How is there not a JVR appreciation thread going?

[Dustin]

Anyway guy has had one hell of a season and has been smoking hot over the last couple of weeks. Who knows what next season holds but until then I have been quite pleased with his season this year.

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[Leafblooded]

Proxy Luke Schenn appreciation thread

 

[MyBudJT]

I don't know... why don't you create one

 

[IamruKusleaf]

Because nobody appreciates him lolololol
Just kidding bro

Sorry
ruKus calls it like I sees it!
GOooo F€£¥in LEAFS GOoooo!

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

He's fantastic. I love his game when he's playing like this

 

[White Shadow]

#100 on the top Leafs of all time.

 

[moon111]

Well he's been on for 81 goals for and 44 against. However 36 of them have been on the power-play. It leads his plus/minus to be -3. He's not any where close to all the goals scored against while Marleau has been on the ice, but perhaps has had easier opposition? I think it's a little hard to fall in love with someone who's leaving you.

 

[The List Of Jericho]

Anyway guy has had one hell of a season and has been smoking hot over the last couple of weeks. Who knows what next season holds but until then I have been quite pleased with his season this year.

I’ll appreciate it more in the playoffs

 

[moon111]

I’ll appreciate it more in the playoffs

Watching JVR in the playoffs last season, he really wasn't going to the net. If he had the puck, he was often shooting it from the boards. He wasn't going any deeper then the face-off circle and I think it was intentionally being done to compensate for his lack of speed. His scoring pace dropped, but his +/- went up. If he can manage to be an even player 5-on-5, he'll contribute on the PP.

 

[Leafs1993]

He is going to get paid good money come free agency.

 

[Squiffy]

I just keep thinking Adreychuk watching him this season. Andreychuk was better, at least when we had him which was later in the career so maybe jvr gets there later with the full game, but offensively he’s Andreychuk.

 

[Leafling]

He was scoring like he always does but these last 10 games or so he has just turned it up a notch, making good defensive plays, forechecking etc. He finally looks like the best player on that line and it is really boosting the whole team. All 3 lines are going strong and sooner or later plakenic will kick in too. Looking pretty good for now!!

 

[LeafsNation75]

At least the Leafs were smart enough not to trade JVR for some draft picks which could not help them for the remainder of the season and into the playoffs.

 

[Leafling]

He is going to get paid good money come free agency.

I feel it is just for that reason he has upped his game in the last month or so, or it may have been the injury to Matthews forcing him to take up some extra responsibility.
Either way he is looking great

 

[RayzorIsDull]

Because I read a few months earlier he's easily replaceable...... He doesn't deserve his own thread in that case.

 

[Duke Silver]

I think you have to sign him if the price is less than $6.5m.

He'll still have value 3-4 years from now... if you find yourself in a bind, turn him into draft picks.

 

[Pookie]

Anyway guy has had one hell of a season and has been smoking hot over the last couple of weeks. Who knows what next season holds but until then I have been quite pleased with his season this year.

It’s because he’s a scapegoat on this board for anything that goes wrong during the year.

The extreme positions taken by his critics are absurd.

You can’t appreciate a scapegoat.

 

[taurine330]

At least the Leafs were smart enough not to trade JVR for some draft picks which could not help them for the remainder of the season and into the playoffs.

Hindsight is 20-20.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Hindsight is 20-20.

I was one of those people who said don't trade him and use him as their own rental.

 

[meefer]

I was one of those people who said don't trade him and use him as their own rental.

I was one of those who said trade him. Maybe I was wrong. Regardless, kudos to him for scoring the way he has as we wind up the season. I hope he's able to continue this hot streak into the playoffs, while not hurting the team defensively.

 

[Confucius]

Hindsight is 20-20.

It certainly wasn't hindsight on managements side, in fact they had foresight.

Last nights panel mentioned if JVR can get to 40 goals, he'd be the only guy in the whole history of the nhl to score 40 while averaging less than 16 minutes of playing time per game.

That would put him in elite company...

 

[ShaneFalco]

At least the Leafs were smart enough not to trade JVR for some draft picks which could not help them for the remainder of the season and into the playoffs.

But not smart enough to trade him in the off-season. So now watch him walk for nothing

 

[ShaneFalco]

I think you have to sign him if the price is less than $6.5m.

He'll still have value 3-4 years from now... if you find yourself in a bind, turn him into draft picks.

He'll get a full NTC. Hell if Hyman can get a partial NTC......

 

[ShaneFalco]

He finally looks like the best player on that line and it is really boosting the whole team

Thing is, he should look that way most nights, and he does not. At all. Contract year people and his shooting % is high.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Apparently he’s close to setting a record for most goals scored per minutes played !