Diamonddog01
Diamond in the rough
He now has 1 goal in his last 12 games. (or 3 goals in 25 games)
Can you fellers now at least entertain the idea that JV has not changed much as far has his play with the puck goes?
I still maintain that he had puck luck to start the season and was riding a high from that.
His play away from the puck has IMO improved even if his on ice shot stats don't reflect that when comparing to last years numbers.
I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. He was obviously scoring on some fluke shots, but I also absolutely feel that his offensive zone play has improved. Unfortunately he's been unlucky lately. Case in point was a few games ago when he was in the offensive zone and sends a pass to the pinching defenceman. Who in that case sadly happened to be Gudbranson - he looked to pass it again and then shoots a muffin into the goalie. It was a good pass and one he previously would not have made. It should've resulted in a much better scoring chance then it did. I've noticed a few plays like this - and of course you have to look at the fact that the team has just stopped scoring of late too.