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- Jul 27, 2010
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Datsyuk never played with Gus. You can look a year prior to that with those same two players. They were getting the best out of the two of them. Even when they were down, Abdelkader was performing well. Top nine wingers included Tatar, Nyquist, and Abdelkader, who's numbers ****ing dropped at insane rates with Blash coming in. Gus went from a 30 goal guy, had a career year with Leggy and Franzen as his centre to a single digit scorer.
You keep pointing out to Zetterberg and Datsyuk, which is fair, but Zetterberg has been broken for five years. Datsyuk played the same amount of games in 14/15 as he did in 15/16. Played more in 15/16 actually and had 16 less points.
Blash is a terrible coach. He needs to go. I realize these guys aren't great but I think we can get more out of them. Gustav Nyquist is 27 years old. He should currently be in his prime with his style. ****ing 4 goals.
I'd definitely like to see Nyquist and Tatar be more productive than they have been. Just look at my avatar if you have any doubts on that. But I don't think they forgot how to play hockey or anything. I think we get this team good again and all of a sudden like magic they look like good top 6 wingers once again. I'm much more concerned with a roster overhaul than a coaching change or a system change.
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Tatar and Nyquist will only thrive when surrounded by better, more skilled, players. It wouldn't surprise me if they were to go play on a second line on one of the better teams that they would easily put up 60+ points. If you depend on them to drive play, you're kinda screwed. As fun as watching Tatar fire pucks into shin pads and Nyquist float around, reluctant to shoot is...
Yeah, totally agree.