NJDevs26
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He's also the same age as Matteau and in the AHL. He also struggled to find time until recent call-ups and injuries -- he was pretty unimpressive the first half of the year.
Sev's going down to Albany to finish the year and play some playoff games seems so unlikely to me.
Kuja not looking half bad for a 20-21 year old in his first pro season. Anyone wanna take some bets whether he ends up a better forward than Matteau? I remember FMASC scoffing at my speculation that Stefan Matteau could end being sort of a next Bernier, now it seems like Stefan will be lucky if he hits that level. Kujawinski's probably not much better but he's making plays in the AHL that Matteau never did.
Why bother making him eligible then? Unless it's as a precaution if they get a rash of injuries. He might not even play as much down the stretch here.
In 45 games this year, Kujo has 4 goals and 10 assists.
In 61 games last year, Matteau had 12 and 15.
For both they turned 21 during the year.
I'll give you that Kujo has produced some nice highlights. But he has had a very unimpressive season thus far. Still young, and unlike Matteau last year, there is still plenty of time for development, but let's be real, Matteau's season last year was better then Kujo's this season.
In 45 games this year, Kujo has 4 goals and 10 assists.
In 61 games last year, Matteau had 12 and 15.
For both they turned 21 during the year.
I'll give you that Kujo has produced some nice highlights. But he has had a very unimpressive season thus far. Still young, and unlike Matteau last year, there is still plenty of time for development, but let's be real, Matteau's season last year was better then Kujo's this season.
Again, I don't disagree with you that Kujawinski hasn't had an impressive year but you continually discount the importance of not being in the lineup regularly, especially for a first year pro.
61 games of being a regular top 6 forward as a 2nd year Pro and producing 27 points vs 45 games being in and out of the lineup playing in spot duty for half a season, mostly in the bottom 6 as a first year Pro and producing 14 points is not remotely a fair comparison or an appropriate one.
In fact, I might even make the argument that Kujawinski's .311 points per game is more impressive than Matteau's .442 points per game all things considered.
We should cut Kuja?
For Sevs, it would be great for him to play in Albany for the playoffs.
It helped Lars a few seasons ago.
Kujo will have pretty close to 60 games in by the end of the year, he's played almost as consistently this year as Matteau did last. But if you want compare it to Matteau's 1st year as a pro, 67 gp, 13 g's 13 a's.
Stef did play more consistent, but also was a year younger.
Trust me I'd love to see Kujo show a big uptick in development next year. And I don't rule it out. But let's not act like he has had an impressive 1st year in Albany. Matteau produced at a better rate.
Who suggested this?
Maybe consistent playing time is a bit of a factor. I don't know if missing 3 of 11 in Dec was a big deal, especially if there were some 3 game weekends in that stretch. But maybe.
And I guess 2 pluses to his credit would be a better February, and some nice high light clips.
On the negative would be the 4 goal total for the year.
Let's see him finish the year strong, and continue to show improvement next year. Then I'll be happy to hope on board. Until then I can't get too excited.
Shots were dead even at 27 last night, outshot the opposition in the previous loss as well. Don't see the makings of a downward slide in the post tropp era.
Team loses two games in a row and it is because Tropp is gone?
Oh boy.