Juicer
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- Mar 14, 2004
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LaVal said:Ok, wait a minute here. Kesler played 10 minutes a night as a rookie 19 year old on the 4th line with no powerplay time, and only played in 28 games. There is absolutely no way you should be looking at the score sheet from those games for any sort of talent analysis.
I guess you missed the irony. Apparently, it is unfair for me to point out that Kesler wasn't able to produce at the NHL level when given the opportunity, but Kmad was insinuating Richards could not cut it at a higher level even though he was not given the opportunity. Whatever?! At Kesler's age, I didn't really expect much from him at the NHL level, and I was purposely being hard on him to counter the unfair criticism Richards was given.
As for the Richards/Kesler leadership arguement, Richards has been given a lot more respect in that area by scouts, media and he was the captain of what is probably the best WJC team of all time. Is their any reason to doubt this? I was not able to see Richards this year in the OHL playoffs, but he was apparently the best player in the playoffs by far.
Te size arguement is an obvious arguement, but Richards reminds me of a Mike Peca and Kesler looks more like a Shjon Podein. A hard worker, intense player, good skater, physical, not bad hands a great team guy, but at the end of the day he is a third line player with little finish around the net.
LaVal said:Not to mention he didn't put up many points in his time in the AHL that season either.
Does that help his case? Richards has 3pts in 2gms in the playoffs this year in his first shot at the higher level.