Bobby Terrance
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This cant be true, can it?He's looking to be the first 30 goal scorer for the Wings since the 09 season. Looks like hes adjusting nicely at playing center full time.
This cant be true, can it?He's looking to be the first 30 goal scorer for the Wings since the 09 season. Looks like hes adjusting nicely at playing center full time.
It was true, but he was too slow, Larkin beat him to it 1(?) game faster.This cant be true, can it?
This cant be true, can it?
Really? I just assumed Z or dats at least hit it once in that time frame. That's not great. But hey, next year if AA, mantha, Larkin, and maybe even zadina there could be 4.It was true, but he was too slow, Larkin beat him to it 1(?) game faster.
Franzen, Nyquist, Tatar got pretty damn close with some 28, 29 goal seasons.Really? I just assumed Z or dats at least hit it once in that time frame. That's not great. But hey, next year if AA, mantha, Larkin, and maybe even zadina there could be 4.
Grabner is similarDo we all at least agree that it's interesting that opinions of him range so greatly from bad to good?
Is there a more polarizing player in the league? Is there another player whose usefulness is so seemingly hard to reach a consensus on?
Never thought he could crack 30 goals, crazy.
Never thought he could crack 30 goals, crazy.
If you would have told me that a year or so ago I would have laughed it off
I still love him as a player and think trading him would be absolutely ridiculous as opposed to some others feelings towards him
Grabner is similar
The problem with those stats are they don’t actually scale. He’s not going to be a 40 goal scorer like Matthews if only he got more ice time. He also doesn’t back check at all. Even in today’s game he just watched as Patrick had a high danger scoring chance. He was ten feet away and just stood their while it all happened. So he’s a fun guy to watch when he’s not slumping or coasting, but in the end he’s a middle 6 guy.
That's what people said when he was scoring at these rates playing 11 minutes a night.
Now he's at 30 goals.
With decent linemates and more icetime, he could absolutely score 40.
Yes, he has holes in his game. He doesn't seem very good at cycling in the Ozone. His defense can be questionable (as it can for Larkin/Mantha/Bert and any other youngish offensive player).
But offensively? He could easily post a 40-30-70 season with a good center and decent passing defensemen and 19 minutes a night. Easily.
His big problem is he doesn’t really use his linemates well. He tends to revert to hero hockey trying to do it all himself too many times. It’s a bad trait to have as a center. It’s why he works out so much better asa winger and why he can still excel with crappy linemates. He doesn’t really rely on others to get stuff done.Quick question for Wings fans - I heard he got moved to C late last season - it looks like he scored a lot from there but hear he's being moved back to wing next season. Was he that bad as a C?
Quick question for Wings fans - I heard he got moved to C late last season - it looks like he scored a lot from there but hear he's being moved back to wing next season. Was he that bad as a C?
Yeah, you can believe that. That's nice! He's 25 and posted 1 decent goal scoring season. Saying he could easily put up the same number of goals as MacKinnon, McDavid and Kucherov did is a massive stretch.
His big problem is he doesn’t really use his linemates well. He tends to revert to hero hockey trying to do it all himself too many times. It’s a bad trait to have as a center. It’s why he works out so much better asa winger and why he can still excel with crappy linemates. He doesn’t really rely on others to get stuff done.
He was pretty terrible at center. Basically him playing center is like having 3 wingers on the ice.