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Half the team needs a bounce-back year, if we're looking purely at points.
Other than Brassard and Ryan, who do you mean?
I would add Ceci, Pageau, MacArthur to this list.
Dzingel.
Start out as a top9-12 forward but will finish the year as our #2 LW behind Hoffman. 20-20 season for 40-55pts
Mark Stone. I still think he have another level of his game he has yet to show thus far.
He's in his contract year, so if he can stay healthy I'm saying Stone.
There's a difference between the player most likely to improve next season and the player with the most career potential.
IMO the obvious answer here is Ryan.
Chabot played one game so it has to be him
Idk, do you really think he can average more than 7 mins a game?
Idk, do you really think he can average more than 7 mins a game?
Pageau had 33 points and a monster playoffs. What do you expect more?
MacArthur can't really bounce back considering his sample size, unless you mean GP.
Agreed for Ceci. I think he should hit 30 pts with good two way play.
Dzingel is hard to gauge.
His start to last season was great, but his finish was bad. It's easy to suggest that he should improve his consistency, and overall have a better season, but do the circumstances exist for that to happen?
If Dzingel is to have a better season, it is my opinion that he consistently needs to be deployed as a middle 6 or better winger. With Hoffman, Smith, and MacArthur all seemingly ahead of him on the left side, and Stone, Ryan certainly ahead of him on his off-side, it's an uphill battle. Burrows or Pyatt likely occupy that last top 9 RW position, along with the potential of White cracking the roster.
I think that Dzingel will be the odd man out, and because of that, I do not predict a better season, however, he will be the first option to move up the lineup in case of injury. He also likely gets the benefit of being moved up for double shifts and in cases where juggling the lines is deemed appropriate, and finally, relegation to the 4th line should be less of a death sentence compared to last year when it meant playing with Kelly, and perhaps Neil.
If Dzingel manages to hit 30 pts this year, that's a win in my books.
I thought Pageau had some pretty quiet stretches offensively but he contributes regardless. Technically it was a notable step back production wise from the year prior but that seems to be status quo for a lot of guys under Boucher. I do think though that he can get closer to the 20 goal mark than the 12 he had last year.
I thought Pageau had some pretty quiet stretches offensively but he contributes regardless. Technically it was a notable step back production wise from the year prior but that seems to be status quo for a lot of guys under Boucher. I do think though that he can get closer to the 20 goal mark than the 12 he had last year.
Chabot played one game so it has to be him
Technically true, but I feel that the intent of the question was the most improved among established players, not rookies.
I mean technically if any of Brown/Jaros/Chlapik/Perron get a single NHL game this season, they will improve infinity% over last year in every recognized NHL statistic. That's way better than the measly 8100% Chabot could improve in GP.
They don't qualify since they had to play at least one game.
Fishing has been good in this thread.