Schiefele does not need to win the scoring title ... all the Jet fans know what a superstar he is.
I would rather have him hold the Stanley Cup than holding an Art Ross trophy.
What's with Jet fans wanting individual awards anyways?
Who cares ... nobody remembers who the 2014-15 Art Ross winner was but they remember the LA Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2014-15 season.
Agree Scheif could be playing better right now but i wouldn't want him on any other team than our Jets . He's still one of the top centers in the league despite his play of late .I know that I am going to get beat up and piled on for this because he is a darling but here goes!
I have been pretty harsh on Laine in the past, but to me the bigger disappointment on this team has been the listless play by # 55.
He’s truly looked to me like a “goal suck” for quite an extended period here now and because he’s the Golden Child who is the media darling on this team, he escapes a lot of criticism for his putrid play. PoMo should have his mouth washed with soap for making those comparisons to Yzerman and saying he will have statues built of him in the city. Crap, the closer comparison for Scheifele’s play has been to the other name that starts with Y...Paul Ysebaert and with his play lately that may be an insult to Ysebaert!
I know that I am stretching it a “bit”, but he has turned into a 60’ Centre, nowhere close to being a complete 200’ player. He was certainly trending that way (200’ footer) but his play and effort have taken a sharp downturn over the last several months.
Seems like the TV analysts are only talking about Laine’s lack of scoring but if they truly watched the games there is no way the “experts” would not pick up 55’s piss poor efforts in the D zone. Heck Schiefele is a hockey nerd how can he not watch and realize his play and effort stink?
By the way, yes I do love his game when it is complete, early in the year I thought he was looking like a Top 5 player, nevermind Centre.
I know people will point to his place in the scoring race, his +/-, etc. but so many other parts of his game are sucking big time!
So...is he playing injured, does he have poor cardio, getting played too much (I think that’s part of it), has he turned into a goal suck or has Maurice been telling him he is similar to Yzerman privately and his head won’t fit through the door now?
I just think young Pate is getting hammered to the nth degree on here and in the sports media, it’s only fair to dish a bit to 55.
Agree with you, I don’t want to see him anywhere else either....I was just trying to distract/lighten the piling on on young Laine!Agree Scheif could be playing better right now but i wouldn't want him on any other team than our Jets . He's still one of the top centers in the league despite his play of late .
Yup. The hysteria and panic around here is getting pretty thick.Its 2/3 of the way through the regular season where our team playing it's most mediocre all year the last month. Despite that, we are floating towards the top instead of sinking.
There is literally zero motivation for uthe top guys to be going 100% every shift, every night. Especially when you are leading the league in ice time...
The more people who are comfortable jumping off the bandwagon of this team, the better. Some are already off and I love it. See you guys in April with our Heritage jerseys on. I have faith people will come around when the games are big again.
Its 2/3 of the way through the regular season where our team playing it's most mediocre all year the last month. Despite that, we are floating towards the top instead of sinking.
There is literally zero motivation for uthe top guys to be going 100% every shift, every night. Especially when you are leading the league in ice time...
The more people who are comfortable jumping off the bandwagon of this team, the better. Some are already off and I love it. See you guys in April with our Heritage jerseys on. I have faith people will come around when the games are big again.
I never said I was jumping off the bandwagon? Just stating some things that I have seen...we can’t all agree on everything.
This team has played maybe 3 or 4 complete games this year, if they think they can just “turn it on” when they need to, they may be in for a rude awakening down the stretch.
I love all the positive outlook posts on here, so I do appreciate your posts and those of several others who typically say little to nothing negative about this team...but geez guy/girls is it wrong for someone to have a negative take on things they see as a problem?Yup. The hysteria and panic around here is getting pretty thick.
He actually got some of the same criticisms early in his career that some are throwing at Scheifele. That he was a loser and only cared about offense.To be fair yzerman wasn't yzerman till he was 32. Scheifele still has 6 years to go.
stink up the joint with his play
No but you could post in the player discussion as the mods always move this type of one offs there anyways. If they didn't we would have about 100 Laine threads going at once.I noted I was likely stretching it a bit but I’m not sure the headline is that bad...disrespectful?
So Schiefele has earned the right to stink up the joint with his play and not get criticized?
I said this in my original post:3 goals in his last 5, on track for a career year if he stays healthy.