Is Morin Top 6 worthy a Year from now?

[CallMeShaft]

Jeremy Morin will presumably play in our bottom six for the 2014-15 season, but with the cap crunch looming, an open spot may open in the top 6 for the 2015-16 season.

Do you feel that Morin will elevate his game enough to be in our top 6 a year from now, or do you believe he'll be kept mostly on the third/forth line.

Also, do you feel he has as much upside as a player like Saad?

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[HockeySauce]

No, I don't think he'll be in the Hawks top-6 a year from now and no, he doesn't have Saad's upside.

Offensively, he could be a 25G guy in the NHL.. but he will never be able to impact the game like Saad does with his speed and two-way play.

 

[here come the]

Voted no. Think he'll be a very effective third line player for his career. And the only possible way he'd be a top 6 winger a year from now is if Sharp is traded, which isn't a guarantee.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I don't see him displacing Sharp, Kane, Hossa or Saad anytime soon.

 

[Taze em]

No, I don't think he'll be in the Hawks top-6 a year from now and no, he doesn't have Saad's upside.

Offensively, he could be a 25G guy in the NHL.. but he will never be able to impact the game like Saad does with his speed and two-way play.

A 25G winger is for sure a top 6 player. I think a lot of people here have a very distorted view of what a top 6 player looks like. There were only 50 25G scorers last year. That's less than 2 per team.

He was our best corsi players played 250 minutes and scored 5 goals with a regular sh%. Very small sample size but that extrapolates out to 30G. To me, he is on his way to be Sharps replacement that can bring 80% of what Sharp produces. His shot is phenomenal. If his skating stays where it was late last year he'll be a hell of a player.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Scoring at a thirty goal pace and potting thirty are two very different things.

 

[Taze em]

Scoring at a thirty goal pace and potting thirty are two very different things.

He doesn't need to pot 30. He can score 20 and be a top 6 forward. I think he'll get 15-20 this year on the 3rd/4th line.

If he was put with Toews and Hossa or Kane next year, he's scoring 25-30. Too good of a shot and too good in front of the net to not.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Hey I'm a big fan of Morin and wanted him playing regularly awhile ago. He certainly has second line potential but I don't see him playing that role here anytime soon.

 

[slappipappi]

I think the answer is "maybe", but I expect that Sharp will be gone next year as Chicago remains younger and cheaper.

Morin has the skills to play top 6 on any team.

I expect he will eventually get that chance with Chicago.

 

[topnotch]

He doesn't need to pot 30. He can score 20 and be a top 6 forward. I think he'll get 15-20 this year on the 3rd/4th line.

If he was put with Toews and Hossa or Kane next year, he's scoring 25-30. Too good of a shot and too good in front of the net to not.

Without PP time and 3rd-4th line minutes, if Morin scores 10 goals that would be nice. There is no way he is scoring 20 with that role on the team.

Kane didn't score 20 ES goals last year (granted in 69 games, but you get the point).

 

[ColdSteel2]

Morin is exactly what our PP has needed for a long time, a shoot first guy with a good shot.

 

[Taze em]

Without PP time and 3rd-4th line minutes, if Morin scores 10 goals that would be nice. There is no way he is scoring 20 with that role on the team.

Kane didn't score 20 ES goals last year (granted in 69 games, but you get the point).

Ben Smith scored 14 last season and Morin has outscored him when they were on the same team. Plus a Morin Kruger Smith line will work a lot better offensively than they ever did with BOllig.

 

[x Tame Impala]

I've said this before but the kid looks like a scorer. I always envisioned him (with my minuscule prospect knowledge) as a Sharp/Hossa replacement as they get older and slip into a more middle-6 role or if we ever traded one of them.

 

[Sevanston]

I don't think he'll be a top six player for the Hawks, but I think he will be one in the NHL in a few years.

 

[klassic]

He seems like a tweener. 2/3 depending on the team. I think his best fit with the Hawks is 3rd line. But with a less talented team he would likely be a 2nd line player in a year or 2.

 

[ChiGuySez]

Probably not but who knows. If Morin plays LW, thats Sharp, Saad and Bickell ahead of him.

 

[ManChild20]

To echo what many have said, I think he has 2nd line potential but not on the Hawks. I think he has the ability to be a great 3rd line guy much like Shaw and Smith. I hope he can bring some physicality to the hawks that they have been lacking. If he scores 20 goals this year I'll be more than thrilled. I don't see him on the same level as Saad.

The only way I see him as a Top 6 guy on the Hawks is if they think he meshes well with those guys ala Bickell and Saad in his rookie year.

 

[BlackhawksHawkey]

For whatever reason I see Morin becoming a servicable Sharp replacement if he stays here. I'd like to see him get some time in at top six if/when a LW injury hits this year

 

[EbonyRaptor]

I believe Morin can be a top-6 winger - IF he's given the opportunity. With the likelihood of Sharp being traded next summer pretty high, someone is going to need to take his place in the top-6 and I think Morin probably has as good a chance as any other player on the roster and better than most.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I think that's TT's spot to lose.

 

[CallMeShaft]

I think that's TT's spot to lose.

TT will likely be our 2nd line center, if we have to part with Sharp next year, we'd be losing a spot on LW. I feel that's the spot Morin could be in the running for.

 

[Central PA Hawk Fan]

I like Morin and everything, but a Sharp replacement? No way. He'll be a scoring grinder type, he's got a good shot that will keep him productive, but I don't see the top end skill like a Sharp or Hossa, or even Saad. He's a solid player, but I think he gets a little overrated due to everyone's anti-Q bias.

 

[Easton Modano Curve]

Will have to see how his shot and goal scoring ability translate to the NHL over an extended period of time. Because he doesn't have the skating ability of a top-6er...at least not in this organization. See him as a solid 3rd liner on the Hawks.

 

[clydesdale line]

I don't think he'll be a top six player for the Hawks, but I think he will be one in the NHL in a few years.

Agreed 100%. Kid is just too talented not to. I've always thought he was a mini Sharp in the making.

 

[Bubba88]

he has the potential for sure