"Way way too early to tell if he's a legitimate building block."
That's a direct quote from my post. It's literally exactly the same meaning as the other post.
If JVR had come out guns blazing and had scored in every game I'd still be erring on the side of caution, because it's WAY TOO EARLY TO TELL, which is the same as "it's a bit difficult to gauge consistency in a 5-game sample size".
small sample size = way too early to tell.
I can't believe how ridiculous posters on here are. Ahhhhh you said he historically has consistency issues! Therefore you think he's terrible and will forever be terrible! Ahhhhh!....yea. that's clearly what I said.
He does have a lot of potential, and in the long run could be our top line LW.
One thing I noticed looking at the season stats, JVR is only a year and a half older then Kadri. I'm guessing there is still a lot of development left in him. I wonder how much PHI trusted their AHL coaches to not let him develop a year or two down there.
What happened to our new skating coach Barb Underhill? She could possibly do wonders for JvR.
Building blocks, although many so called expert will disagree:
Kessel
Phaneuf
Gardiner
Rielly
JVR
possibly Kadri if he continues to develop
time will tell if Lupul, Frattin can be core pieces
you wait on Biggs, Percy, Ashton, Colborne, Ross, and other young player -- hoping one emerges as a core piece.
MacArthur
Liles
Gunnarson
Franson
Komi
Bozak
are all tradable because they have established their value and aren't getting better.
Grabo is tradable in the right deal because he is also fully developed.
Hopefully Reimer can return to form and become a key piece.
Kessel redundant.All snipers are streaky.Problem is Lupul injury....doh.