Usually half the year or more, but less during Covid. Tough on the family but things are looking up.
Player Discussion: Ehlers
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Usually half the year or more, but less during Covid. Tough on the family but things are looking up.
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Not sure, but I think he has passed Scheifele.
Its hard to make a direct comparison to Marner. Marner has fewer goals but quite a few more assists. Of course Marner plays with Matthews and we don't have a goal scorer like him. Or is Marner making him look better? Probably they each make the other look better. I don't think Marner does as many things well as Ehlers does. I don't think he backchecks as well and I've never seen Marner fight.I think it is fair to say that they are on the same tier. More than that would be tough without having them swap teams for 20-30 games.
Yeah Ehlers is my favourite player in the league but he hasn't shown the results that Marner has yet (e.g. 94-point season)
Ehlers at least seems to be taking a lead over Nylander finally, and he certainly has the potential to keep rocketing upwards.
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Potential maybe but I think this is probably about his peak, or very close to it. He may never match Marner's peak scoring numbers but that doesn't tell the whole story.
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Great post, and Chevy should tape it in Maurice's office. Ehlers should get maximum ice time on the Jets, equal to Scheifele, and more than Wheeler. Ehlers is starting to become recognized around the NHL for the great talent he is.
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Good post, but you have to factor in the facts here that Marner gets way more ice time, most of his points are assists ( like Wheeler) and he's feeding Mathews, who is a goal scoring machine.
Give Ehlers the same ice time, and we'll take a look. You also have to recognize Ehlers has the better shot, and Marner is more of a playmaker, so their different types of players. Goal scorers are coveted in the NHL tho. I think I'd rather have Ehlers straight up.
Ehlers is the best forward on the Jets and the best winger in the North Division.
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I agree with Ehlers on the point. With a very hard accurate shot, and his ability to rush the net, if a lane becomes open, he's a nightmare to defend against. I'm very happy to see Ehlers being used on the point. The other thing is that, if a guy breaks out, on an odd man rush, Ehlers has the speed to catch him, like he did with Marner last night.
I think Ehlers and Pionk would be a great pairing on the point on the power play.
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Ehlers is still under appreciated around the league.
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Sure but that's a weird way for a journalist to phrase that without providing any sources.
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I think the context was that Ehlers just made $10.9Mitch look like an aging, third-pairing defenceman.
Pretty sure it was due to some top 10 winger list that tsn or nhl came out with. Ehlers wasn't mentioned anywhere on it.
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Iirc there was an offseason top 20 wingers list that had Wheeler, Connor and Laine on it but not Ehlers
.Marner benefits tremendously from playing with Matthews, in the same way that Jari Kurri benefitted tremendously from playing with Gretzky. They're tremendous players, but being paired with a superstar scoring machine increases their point totals to a level that makes them look considerably better than they actually are.
So yeah, Marner will probably consistently outscore Ehlers, but no, Ehlers is a better player. This is not a slur against Marner.
So yeah, Marner will probably consistently outscore Ehlers, but no, Ehlers is a better player. This is not a slur against Marner.
I'm not 100% sure, because I don't recall if Billeck said anything about it at the time, but a couple of weeks ago with the deadline looming this was revealed:
I think that's from the Athletic. Sarah Civian, an anonymous NHL exec and a scout all say "Dallas says no" to Ehlers for Lindell.
Now I haven't watched Dallas in a long time and Lindell would probably be a good player to add to the Jets D, but what in the living f***?
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Ehlers won't be underappreciated for to long, as soon as that hi -lite reel of him stealing the puck from Marner, and scoring a "one handed" goal circulates around the league, and it will. Ehlers is also tied for 13 th place for points in the entire NHL. I believe he and Connor are also in the top 10 in the NHL for goals scored. That's pretty hard to go unnoticed. Ehlers is also about 2 years away from his prime yet at 27 years old.
He's making his presence felt around the league "right now."
