... against left handers in night games in July at National League parks with attendance over 32,364 that were televised on ESPN...
Well, that's your problem right there then: I wasn't using it as a projection. He hasn't been great so far. Ok, not great. He hasn't played at any level long enough to have much of a book. If you're going to announce the guy as a potential stud, hey, it's your analysis so do what you want with it. I'm just pointing out I don't think there's much to support it. There's not much to denounce it, either... but that's kind of the point with young players. Citing 'track record' when there isn't much track can be problematic.
that's the same thing with all young goalies and players, limited track record. but based on what vasi has done for far in international competitions, KHL, AHL and NHL, it's pretty likely that he will be a damn good goalie.
can you name one goalie like vasilevksiy and his track record so far who in the past 10 years or so hasn't become a very good goalie? what vasi has done so far is pretty exceptional. it's likely that he will become and exceptional goalie based on that and his skillset. same as it was/is that mcdavid will become one of the best players, if not the best in the league.
but i think it was you who originally brought up his numbers to cite that he likely won't be nothing more than a replacement goalie. can you name goalies who had as good numbers in the same age and didn't become more than replacement goalies?
not just my analysis either. it's based on lot of people's opinions, some who are pretty respected people in scouting/hockey in general.
So, you're saying Yzerman is so good he's on his last coach before he gets canned?
you might want to read that again.
I see. So, good offers don't count. Bad offers do count. Got it.
Well, hang on a second. Now I'm confused. I thought good moves don't count because any GM could do them, but bad moves do count because they're mistakes? Weird. It's like the standards are shifting around here or something based on who you're talking about.
good offer/move is not the same as joke/move offer and/or something that everyone with a brain can make. parise offer was more of a bad move if he actually wanted to sign the guy badly (i don't think he did). based on holland's track record of signings/offers he's made the past 5 years or so (suter, parise, brunner, samuelsson, tootoo, filppula, andersson, weiss, niskanen, boyle, gilbert, robidas, green, richards and maybe some others i'm forgetting).. there's way too much bad stuff there. compare that to yzerman.
That's just an issue of you being unfamiliar with what I've said regarding Holland. Not a big deal.
sure, that must be it.
Kronwall
Dekeyser
Quincey
Smith
Kindl
Lashoff
Brewer
Hedman
Kubina
Bergeron
Clark
Bunch of dudes
I don't know about that.
the list below has one top 5 defenseman. the above list has 4. or change that criteria to NHL defenseman or whatever. best player is on tampa but they had nothing else.