The Athletic - Boston FLUTO: The best under-the-radar free-agent signing in the league?

[Fenway]

Hard to argue with this

The best under-the-radar free-agent signing in the league?

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[BruinsBtn]

Whats so crazy about this is that his advanced stats last year were putrid.

He's the same guy so I think it says something about advanced stats in general.

At the same time, he really sucked in the preseason and first 10 games so maybe it was coaching, chemistry and confidence.

In any case, he has been great and gettinf better every week.

 

[22Brad Park]

Whats so crazy about this is that his advanced stats last year were putrid.

He's the same guy so I think it says something about advanced stats in general.

At the same time, he really sucked in the preseason and first 10 games so maybe it was coaching, chemistry and confidence.

In any case, he has been great and gettinf better every week.

He hits hard and works hard with semi decent skills.End of the day exactly what this team needed.Huge upgrade over Schaller.

 

[smithformeragent]

The diamond in the rough

 

[Smitty93]

I wonder how much it's changed in the past 12 games when he's scored almost half his goals on the year.

Might be worth trying something like this when the forwards are all healthy (knocks on wood):

Marchand-Bergeron-Heinen
DeBrusk-Krejci-Pastrnak
Johansson-Coyle-Wagner
Kuraly-Acciari-Backes

 

[veganbruin]

Works hard for everything he gets points wise. Not much natural talent but plenty of intangibles. Perfect 4th liner.

 

[BMC]

He's certainly been on a roll lately, it is fun to watch him score goals.

 

[sarge88]

Whats so crazy about this is that his advanced stats last year were putrid.

He's the same guy so I think it says something about advanced stats in general.

At the same time, he really sucked in the preseason and first 10 games so maybe it was coaching, chemistry and confidence.

In any case, he has been great and gettinf better every week.

Without getting an unwanted, smarmy tutorial from the advanced stats crowd....the bolded is exactly how I feel.