Player Discussion Kevin Fiala

[57special]

Kunin is an average physical specimen for the NHL. I don't fault his willingness, but he doesn't intimidate anyone.

Greenway is a beast, even at the NHL level. He is already intimidating, but once he fills out and gets better skating he will be even more so.

Kunin was a captain in junior and in college. That's nice, and he appears to have a really good attitude, but I need to see a lot more from him before I even think of naming him a NHL captain.

 

[DANOZ28]

i cant wait to see if fiala & kaprizov can turn this team into a force. improved goaltending and fix our future C issues and lookout nhl here we come. i see kunin as a utility 20G scorer vs greenway a beast 15G 3rd liner. lets keep both and call it a day.

 

[57special]

We need a top C, pronto.

 

[2Pair]

We need a top C, pronto.

Need an NHL level goaltender even more so.

 

[Spurgeon]

Need an NHL level goaltender even more so.

Kaapo has shown promise. Between him, Robson, and Jones, I think we'll have our solution. If we can get a fill-in on a 2-year deal, I wouldn't hate it, but I don't see any of the "top" guys going for that.

 

[2Pair]

Kaapo has shown promise. Between him, Robson, and Jones, I think we'll have our solution. If we can get a fill-in on a 2-year deal, I wouldn't hate it, but I don't see any of the "top" guys going for that.

It would be great if one of the kids could become the guy, but they're still going to need somebody for next year.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Excited to see this guy against the Canucks!

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Hockey porn.

 

[Al Lagoon]

Great vid - thankful for all the road feeds. Was dreading listening to Anthony yelling "SCOOOOORRRE" 23 times. That goal against Colorado still wows.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

That goal against Nashville was disgusting. Guy is a big game player. When there’s a big moment, he tends to step up. There’s a reason why he already has 2 playoff OT winners and the team he’s scored the most goals against (it’s a tie actually) is... Nashville. Game breaker

 

[BagHead]

Great vid - thankful for all the road feeds. Was dreading listening to Anthony yelling "SCOOOOORRRE" 23 times. That goal against Colorado still wows.

I've set up that audio for my bedroom. The wife is not a fan.

 

[Minnesnota]

That goal against Nashville was disgusting. Guy is a big game player. When there’s a big moment, he tends to step up. There’s a reason why he already has 2 playoff OT winners and the team he’s scored the most goals against (it’s a tie actually) is... Nashville. Game breaker

The Detroit backhander and the 2nd to last goal of that video were just disgusting too.

Just a filthy hockey player.

 

[Empire2k5]

Can't wait to see more Kevin Fiala soon

 

[Hall of Faber]

Haven’t watched much since the trade for him.

Wow, he has the most lethal wrister we have ever had. Major threat in outnumbered situations. Exciting. We have never had player like this.

 

[Webster]

Let's hope Fiala still got that spark, been a long time without hockey.

I wonder if all the players are in good shape, but I understand they'll have a small training camp first.

 

[57special]

Fiala has been training in Sweden, so he should be ok. JEE and Brodin were born in shape, so no worries there.

One thing i like about Fiala is that he is a puck thief. If "steals' were a NHL stat, he'd be a league leader. The guy doesn't just wait for the puck to come to him, unlike many offensive players. I'll put up with the odd giveaway of he continues to work hard.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

The question for me isn’t if Fiala still has it. I have no doubts that he’ll be a serviceable 1st liner for the foreseeable future. The question is if he can continue to build on his last 5 months of ~ppg hockey and be the 80-90 point player he so obviously has the skill to be

 

[Sarge58]

He has a lethal backhand too. If he is as mentally prepared as he is physically he'll be just fine.

 

[TaLoN]

Haven’t watched much since the trade for him.

Wow, he has the most lethal wrister we have ever had. Major threat in outnumbered situations. Exciting. We have never had player like this.

He has a very good wrister, but it's still not as good as Gaborik's was.

Fiala just has more overall tools to work with as well.

 

[SMTHook]

I can only fill my Fiala addiction with NHL 2020. If NHL 2020 has any credibility, 100pt seasons should become the norm.

 

[57special]

I don't see Fiala scoring 80 points w/o a better C. Staal was terrific in his day, but even then he was more of a scorer than setup man. Prime Koivu would've been a great match for him, alas.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I don't see Fiala scoring 80 points w/o a better C. Staal was terrific in his day, but even then he was more of a scorer than setup man. Prime Koivu would've been a great match for him, alas.

He paced it for the better part of 5 months. If he’s given all the prime scoring opportunities (overtime, power play, 4-3, 20 mins a night) he should have no trouble reaching it. It’s not like he needs others to create for him.

 

[57special]

Let's see what happens once other teams start to key on him.

 

[2Pair]

Let's see what happens once other teams start to key on him.

Let's see what happens when he gets to play actual top 6 minutes with an actual top 6 winger on the other side.

 

[Minnesnota]

It's okay to let yourself be excited for a player. I understand tempering expectations, but Fiala was pacing a point-per-game from November 1st on while getting middle-six minutes.