OT: Favourite Player #10

[Turin]

You mean where he was supposed to decline?

Not bad for being ages 35/36 with back to back 17 goals and 40 point efforts finished off with back to back years at 37 Pens/38 Tampa with 9 goals Pens/13 goals Tampa and 29 point seasons.

I think ruling on Kunitz for being in his later years, as downers, don't fully appreciate what he's done.

Let me put it this way, Kunitz was a factor in all three runs that resulted in cups.

2009: 1 goal 13 assists and 14 points
2016: 4 goals 8 assists and 12 points
2017: 2 goals 9 assists and 11 points

Does that look like a guy who hurt his standing where it counts most?

One word to describe the Kunitz debate is, irrational.

He spent 3 years being really bad on the first line. It’s not really his fault he declined, but hockey fandom is about entertainment and he was the opposite of that from late 2014 to 17. He did pick his game up for the playoffs.

 

[dogthateats]

To the poll or the IR?

Haha. I don’t rate my favorites strictly by their achievements on the ice. He always had a great sense of humor about his injuries on social media and in interviews. I think he is very likable even though we didn’t get to see him play much. Especially over guys like Cooke and Whitney.

 

[Ugene Magic]

He spent 3 years being really bad on the first line. It’s not really his fault he declined, but hockey fandom is about entertainment and he was the opposite of that from late 2014 to 17. He did pick his game up for the playoffs.

 

[DegenX]

To the poll or the IR?

 

[Konstantin Koltsov]

Someone else voted for Ruutu! Nice!

 

[Gurglesons]

You mean where he was supposed to decline?

Not bad for being ages 35/36 with back to back 17 goals and 40 point efforts finished off with back to back years at 37 Pens/38 Tampa with 9 goals Pens/13 goals Tampa and 29 point seasons.

I think ruling on Kunitz for being in his later years, as downers, don't fully appreciate what he's done.

Let me put it this way, Kunitz was a factor in all three runs that resulted in cups.

2009: 1 goal 13 assists and 14 points
2016: 4 goals 8 assists and 12 points
2017: 2 goals 9 assists and 11 points

Does that look like a guy who hurt his standing where it counts most?

One word to describe the Kunitz debate is, irrational.

People were upset about him scoring the OT ECF goal.