There can be valid concerns over handing out $49M to a guy before he's even played an entire season.Fiala had a measly good 3 months, and everyone thinks he's God's gift to hockey. Boldy had one bad month, and suddenly he sucks.
5v5 points:
This is a disingenuous argument. One player gets power play time and the other doesn't. You're also using career numbers instead of the last two seasons as directly comparable time frame.
It's absolutely not disingenuous unless you actually think Gaudreau is some PP genius in waiting that just hasn't had the opportunity yet
It's 100% disingenuous. You're using points as the meter to judge these players, but you're not comparing their usage at all.
Because Boldy is not a sniper, he's a playmaker who can shoot also. Boldy needs a shooter on his line and he doesn't have one, thus he makes plays that his linemates fail to cash in on more often than not, and he's not a good enough shooter to carry the sole weight as the shooter on his line.
At least we can agree that Boldy's shot is sub par at best.
Last season when Boldy didn't have 2 drag 2/3rds dead weight, he had 12g, 17a, 29pts in 47 games 5v5. Freddy on the same line with Fiala most of the season and then still when Boldy arrived? 12g, 22a, 34pts in 76 games 5v5.
Not the dissenting voice at all. I agree with everything you mention. This was not a bad game, regardless how it's spun.
It's interesting how that dead weight has the same or more points than Boldy this year when compared on level ground.
You're flat out missing the point with posts like these. You're creating an argument that I don't care about and I'm not making (Gaudreau -> power play).
Gaudreau is being doubly elevated at that point where as Fiala and Boldy only have each other and a dead weight center.
No, I just forgot he got bumped to the top unit after Zucc got injured down the stretch, prior to that he was mostly 2nd unit with some stints on the top... which was why he had 45mins of TOI on the PP with Freddy who was centering the 2nd unit and 57mins with Ek who was centering the top unit.
You keep bringing up age like it matters. It doesn't. You brought up last season because it fit your narrative better with Fiala boosting his stats while Gaudreau played babysitter. I brought stats from the present as my initial argument.
Again, I don't care about the power play time. I'm not advocating for Gaudreau to be on the power play. These posts are side distractions to the real conversation.
Boldy hasn't been much of a threat on the power play recently. He's got three assists in his last 12 games. Two of those are secondary. That's the entirety of his offense since January 28th.
Disagree. There are plenty of players in the league that bring a shot and not much else. Give Boldy someone who can shoot, he can be the best player on the line and rack up the points you're looking for.
