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You are out to lunch if you think Kuz is our worst playerHe's taking up almost $8M in cap space to regularly be our worst player, criticizing for being terrible is pretty fair.
You are out to lunch if you think Kuz is our worst playerHe's taking up almost $8M in cap space to regularly be our worst player, criticizing for being terrible is pretty fair.
Out of all the caps who have played at least 250 minutes kuzy is: last in cf%, ff%, sf%, xGF%, 2nd worst in hdcf%, and has a 1.030 PDO. This is not play you would expect from a player who is making top line money.
You are out to lunch if you think Kuz is our worst player
Who cares about this ? He’s PPGOut of all the caps who have played at least 250 minutes kuzy is: last in cf%, ff%, sf%, xGF%, 2nd worst in hdcf%, and has a 1.030 PDO. This is not play you would expect from a player who is making top line money.
He is an empty calorie scorer who cant play defense, control possession or drive play at a high level. I dont think the Caps have any true bad players but Kuzy is absolutely not close to being one of the best.
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I wonder whether this would be a registered hit.
He is an empty calorie scorer who cant play defense, control possession or drive play at a high level. I dont think the Caps have any true bad players but Kuzy is absolutely not close to being one of the best.
Right... Because we actually have eyeballs.
He looks bad even to the eye test, do you watch him when he doesnt have the puck? The only player on the team more disengaged in the defensive zone is Ovechkin. Kuzy is lazy, yeah might have like 2 or 3 good rushes and some fancy passes in a game but that doesnt mean his overall contribution to the game is a net positive.
He looks bad even to the eye test, do you watch him when he doesnt have the puck? The only player on the team more disengaged in the defensive zone is Ovechkin. Kuzy is lazy, yeah might have like 2 or 3 good rushes and some fancy passes in a game but that doesnt mean his overall contribution to the game is a net positive.
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I believe that was the same year the advanced stats had the Caps as one of the worst teams...you know that year we won the CupExcept, you know, when he's nearly winning the Conn Smythe on his way to leading the Caps to a Stanley Cup. Apart from that he sucks at hockey.
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Well his role in the defensive zone is to be a lightning rod for transition to offense. He doesn't get scored on much and his "2 or 3 good rushes" (more like 7 or 8) regularly translate to goals so... he's literally very much a net positive
Just because he is supposed to be good doesnt excuse him being terrible defensively. There are tons of high end centers who can drive play well offensively while at least break even defensively. He has the worst net xG rates out of all the main Caps fowards and ranks 11th worst in the entire NHL in net xG rates. Now I don't think he is that bad because hes always been able to bend PDO in his favor but hes not worth his cap hit and hes not one of the better caps forwards.
Just because he is supposed to be good doesnt excuse him being terrible defensively. There are tons of high end centers who can drive play well offensively while at least break even defensively. He has the worst net xG rates out of all the main Caps fowards and ranks 11th worst in the entire NHL in net xG rates. Now I don't think he is that bad because hes always been able to bend PDO in his favor but hes not worth his cap hit and hes not one of the better caps forwards.
Having two centers that can put up PPG is almost a must in the NHL and not many teams have it. We do and so do the Pens and together we have won 3 of the last 4 cups. Kuzy could be better in his end but he puts up points and opens up lanes for players like Vrana and Oshie to score too.Just because he is supposed to be good doesnt excuse him being terrible defensively. There are tons of high end centers who can drive play well offensively while at least break even defensively. He has the worst net xG rates out of all the main Caps fowards and ranks 11th worst in the entire NHL in net xG rates. Now I don't think he is that bad because hes always been able to bend PDO in his favor but hes not worth his cap hit and hes not one of the better caps forwards.
I believe that was the same year the advanced stats had the Caps as one of the worst teams...you know that year we won the Cup