Speed and shot are all he has....Never a fan ,just far too soft everywhere else
It's pretty much the perfect time for the Sens to bring in a player like him with so many young players on the team.Boston should take him. Ottawa... not really the right time and place for what he brings?
Hall is the better version of him,but I wouldnt sign him either...They both one dimensional ,if they arent scoring what else do they really do??
Good lord, he's not soft. Like, not at all. He battles really hard. Speed and shot... well, he has them, but they go in the net at a bit of a streaky rate. But his effort and competitiveness is beyond reproach. I don't think you've ever seen Smith play.
Maybe not Smith but Hoffman is one I seen first hand in Ottawa...Maybe he has gotten better over the years but he doesnt drive his line and will want to be paid like he doesGood lord, he's not soft. Like, not at all. He battles really hard. Speed and shot... well, he has them, but they go in the net at a bit of a streaky rate. But his effort and competitiveness is beyond reproach. I don't think you've ever seen Smith play.
Correction: his production has disappeared in recent playoff runs. But he is always giving the same effort. He doesn't "disappear"... except from the score sheet. Which he is liable to do in any 20-game sample at any point in any season, playoffs or otherwise.
Think Sweeney's starting to learn from his contract mistakes? Nah, you are prob right.
An under performing forward that hasn't hit 40 points since 2016?I disagree Sheppy - depending on the $$ Craig Smith would be a very nice addition for the Bruins.
He might have played left wing to Johansen and Arvidsson for couple of games when Forsberg was injured or something, but other than that he's played RW like....always?
Oh gosh, no. Smith is a complementary player to be sure and no line driver. At $4M for a #2/3 RW he was... adequate... for Nashville. He worked hard, sometimes scored. Usually in bunches and then went cold for stretches. Works all the danger areas. He was a good RW for Turris and for Bonino. You couldn't really ask for anything more from him than he already brought. I think the only reason the Preds have let him go is that basically we are looking for "change for change's sake"... it has been some raw times for us lately, and Smith's contract just happens to be up at a bad time. But he's a solid player. He has no upside. He has no downside. He is just about exactly what his scoring totals indicate. except you want to color that with the fact that the stats come in streaks and his compete level stays constant.
Yep and thats fine but I would take a smaller priced 20 goal forward that works his tail off every shift...Than a player like Hoffman
Yeah, he's a RW. I guess any half-talented forward can fill in just about anywhere, maybe once in a while he has for us, but he has been pretty much exclusively RW for us.
