Barzal scores first goal in 17 games.

[dmj616]

Rough rookie season he is having.

1 goal in his last 17 games but 28 points in his last 20 games. He has a chance at 90 points in his rookie season.

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[cupface52]

Barzal won't be better than Tavares.

 

[WangMustGo]

Barzal won't be better than Tavares.

Who knows what happens. But this season Barzal has been better than JT by a good margin.

 

[cupface52]

Who knows what happens. But this season Barzal has been better than JT by a good margin.

But isn't Tavares on the first line and Barzal on the second line?

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Who knows what happens. But this season Barzal has been better than JT by a good margin.

And he is also the new scoring leader on the Isles, Barzal has surpassed Tavares on both margins.

 

[olli]

Tavares also has 7 his last 14. Will be interesting to see who has more points at the endow the year.

 

[Strait2thecup]

Barzal won't be better than Tavares.

Honestly as an NYI fan he already kind of is

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

Honestly as an NYI fan he already kind of is

There seems two be two camps evolving in NYI fanbase, I for one hope we keep JT and Barzal. It's not one or the other to me, with that being said, Barzal is much more impressive on a nightly basis.

Comparing their rookie seasons is not giving JT a fair shake since Barzal does have much better teammates. I feel Barzal's skating makes him the better player moving forward, now JT is still the man and #1C but should he stay with the team, I wouldn't be surprised for their roles to shift as JT gets older and Barzal enters his physical peak in say 2 or 3 years. Either way, as long as we got that 1-2 punch we'll be in good shape up front.

It is a SPEED game, Barzal was built for this.

 

[BigGulpsEh]

Barzal is amazing. He has so much skill and skates like Elvis stojko.

 

[Laineux]

I don't understand his skating. Never seen a skater like that before.

 

[LordNeverLose]

There seems two be two camps evolving in NYI fanbase, I for one hope we keep JT and Barzal. It's not one or the other to me, with that being said, Barzal is much more impressive on a nightly basis.

Comparing their rookie seasons is not giving JT a fair shake since Barzal does have much better teammates. I feel Barzal's skating makes him the better player moving forward, now JT is still the man and #1C but should he stay with the team, I wouldn't be surprised for their roles to shift as JT gets older and Barzal enters his physical peak in say 2 or 3 years. Either way, as long as we got that 1-2 punch we'll be in good shape up front.

It is a SPEED game, Barzal was built for this.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find NYI fans who DON'T want us to keep JT and Barzal

 

[boredmale]

I don't understand his skating. Never seen a skater like that before.

Kane? Marner seemed to be a bit like that in junior(I wonder if Babock sort of put the reigns on him)

 

[AngelDuck]

He may turn into the best playmaking winger in a while

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Barzal won't be better than Tavares.

Eh, difficult to make such a definitive statement at this point. Barzal's rookie season has been vastly superior to Tavares', so at the very least he's off to a better start career-wise.

Tavares made massive leaps in Year 3, so we'll see where Barzal goes from here.

 

[LordNeverLose]

He may turn into the best playmaking winger in a while

 

[cupface52]

Is that John Cena?

 

[LordNeverLose]

Is that John Cena?

No, it's Matt Damon

 

[boredmale]

No, it's Matt Damon

Lol from my first quick glance I thought it was Mark Wahlberg. I guess everybody from Bawston looks alike

 

[LordNeverLose]

Lol from my first quick glance I thought it was Mark Wahlberg. I guess everybody from Bawston looks alike

It is Wahlberg. I was riffing on the joke they have that they always get recognized as the other one

 

[Beautvillier]

He may turn into the best playmaking winger in a while

who wants to tell him?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

He may turn into the best playmaking winger in a while

He's obviously a defenseman though?

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Kane? Marner seemed to be a bit like that in junior(I wonder if Babock sort of put the reigns on him)

Jean-Luc Foudy in the GTHL right now comes to mind. I can't find any footage of him on YouTube but if you watch him in person, boy he's an amazing skater. He'll be in the OHL next year.

 

[Plural]

If he breaks PPG at the end of the season I'd say his rookie season is even better than Matthews last season. Amazing talent coming in to the league.

 

[HansonBro]

Still has 17 goals so...

 

[SI90]

If he breaks PPG at the end of the season I'd say his rookie season is even better than Matthews last season. Amazing talent coming in to the league.

I think they’ll be close. 40 goals as a a teenage rookie is pretty amazing. Can’t take that away form Matthews