what a trade. I still think despite his limitations he does good work on that 1st line and is not a passenger. I jus don't know why people don't see the luxury that whether he's a top 6 C or not that the top line just flat out works with him on it.
Radulov and Patches are awesome but I'm almost certain you couldn't just throw anyone like Pleks or Ott or Eller out there and they'd produce just the same.
He COULD be our next DD. DD looked to do pretty much the same but I think there's a difference. Danault's also younger and playing in more or less his first full season. Plus the size thing will never be an issue.
He's not uber skilled but there are things that I can see him improving on like finish and decision making.
People are really critical about his point total but look at Center scoring and see that he's not that far off some good names and ahead of others. This would all be fine even if he actually was on the top line the ENTIRE year which he wasn't.
http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?agg...mesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,gamesPlayed
If you look at his TOI in those first games there isn't a significant jump in playing time until about game 26 or 27 where he starts to get top line minutes. We really don't think that would be a factor in his production? Plus he creates so much with his skating and physicality apart from the production which makes him such a good fit.
It's just infuriating that people are critical of him. We got him for practically nothing! lol. And he has a very real chance to be even better.