Drivesaitl
Finding Hyman
Yep, this is why you don't just look at a stat sheet to evaluate a player, like Lucic and Strome as well. The scoring numbers aren't very stout for a lot of these guys (non-existent in Strome's case) but they are all playing very good 2 way hockey, keeping the puck moving in the right direction and causing havoc for the opposition.
Actually Yammys game was suspect 200 ft today. On multiple chances he was caught deep, had no NZ presence today, was cheating for offense, didn't get any and got scored against. Also a goal post against.
His all round game, considering he's 153lbs, and stuggles in puck battle and getting pucks out is being oversold here.
If we rewind a bit people were faulting Draisaitl for not getting production going with yama. Well, now the topline isn't getting any production from Yama. Buzzing isn't enough. Plus he was a fly on the wall 3 times today. Kid has a lot of gumption, and a lot of try, but its a results based business and this is no Datsyuk we're talking about here.
Whether he can be that stalward pesky defender is a different matter but today he took himself out of position to even be that in NZ. Against a club that tends to own transition.