World Juniors 2017-18 (3 Baby-SENS players) in Buffalo NY

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Can we hire Ducharme and his staff to run Belleville for a couple seasons?

 

[Sun God Nika]

Holy crap the emotion on Andersson. I'd take that dude any day. If the Rangers call for Hoff, get him.

exactly however scouts are brain dead and will call it "attitude problems" over wanting to win at all costs.

 

[Samboni]

That was not a good thing to do.

Apparently the medal was returned. I'm sure he would have regretted throwing it away.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

exactly however scouts are brain dead and will call it "attitude problems" over wanting to win at all costs.

Pot bases player evaluation on an inconsequential post-game act; calls Kettle brain-dead.



These people you speak of who are suddenly sour on Andersson? They do not exist (at least outside of your head).

 

[Samboni]

Solid victory. Congrats to team Canada and to our prospects.

 

[Sensinitis]

Nice to see our 2 prospects get points during clutch time.

CANADA BABY!!!

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Steenbergen used sparingly , finally gets to play more replacing Gadjovich , the highest scoring CHL player, yet to score in the WJC ... pots the winner for Team Canada.. they guy must be over the moon happy.

 

[Sensinitis]

He says he blacked out and doesn't remember much about the goal LOL.

 

[Tundraman]

AJ said the IIHF hasn't credited Batherson with a 2nd assist on the winning goal. It's pretty obvious it was a 2 pass score. It wasn't just one of those soft touches Batherson did the grunt work to retrieve and then pass it to the point so deserves it. They'd better fix that!

 

[Sensinitis]

AJ said the IIHF hasn't credited Batherson with a 2nd assist on the winning goal. It's pretty obvious it was a 2 pass score. It wasn't just one of those soft touches Batherson did the grunt work to retrieve and then pass it to the point so deserves it. They'd better fix that!

I'm sure the Drake doesn't care!

 

[Six Assets]

who's a good comparison for batherson?

 

[Sensinitis]

Kinda reminds me of a Perry/Getzlaf mix. I might be off though. More of a goal scorer than Getz, less of a playmaker. Gets in the dirty areas like Perry. Great hockey IQ and awareness like both of those guys. I'm not talking potential/ceiling, just style.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

who's a good comparison for batherson?

I've compared him to Giroux. Before anyone jumps at me for projecting him as a top NHL producer like CG, I mean stylistically. He's a C/RW who plays a hard game and has an abundance of skill and ability to score in a lot of ways while making his linemates better. I think he's definitely a potential top 6 guy though. If he doesn't pan out he should be able to make a career as a bottom 6 guy cause he's so well rounded.

Maybe other more recent guys you could compare him to are Jaden Schwartz, Nazem Kadri, Logan Couture or Rickard Rakell? Those are lofty, I realize.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Bobby is still the best comparison for Batherson that I have seen. Not regular season lazy one-dimensional underachieving hands-injury Bobby, mind you, but rather playoff Bobby.

Both have:

Good size at 6'2
Below-average skating ability
Silky mitts
Dangling ability
Playmaking and vision
Good shots
Physical play

With Batherson I am expecting a 40-50P 2nd line winger. It's tough to put a ceiling on a guy with an absolutely insane development curve like Batherson, but I'd say a 50-60P 1st line winger is probably fair in terms of a realistic upside.

Hopefully he can exceed my expectations and become another star winger like Stone.

 

[Sensinitis]

Forgot about the Bobby comparison. That one is good too. I like Batherson's shot more, and he might have a slightly better stride imo.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I feel like Batherson's skating is markedly better than Ryan's. Or at least current/Sens version of Ryan.

 

[Back in Black]

Still hung over, but worth it!

Congrats CANADA!

 

[Back in Black]

How millennials celebrate a gold medal.

 

[JD1]

Bobby is still the best comparison for Batherson that I have seen. Not regular season lazy one-dimensional underachieving hands-injury Bobby, mind you, but rather playoff Bobby.

Both have:

Good size at 6'2
Below-average skating ability
Silky mitts
Dangling ability
Playmaking and vision
Good shots
Physical play

With Batherson I am expecting a 40-50P 2nd line winger. It's tough to put a ceiling on a guy with an absolutely insane development curve like Batherson, but I'd say a 50-60P 1st line winger is probably fair in terms of a realistic upside.

Hopefully he can exceed my expectations and become another star winger like Stone.

I like this comparison

the thing that concerns me is the skating....looks like bobby...can he become stone....good questions. ...needs to improve the skating to play regular nhl minutes

 

[TheBradyBunch]

How millennials celebrate a gold medal.

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This was 45 minutes after the game ended, plus the entire team deleted all social media on the 25th. Lets cut them just a little slack.

 

[Sensinitis]

I like this comparison

the thing that concerns me is the skating....looks like bobby...can he become stone....good questions. ...needs to improve the skating to play regular nhl minutes

He's already a better skater than both imo, it's exciting that it can probably get even better.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Are we upset in here about Anderson striding over the to boards and lightly tossing the medal? Twitter is hilarious on the matter.

 

[maclean]

He says he blacked out and doesn't remember much about the goal LOL.

Probably the IIHF activating remote control to make sure Canada got the gold

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

who's a good comparison for batherson?

He reminds me of Mark Stone.

 

[SAK11]

He reminds me of Mark Stone.

I had the same thought. Especially with their play at the World Juniors, neither of them necessarily had the wow factor but played such smart games and had the ability to finish on their chances.