Career years for Hedman and Kucherov
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RegularSznAllStars
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Two absolutely amazing seasons for these two. Among the best I have seen from anyone wearing a bolts jersey.
Sustr also had a career year, as in a career worst -10. Friggin bum is the reason we missed the playoffs. If he was just a -9 we'd be in, that 1 extra goal he was on the ice for at some point during the season is the reason we missed the playoffs. I hope I never have to see that disgrace in a Lightning sweater ever again.
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Now that the season is officially over, my perspective has shifted slightly. While I won't soon get over the bad play, I'll remember this season mainly for the performances of our two all-stars down the stretch. We got to witness some pretty special performances that're undoubtedly going to age well. I hope Kuch and Hedman spend at least a day or two relaxing during the off-season because they've earned it.
LightningStrikes
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So just imagine Stamkos was healthy this season. How many goals (especially on the PP) and points would Kucherov have gotten? I think this is a question we have to ask, as awesome as Kuch's season has been, Stammer's injury made it all possible for him to become the go-to guy.
VoluntaryDom
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that will never get old lol
VoluntaryDom
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Hose, you seem to alternate between two people.
1. Sustr is a bum, Dotchin is a top-4 defenseman (which I agree with)
2. Sustr is a 4/5 D, Dotchin is too unproven to be a top-4 (I disagree)
VoluntaryDom
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Him, Burns and Karlsson will be the finalists. I'd vote Sustr.
if you don't realize this is sarcasm then what are you doing with your life?
Vasilevskiy
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This is a snap shot of the NHL wide stats at the point of the Stamkos injury. They were both dominating at the same time, on the same line. Go look at highlights from the games at the beginning of the season.
http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?agg...r=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists
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Actually, considering we missed by one point, it is certainly plausible that one goal that Sustr was on the ice for is a cause-in-fact for us not being in the playoffs.
Hictor Vedman*
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I don't think it would change much. If anything, Kucherov would have had more goals and assists, especially since Stamkos is SO good with his looks.
Just using these two as a comparison, McDavid had 30 goals, 100 points. Draisaitl had 29 goals, 77 assists.
Now I'm not saying Kuch and Stamkos would have that kind of chemistry. I'm just saying that both of those guys are very good players, and despite that, they're equal goal scorers, but there is clearly a better player between the two.
I'd love to see Stamkos center Kucherov and see which player has the higher offensive output.
I really hope we let Tyler Johnson go.
Losing Stamkos might actually have helped Kucherov's production. He turned into the undisputed "go-to" guy on the PP, and the PP started clicking hardcore with the Hedman-Kucherov connection. Not sure we would have seen that if Stamkos had stayed healthy.
