Stelio Kontos
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- Nov 6, 2011
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So far Volkov is reminding me of Panik and Erne. Hopefully the light turns on for him but he’s really just not good at anything right now
Well the problem is his scoring and much of his play making seems to have been lost somehow. He still works but yes the problem is he's compared to what he once was and his salary is way higher than his play warrants at this point.
An undersized scoring forward who now cant really score isn't a commodity. It sucks. I have his jersey. He was my favorite player at one point. Its unfortunate he has declined so much.
He never really got his hands back after the broken wrist. I think that's the ugly truth.
Well the problem is his scoring and much of his play making seems to have been lost somehow. He still works but yes the problem is he's compared to what he once was and his salary is way higher than his play warrants at this point.
An undersized scoring forward who now cant really score isn't a commodity. It sucks. I have his jersey. He was my favorite player at one point. Its unfortunate he has declined so much.
He can still shoot, I think. It's the "soft hands" that he's lost. He hasn't beaten a defender one on one in three or four years, unless he's blowing by, and he's lost a bit of speed too. I think he could still score 20+ in a good situation, like the year he played with Kucherov and Point, but the finesse side of his game is dead.He still managed a couple 20+ goal seasons after that, I think it's less physical more mental. No creativity, can't get in the right spot, his timing over the ice is just off, can't do much to fix that, just need to get your head on straight.
Is he continues his pace, it will be the 5th consecutive year of declining production, I thought we'd caught a break by being able to keep him for another year but he's not exactly netting positive right now. If he has a career low then it'll cost even more to move him.
His ice time and roster spot could be used for development.
as someone here said, he seems to not feel the NHL speed,but i think and I hope that if he scores as soon as possible hes game will change and he will be better,he desperate need to score.So far Volkov is reminding me of Panik and Erne. Hopefully the light turns on for him but he’s really just not good at anything right now