More dominant than Justin Abdelkader.He doesn't seem like a dominate offensive player actually. His totals and PPG are pretty mundane for a first rounder. What people like are his style and size more than his totals.
More dominant than Justin Abdelkader.He doesn't seem like a dominate offensive player actually. His totals and PPG are pretty mundane for a first rounder. What people like are his style and size more than his totals.
More dominant than Justin Abdelkader.
So has every prospect.You really can't say that though. At the NHL level he hasn't even proven what Cory Emmerton has proven.
Maybe because some of the stuff posted here now is pure bull**** that makes some people spazz out? When I joined here this board was so much more tame despite criticism of the team and it’s present/future. Posts at least had logic and fairness to them.
Rasmussen will be the way more superior player. Why is Abby even mentioned? One is a good prospect and the other happened to get on the team while it was stacked and used as a minor part and so happened to lead to a bad contract and permanent stay on the team.
The hate on the board has gotten so ridiculous. I would love to see some of the time machines some you have so I can see the future of Rasmussen.
More dominant than Justin Abdelkader.
More spazzing out.
I'm not the guy who compared Abby to Rasmussen.
Why don't you go find that post and spaz out on him.
I responded to the guy who said, Abby scored 40-50 so Rasmussen should do.
And the only reason Abby was ever a 40-50 point guy is because he played with pavel and Z.
He had about a ~40 point pace this year without either. But it doesn’t really matter; if Ras doesn’t have good players to play with his upside is meaningless. I just don’t like putting a low ceiling on a guy this early in his career. I highly doubt anyone predicted Larkin would get close to 50 assists in a season. An ability to adapt and change playstyle to suit situation is what often dictates successs in the NHL and we don’t yet know if Ras can do it.Who's going to be Abdelakder's Datsyuk?
40-50 point middle six winger. Good PP guy, can win some draws if need be. Awesome side dish, but not part of the main course.
It’s why I don’t go ga-ga over prospects that make a living off fancy dangles in juniors. I know 99% of them will be forced to change their game in pros. The 1% is Datsyuk/Kane/Gaudreau/McDavid..
An ability to adapt and change playstyle to suit situation is what often dictates successs in the NHL and we don’t yet know if Ras can do it.
That's just BS.
Look at the top 25 scorers in the NHL. McDavid, Giroux, Kucherov, Hall, Barzal, Gaudreau, Panarin, Kuznetsov, Pastrnak, Barkov.
All are great puckhandlers. Don't tell me it's not effective just because we don't have any prospects like that. There are more guys in the top 25 scoring with "fancy moves" than without. I think you would like those types of guys just fine if it is what was currently in our system.
a few problems here:
1) The discourse going on here basically assumes Ras isn't a competent puckhandler which is untrue.
2) If all it took was fancy puck handling Robbie Schremp would be in the NHL.
3) There is more than one way to skin a cat: You list off a bunch of danglers as if they are the only top players in the league. Benn, Staal, Wheeler, Kopitar, Marchand etc. have all had fantastic carriers without having the specific playstyle of a Gaudreau
a few problems here:
1) The discourse going on here basically assumes Ras isn't a competent puckhandler which is untrue.
2) If all it took was fancy puck handling Robbie Schremp would be in the NHL. The list of these types is a lot longer than just schremp
3) There is more than one way to skin a cat: You list off a bunch of danglers as if they are the only top players in the league. Benn, Staal, Wheeler, Kopitar, Marchand etc. have all had fantastic carriers without having the specific playstyle of a Gaudreau
Just time to stop this nonsense. Is it too demanding for all Rasmussen-haters in here, to think a little bit outside the box of that one-dimensional thinking, that center in NHL has to creative and a playmaker? There are another ways to build effective lines in hockey. Screener center and offensive and creative wingers.
Like
Giroux - Couturier - Voracek
currently
or how
Panarin - Anisimov - Kane
was structured.
Those are great lines, and they separate from this normal standard to give some more dynamic looks for the team. Another lines could be build differently. Nothing prevents that.
That's what Rasmussen career path with Wings will be. As a big center, he could carry some lower-drafted midget wingers, which midget centers couldn't carry. Rasmussen would have been most idealistic center-type for Nyquist and Tatar ever had, but I think both are gone far before until he will enter on his prime. But those type of players will fit with him.
Funny, the point of a centerman is to feed his wingers.
He had about a ~40 point pace this year without either. But it doesn’t really matter; if Ras doesn’t have good players to play with his upside is meaningless. I just don’t like putting a low ceiling on a guy this early in his career. I highly doubt anyone predicted Larkin would get close to 50 assists in a season. An ability to adapt and change playstyle to suit situation is what often dictates successs in the NHL and we don’t yet know if Ras can do it.
It’s why so many guys can tear up juniors only to bust. No ability to adapt once their fancy moves no longer work on NHL D, they’re forced to actually play defense, they’re pushed around by stronger players, they’re only average in speed instead of the fastest etc. etc.
Adapt and overcome. It’s why I don’t go ga-ga over prospects that make a living off fancy dangles in juniors. I know 99% of them will be forced to change their game in pros. The 1% is Datsyuk/Kane/Gaudreau/McDavid..
Yeah, because every center in the NHL is a set up man.
Yep, and the ones that arent set up men suck. Auston Matthews and his career high 29 assists, probably wouldnt even make the red wings, doesnt set up his wingers enough
To be fair I wonder how many first line centres this year and each of the last twenty years consistently put up more goals than assists?
My guess is that you will see Mathews' numbers change in the coming years
To be fair I wonder how many first line centres this year and each of the last twenty years consistently put up more goals than assists?
My guess is that you will see Mathews' numbers change in the coming years