unicornpig
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He's better as a winger. But sure, use him as a C- on your second line. He was shoehorned into the 1C role and couldn't do any of the things that role requires besides ride shotgun to two much better players. That's a big reason why the Blues are not playing hockey today.
If Blues fans want to believe he's a 1C, that's cool. They are only fooling themselves, and again not well as their lack of success this year has shown. But it is what it is and no other team really minds.
blues wont go far if schenn is there 1c.
blues wont go far if schenn is there 1c.
is that a question or a statement.
I think it's just [posters] making these statements because they are upset that blues fans are unwilling to part with their bluechip prospects and top pairing young dman for old centers with long contracts and one center who will cost an arm, a leg, probably a torso too. Especially if they are picking on schenn as the source of the blues woesSchenn just had the best offensive season by a full-time Blues center since Pierre Turgeon (seriously, look it up). He was first on the team in points and outplayed Tarasenko on a nightly basis. Him as our 1C isn't why we missed the playoffs. The problems were that the Blues had a first line, a third line, and two fourth lines. Meanwhile the powerplay was ranked 30th out of 31, and Jake Allen rolled out his second consecutive midseason meltdown. That's why the Blues are on the outside looking in, not Brayden Schenn.
The team very much needs another Top 6 center, but it's not because Schenn didn't carry his weight. He was the best forward on the team this year.
I'm sorry not every team can have a crosby, toews, kopitar on their team. Some teams have great centers and never make finals, like edm with mcdavid, NYI with tavares, tor mathews, ect. It's funny cause the blues have been further western conference finals with a 2c of Paul statsny playing 1c. Now we have a legit 70pt 1c player in schenn and your knocking us. Telling us we need to trade our second best d and 2-3 bluechip proses and a first for maybe 1 or 2 good years. The rest being decline years. No thank you.look at the past 2-3 decades of stanley cup winners and there 1c, is schenn close to any of those players? crazy that this has to be explained.......
look at the past 2-3 decades of stanley cup winners and there 1c, is schenn close to any of those players? crazy that this has to be explained.......
I never thought Toews was all that great. Solid 1C just not an elite level. That team was led a lot by Kane and a solid D core with a good ability to move the puck up quickly. The other winners of LA and PITT. Wel Pitt has Sidney Crosby, that's not exactly repeatable unless you are able to somehow draft him ( that's not even mentioning Malkin, Kessel and solid solid goaltending).
LA while they had Kopitar, Quick was also all world. So maybe pinpoint that instead of arguing on threads of Schenn isn't a good enough center. I won't disagree Schenn isn't exactly all situations, he has a few mental deficiencies as well. If you think he was driven by two better players on his wing (sorry if that wasn't you who said so) you did not watch Tarasenko whatsoever this year. He wasn't good at his bread and butter which is shooting. Jaden Schwartz on the other hand is Jaden Schwartz, he's extremely effective in all situations just a bit injury prone. It was their chemistry that helped a lot.
Regardless, pinpointing Schenn as the issue is ludicrous, we have our issues... a 70 point center who works his tail off is not the issue.
I hate the notion of centers are the main piece you need for a Stanley Cup. Look at EDM it's a whole team effort and a lot has to do with your goalie standing on his head and the team playing competitively and consistently for the long haul. Those are also two issue we had this year, which shows why we are not in the playoffs... by 1 point.
LOL hindsight is 20/20. where did i say he driven by better players. reading comprehension is hard i guess. yes, having a 1c is not the only prerequisite of winning the cup, but like i said earlier its one of the prerequisites and a pretty important one. I'm merely commenting on a blues fans saying they have a 1c already. no one is discrediting a schenn just stating that he is not a player that will lead the team to a cup as the 1c........................ get it?
SamSteelFan4Ever said:He was shoehorned into the 1C role and couldn't do any of the things that role requires besides ride shotgun to two much better players. That's a big reason why the Blues are not playing hockey today.
LOL hindsight is 20/20. where did i say he driven by better players. reading comprehension is hard i guess. yes, having a 1c is not the only prerequisite of winning the cup, but like i said earlier its one of the prerequisites and a pretty important one. I'm merely commenting on a blues fans saying they have a 1c already. no one is discrediting a schenn just stating that he is not a player that will lead the team to a cup as the 1c........................ get it?
LOL hindsight is 20/20. where did i say he driven by better players. reading comprehension is hard i guess. yes, having a 1c is not the only prerequisite of winning the cup, but like i said earlier its one of the prerequisites and a pretty important one. I'm merely commenting on a blues fans saying they have a 1c already. no one is discrediting a schenn just stating that he is not a player that will lead the team to a cup as the 1c........................ get it?
Tarasenko and Kopi on a line together would be insane.
As of this very moment, there have only been 4 players to score 90 or more points and win the Selke in the same season (Troy Murray - 1986, Doug Gilmour - 1993, Sergei Fedorov - 1994 and 1996, Pavel Datsyuk - 2008 and 2009). Kopitar will probably be the 5th and in my opinion, he should become the 2nd player in NHL history to do accomplish this feat and win the MVP in the same season (Sergei Fedorov - 1994).
This is how good of a season Kopitar had, to put it in a historical perspective.
Now, think of what it should take to trade for a player of that magnitude.