So I see a lot of Bruins fans down on Senyshyn and such. Production, I assume, really gets this negative outlook going. On the surface of it, the production is alright. This is his first season in the AHL. While I was looking around, here's something I noticed. Senyshyn has 21 points on the year, mostly playing in a bottom 6 role. That's a 0.40 PPG pace. However, Senyshyn has 1 point on PP/PK. One point...... So 20 of his points have come the way of ES hockey. Here's what I'm getting at. Below are Senyshyn's ES points, compared to the other forwards on the team and their ES points:
Zachary Senyshyn: 53 GP -- 8 G -- 13 A -- 20 Points = 0.38 PPG
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson: 55 GP -- 9 G -- 12 A -- 21 Points = 0.38 PPG
Colby Cave: 60 GP -- 8 G -- 15 A -- 23 Points = 0.38 PPG
Austin Czarnik: 50 GP -- 9 G -- 22 A -- 31 Points = 0.62 PPG
Jordan Szwarz: 43 GP -- 11 G -- 16 A -- 36 Points = 0.84 PPG
Kenny Agostino: 54 GP -- 12 G -- 18 A -- 30 Points = 0.56 PPG
Ryan Fitzgerald: 51 GP -- 12 G -- 7 A -- 19 Points = 0.37 PPG
Peter Cehlarik: 32 GP -- 8 G -- 9 A -- 17 Points = 0.53 PPG
Colton Hargrove: 42 GP -- 8 G -- 8 A -- 16 Points = 0.38 PPG
So Senyshyn is producing right there with the other players on the team for ES production. PPG wise, he is producing at the same clip as JFK (who sees top 6 time regularly), Fitzgerald, and Hargrove. The players who produce more than ZS are all experienced AHL veterans and all play top 6 roles for the P-Bruins.
Now, is Senyshyn getting PP/PK time and not producing, or is he just not getting PP/PK time? Maybe
@BruinsNetwork or one of our other posters who frequent P-Bruins games could chime in on that?
I did find it interesting that Senyshyn is producing at the same pace as JFK. Seeing JFK gets top 6 time with good/productive AHL players routinely, it's pretty impressive that Senyshyn is doing the same with less productive players.
I'm not trying to make excuses or anything. Would I like to see more production out of Senyshyn? Yes. The games I've gone to, he has looked good. He didn't produce any points, but I liked what I saw. Just looking at this from a different perspective.