Cousin Eddie
You Serious Clark?
- Nov 3, 2006
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I prefer to evaluate a team from what actually happened instead of what didn't happen.
They have consistently failed. Both front office and pro scouting. They overvalue these slow AHL type defenders, that always seems to find a way to our NHL roster.
When the best puck movers added in the last decade is Andre Benoit and Patrich Weircioch, who both are rather mediocre, it's beyond bad. It's complete incompetence.
Crazy what a difference he made to this team and he isn't even an NHL quality player. He didn't over complicate things. Just made a simple pass the the easiest option time after time. It's not accident that he was on the ice for more of Matt Duchene's ES points that one season than any other defenseman.
Benoit was on the ice for 39% of Duchene's ES points that year. I watched a video a few weeks ago of all of Matt Duchene's goals from that PPG season and it's crazy how many of them started with Andre Benoit making a simple play from the back end. (An ROR video from that year draws the same conclusion). Duchene rarely scores off the rush anymore and that's because the rush never starts. Most fans woulodn't even notice the plays Benoit made since they're so simple and common around the league but in watching that video as an Avs fan this year I'm drooling because we don't get to experience it.
Check this out. I bet Avs fan would be the only people on the planet more impressed with Benoit's pass than Duchene's beautiful finish.