Player Discussion: Zach Werenski thread

[Nanabijou]

I was glad they extended Z, but also thought they gave him a bit more cash than he had earned up to that point - seemed like it was more about sticking it to Jones.

But, no question, he's earning that contract and then some.

 

[S1N4TR4]

doing some random stat analyzing because im bored, it’s not just this year Z has been stellar at home. when you combine last year’s home totals with this year’s….

he has 67 points in his last 56 home games. not to mention 206 (!!!) shots on goal. averaging nearly 4 shots on goal a game during this span.

doing some random stat analyzing because im bored, it’s not just this year Z has been stellar at home. when you combine last year’s home totals with this year’s….

he has 67 points in his last 56 home games. not to mention 206 (!!!) shots on goal. averaging nearly 4 shots on goal a game during this span.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

 

[majormajor]

He has a chance but he'd have to keep scoring at the recent bananas numbers. It would be harder than the Taylor Hall year - he really did "sneak in" in a way because all of Mackinnon, Draisaitl, Kucherov, McDavid, Matthews were just a little bit pre-prime. Werenski wouldn't be doing that, Mackinnon is pacing 128 pts!

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

He has a chance but he'd have to keep scoring at the recent bananas numbers. It would be harder than the Taylor Hall year - he really did "sneak in" in a way because all of Mackinnon, Draisaitl, Kucherov, McDavid, Matthews were just a little bit pre-prime. Werenski wouldn't be doing that, Mackinnon is pacing 128 pts!

Of course he's not going to win. He won't be over 100 points at this rate. Norris is much more within reach but Makar and Quinn Hughes have built up the bigger resume so far.

But in the same manner as Joe Burrow with the Bengals, he's clearly the most valuable player to his team if you consider his supporting cast and where the team projects as a whole.

 

[majormajor]

Of course he's not going to win. He won't be over 100 points at this rate.

It depends on what you mean by "at this rate". He can hit 100 pts if he keeps scoring like he has for the last month. That's what I meant by the recent "bananas" numbers.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

It depends on what you mean by "at this rate". He can hit 100 pts if he keeps scoring like he has for the last month. That's what I meant by the recent "bananas" numbers.

He's not on pace for 100 and its not realistic to maintain this pace. He leads the NHL in ice time so he's going to start wearing down at some point because we have no other options on D.

If he does, great but we shouldn't expect it.

 

[NotCommitted]

Reputation and previous resume work against him for major awards but I wouldn't be surprised to see him win the Norris or even the Hart. If season ended right now, Werenski would be the leading scorer of the team, would average most TOI of any player in the league and be tied for scoring lead of D-men with Makar, with higher P/GP and more goals. That might be Hart right there, a lot of the storylines would work in his favour - Columbus unexpectedly making the playoffs after an off-season tragedy, Werenski stepping up and taking his team to playoffs etc. Of course would depend on what other players and teams do and wether Werenski can maintain anything close to this crazy pace.