Alex Galchenyuk Part IV - Will he ever be Chucktastic/Michael Busto Edition
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3rd year player at the age of 21 coming close to 50 points, and hitting the 20 goal mark.
Nothing to be disappointed about.
Of course you can find some franchise calibre players and compare their career trajectory with Galchenyuks and come away disappointed, but that is essentially searching for things to complain about.
Nothing to be disappointed about.
Of course you can find some franchise calibre players and compare their career trajectory with Galchenyuks and come away disappointed, but that is essentially searching for things to complain about.
Does anybody have video of that amazing goal from the pre-season that was Scherbak to Galchenyuk? Can't find it anywhere...
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It's not as bad as the glorious Josh Dewolf which looks like the name of someone who's been part of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham ..
Just went through preseason scoresheets, and Galchenyuk never scored on a pass from Sherback. Galchenyuk did score 2 goals, but assisted by Thomas and Subban.
Are you talking about an intra-squad game?
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In the last thread you said that you barely (if at all) saw any progress from Chucky if you look at his 1st season and now. Are you basing yourself only on his offensive game or his game as a whole? Because there's no doubt in my mind that Galchenyuk is a better player in his own end and is a lot more involved in terms of physicality. If you're talking strictly about offense then I can somewhat agree with you. He's still struggling to get his shot off and tries to be too fancy sometimes. Those are mistakes that he hasn't corrected since making it to the NHL.
But like others have pointed out, given the fact that he's playing a second line role, this is a super low scoring season and he doesn't get a ton of minutes on the PP. I think his season is definitely a step in the right direction. I think one of your mistakes and you've sort of admitted in your other posts, is that you put too much stock in his draft position and some of the hype he got when he was selected. I see AG as a 20-25 Gs and 40-45 apples type of center with an adequate defensive game.
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To me the most encouraging part of Galchenyuks' game is that his weaknesses are things he can work on.
If he can improve his skating speed and work on his accuracy he could easily hit 30 goals next year.
Right now it's tough for him to get separation from the opposition, he doesn't need to be an elite speedster out there but if he can put in some work and improve there that should be much less of an issue.
I see no reason why he can't develop a high end 2 way game, he seems to possess all of the tools.
In his rookie year he had 1.64 shots per game, last year 1.69. This year he's a shade over 2.
You get more shots on net and you'll have more offensive success.
In terms of overall production, no, his game hasn't taken a big step since his rookie year...but his even strength point production has him as a top 6 producing forward in the NHL this year.
Give him some time to make his mark on the power play, and that could happen as soon as next year, and 60+ points isn't an unrealistic expectation at all.
As I said earlier, if you want to compare him to Stamkos, Tavares and Kane and talk about what a disappointment he is, you can do it, quite easily.
But if you just look at him, and how his overall game is progressing, it's pretty difficult to not be very optimistic about his future.
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Not really. He is already doing that at 20. He should do more at 25-26-27.
A more realistic expectation is 25 goals and 60 points.
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Apples stands for assists
20-40-60 to 25-45-70 was what he was talking about.
ok then yeah realistic i thought apples were points. But i love apples and i'm kind of sad they are doomed to be assists only
Galchenyuk is already very good considering where they have him playing.If he played right wing and they switched Gallagher across to left wing how do you they think they would compare relatively speaking?
Thats what I mean Galchenyuk will be elite.
Thats what I mean Galchenyuk will be elite.
Very possible...maybe that's why I can't find it. Does anyone else remember what I'm talking about? It was a great pass in the neutral zone and Chucky scored a beauty.
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I wouldn't say he's more involved physically, but he's certainly more effective physically. He always got involved physically but he didn't come out on top a lot as an 18-19 year old and now he does. But that's not something I would attribute to development, that's just physical maturation.
As for defensively, sure there has been improvement but I haven't seen a massive improvement, though I think that's partly because his impact defensively is much more limited as a winger. To me he's gone from a guy who mostly is ok but would slips up fairly regurlarly to a guy whose mostly ok and doesn't slip up very often. That's good, but if that's all there is to show after 3 years then I think it's fair for people to question his development. The fact that the coach still doesn't trust him as a center because of his defensive ability is another cause for concern. Though personally I think that's Therrien being dumb and not Galchenyuk not being ready.
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Not my intention to turn this into DD related discussion. But he is the worst defensive centerman in the lineup as of right now.
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