT year...

 

[NikolaTesla]

I mean, Hyman was already a decent goal scorer before last year. Cheechoo went from 9 to 50 in 3 years

Thats because Cheechoo hit his 50+ in only his third year. The 9 goal was his rookie year and he most likely had little ice time.

I think their career looks very similar. Hyman might bounce back but right now it feels very Cheechoo-esque.

 

[majormajor]

I mean, Hyman was already a decent goal scorer before last year. Cheechoo went from 9 to 50 in 3 years

Thats because Cheechoo hit his 50+ in only his third year. The 9 goal was his rookie year and he most likely had little ice time.

I think their career looks very similar. Hyman might bounce back but right now it feels very Cheechoo-esque.

They're completely different cases so it's an awkward comparison.

The one similarity is that both of them were good players and good scorers before their big years. Yet this is the part that people ignore when they try to pretend like Thornton made Cheechoo or McDavid made Hyman.

Cheechoo scored 28 goals the year before Thornton. He could have scored at that level for a long time in the league if it were not for severe injuries that ruined his mobility and cut his career short.

Hyman was already scoring at a 30 goal pace in his last couple seasons in Toronto and is now 32 years old.

 

[shello]

Thats because Cheechoo hit his 50+ in only his third year. The 9 goal was his rookie year and he most likely had little ice time.

I think their career looks very similar. Hyman might bounce back but right now it feels very Cheechoo-esque.

So you’re suggesting Hyman will be out of the league in 3 years? Just don’t feel like the comparison works

 

[God]

They're completely different cases so it's an awkward comparison.

The one similarity is that both of them were good players and good scorers before their big years. Yet this is the part that people ignore when they try to pretend like Thornton made Cheechoo or McDavid made Hyman.

Cheechoo scored 28 goals the year before Thornton. He could have scored at that level for a long time in the league if it were not for severe injuries that ruined his mobility and cut his career short.

Hyman was already scoring at a 30 goal pace in his last couple seasons in Toronto and is now 32 years old.

Yeah this seems like a similar case to Chris Kreider. Both good players that have a career year and "regress" to being good players again.

 

[NikolaTesla]

So you’re suggesting Hyman will be out of the league in 3 years? Just don’t feel like the comparison works

Maybe not out of the league but his numbers will go down.

 

[wmupreds]

Hyman shot over 18% last year and is back to his career average of roughly 13.5% now. Not that complicated.

 

[Three On Zero]

It’s just regression, last year was a major outlier for him.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

So you’re suggesting Hyman will be out of the league in 3 years? Just don’t feel like the comparison works

It doesn't. Cheechoo was also severely hampered by a serious knee injury & hernia surgery, which took his skating from "just passable" to "atrocious".

Cheechoo scored 28 goals as a 23 yr old on a team whose leading scorer had 57 points, playing most of the season on the 3rd line with Ricci and Scott Thornton. Continued his good play into the playoffs. Scored 100 goals over the next two years (playoffs included) and even potted 23 once after his injury.

Had he not suffered those injuries, he probably had a good stretch ahead of him as a grind-y top 6 winger with serious goal scoring upside.

 

[Martin Skoula]

So you’re suggesting Hyman will be out of the league in 3 years? Just don’t feel like the comparison works

Chechoo was out of the league because of knee injuries and a hernia, both of Hyman’s knees are held together by duct tape and prayer.

 

[Bouboumaster]

His 100 points season was an outlier

At the end of the day, the guy is paid peanuts, and he's worth his contract

 

[McShogun99]

When he was signed the expectations were 25 goal seasons. He’s delivered on that and then some every year that he’s been an Oiler. I don’t think you’ll see a single Oiler fan complain about him.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Nothing wrong with 30 goals.

Kevin Stevens is more a comparable.

 

[winnipegger]

What a disappointment. He's fully 2 goals behind Auston Matthews on the year. Can't even keep up with Matthews.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Playing his 10th NHL season, he's on pace for his 3rd highest goal-scoring season.

OP thinks his goal scoring is surprisingly low.

What are we doing here.

 

[PaulD]

...much the same as RNH's 100 point Season...good player that had a GREAT year...

Throw Bouchard in the conversation too

 

[Ulysses31]

looks like hes been injured. scoring at a decent clip still.