Le Magnifique 66
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He was really only good on the PP for Boston in 17-18, where he was putting up an unsustainable 2nd assist rate on the PP.
Are you suggesting Crosby's secondary assists are in danger now?
He was really only good on the PP for Boston in 17-18, where he was putting up an unsustainable 2nd assist rate on the PP.
His analytics on the chart McCurdy posted in 2020 show that he was absolute lethal at generating high danger chances on the PP.
On top of his... odd... season in Boston he put up some pretty damned good numbers in NCAA (Denver) and led his team in scoring both seasons he played so that's at least a little fascinating.
I think the best way to describe him is call him a McCann-lite type of player that could bounce back into being a McCann type of player. He was a Jared McCann caliber player when he played in Boston.
Kinda jack of all trades type that can be used in a variety of roles. He's a guy that probably slides in with Carter and either McGinn or Rodrigues when healthy.
I think the best way to describe him is call him a McCann-lite type of player that could bounce back into being a McCann type of player. He was a Jared McCann caliber player when he played in Boston.
Kinda jack of all trades type that can be used in a variety of roles. He's a guy that probably slides in with Carter and either McGinn or Rodrigues when healthy.
Whatever signing. 4th line fodder preventing any young players getting into the lineup
He doesn't have McCann's shot.
He's more like a Simon, imo. Better of course, good passsr, responsible defensively, soft.
Yeah I didn't mean exactly like McCann, just meant the general framework of "jack of all trades 3rd liner". I think Simon is a good player type comparison for him, he's a 3rd line version of Simon that could bounce back into a decent middle-6 version of him.
He seems vanilla. Nice to have as versatile depth up and down the lineup but I’ll be pretty surprised if he becomes a permanent fixture on a well functioning, successful line.
A playmaking winger that has the defensive game to play tough matchups? That sounds like pretty much exactly what a winger for Carter should be. A McGinn-Carter-Heinen 3rd line looks really damn good to me, both as a line that can play tough minutes and also chip in some offense.
Whatever signing. 4th line fodder preventing any young players getting into the lineup
Apparently he is definitely a winger. Goodbye ZAR? Unless they want a ZAR-Blueger-Heinen line that is extremely vanilla and also just doesn’t really get scored on.
I think the lineup right now is:
Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
Zucker-Malkin-Kapanen
McGinn-Carter-Heinen
ZAR-Blueger-Rodrigues
Which really doesn't look bad to me.
I think the lineup right now is:
Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
Zucker-Malkin-Kapanen
McGinn-Carter-Heinen
ZAR-Blueger-Rodrigues
Which really doesn't look bad to me.