Woulda just miss a real sniper. But Drou-Domi & radu wouldve been leathalThe best line would be Drouin-Domi-Radulov. Imagine that.
Woulda just miss a real sniper. But Drou-Domi & radu wouldve been leathalThe best line would be Drouin-Domi-Radulov. Imagine that.
Woulda just miss a real sniper. But Drou-Domi & radu wouldve been leathal
You're not wrong if you feel a #1C must have a strong 2-way game. Plenty of top scorers don't, however.
I'm not saying every #1C has to be a Bergeron or a Toews, nor am I expecting them to be. An offence-first #1C is fine with me. I'll take anything at this point, after being starved for all these years
But those 30 goals Chucky got he would have gotten as a winger too. He didn't score 30 BECAUSE he was playing center. He just played in a state of grace for that period of time, and it hasn't happened since.
I'm not saying every #1C has to be a Bergeron or a Toews, nor am I expecting them to be. An offence-first #1C is fine with me. I'll take anything at this point, after being starved for all these years
But those 30 goals Chucky got he would have gotten as a winger too. He didn't score 30 BECAUSE he was playing center. He just played in a state of grace for that period of time, and it hasn't happened since.
I'm not saying every #1C has to be a Bergeron or a Toews, nor am I expecting them to be. An offence-first #1C is fine with me. I'll take anything at this point, after being starved for all these years
But those 30 goals Chucky got he would have gotten as a winger too. He didn't score 30 BECAUSE he was playing center. He just played in a state of grace for that period of time, and it hasn't happened since.
I think Bergevin will sign him for less than what Subban got, even if Domi is PPG he won't have any major hardware to boost his value like Subban's.
19 in his last 20 actually.His last 15ish games in Arizona were also at a PPG pace.
He seems to have a deceptive release, that allows him to score in transition. He could very well have had hand issues before, because its hard to believe that he can only score 9 Goals based on the arsenal we've seen.
If you look back at his production at center vs at wing, it was something like 30% higher at center.
I wonder why it hasn't happened since? Could it be because he was not playing with Gallagher, Patch, and Radulov anymore? Who has he played with since?
I still have hopes for Galchenyuk but Domi is clearly the more complete player and younger/RFA controlled too! Very good trade for the Habs. We got younger, a cheaper option, and a guy that we can lock up long term as a RFA still when his current contract ends. Bergevin did well here with our former 3rd OA pick from 2012 who never developed like we expected
If you look back at his production at center vs at wing, it was something like 30% higher at center.
Once Julien came on board, Chucky wasn't given the linemates or opportunities he previously had, regardless of the position he was playing. A 4th line deployment is the worst scenario for a player like that.
It speaks to an overly rigorous and inflexible mindset that is seldom going to produce optimum results IMO.
It's bad enough for GM to whistle away the core. It's even worse to actively diminish individual performances with prehistoric thinking from the bench.
Poor asset management IS an issue for this team. Or so I've read
It's more like Asset Evaluation and who they like more vs the other. They certainly gravitate to the "defensive aware" and hard working type over the struggling but skilled type. To be honest, I was surprised they put DLR on waivers.
However, none of us know what goes on behind the scenes or watching every practice where the coaches try different things. Some moves are questionable but they seemed to be right on Beaulieu, Ghetto, Galchenyuk. We will find out about DLR and Scherbak.
We can act like we know more than MT or CJ but if we did, we would not be on HF boards and we would be in the NHL coaching.
The guy was born to play in a market like Montreal. What an awesome player to have. Living in Toronto I can tell you every leafs fan, even the smuggest of them, are super freaking jealous that he’s a hab and not a leaf.
Once Julien came on board, Chucky wasn't given the linemates or opportunities he previously had, regardless of the position he was playing. A 4th line deployment is the worst scenario for a player like that.
It speaks to an overly rigorous and inflexible mindset that is seldom going to produce optimum results IMO.
It's bad enough for GM to whistle away the core. It's even worse to actively diminish individual performances with prehistoric thinking from the bench.
I actually think Domi and Nylander are pretty comparable, in terms of skill and production. Nylander may have a bit more polish skill-wise, and Domi has a bit more edge. This is all hypothetical, but let's say he finishes this year at around 70 points and next year as well. What does his next contract look like?
But didn't Rick Dudley leave for Carolina?Monkeyball.
Bergevin's version of moneyball is putting all waivable players' names in a bingo cage, and he gets his pet monkey to pull out a winner
(I'd usually 'shoop this, but I'm way too lazy today )
But didn't Rick Dudley leave for Carolina?
Max Domi deserves to go to the NHL All-Star game
Love the kid, he's making players around him better and he's making bergevin look like a geniusKind of missed the last few games. how's he looked?
Without question he should be our representative this year.Max Domi deserves to go to the NHL All-Star game
He's cooled off quite a bit. He's still added some points to his totals but I'd say he's cooling off. His game isn't as good, some games he's pretty invisible. He had a crazy 11 game stretch where he put up 15pts. He's followed that up by scoring 7 in next 11, 4 of which being versus Ottawa.Kind of missed the last few games. how's he looked?