It is so strange to read posts here.
1st we will see if he gets claimed
2nd this is Yzerman's decision, not Blashill's
3rd how many of you have followed and analysed his game?
I have said I will follow the players and here is what he did in his last but one game.
He throws a wild pass to dekeyser forcing Dekeyser to leave his position going deep. Then with Dekeyser deep in Florida's zone Hronek is the lone defender back, but that should be fine as they are 2 players vs our 4. Guess what, they score. Who was the closest player? Svechnikov. He did not cover that guy. But we have to forgive him as it is his learning curve. So what does he do next? He gets angry he slashes a guy twice and then follows with cross checking and gets 2 min.
This is what I remember. I am not sure if this was from the last 2 or 1 game.
Any of you noticing anything positive or negative about his play lately?
I'm gonna be honest, I haven't noticed him enough to trust myself with a legit evaluation. I've missed a couple games and the ones he did play in he only had like 10 minutes anyway.
All I know is he can apparently find the back of the net, which isn't trivial in the NHL. That's not everything, but it's something.
If we had a bubble team, you could convince me that he's not good enough. But we have a bottom 3ish roster. I just don't believe we have 8 wingers who are so important that we can't give this guy a shot. Even if it amounts to nothing. What's the worst that can happen? In his 10 minutes he causes us to drop from 29th to 30th? Who cares?
Again, I'm admitting I don't know the guy's game well enough. I wouldn't argue the point to Blashill's face or anything. I just think it's a shame to throw away what little opportunity we might have had to rescue a career.