Love Raffl in the bottom six. Not a fan of Raffl in the top six.
Raffl is the ideal bottom six player, and why Hextall stresses IQ and two way play.
If he could finish better he'd be a top six winger, and he has shot better lately, but it's always an adventure.
But he's great on the forecheck and maintaining possession while not making the mindfart plays that more talented players tend to commit.
He also exposed Laughton, when Raffl got away from Laughton his scoring took off, without Raffl Laughton has been meh.
This is one of the things that makes Raffl special, he performs well on any line in any role.
In light of this post I must assume you considered it bad coaching to break up the very productive top line and neuter it by putting Raffl on it, while also neutering TK on the 3rd.
can u copie that, i cant read it.I spoke to Raffl at the World Champs on a few topics. Hope you enjoy!
Q&A with Michael Raffl: Flyers will have ‘a pretty sick...
I thought it was a desperation move when facing a much deeper, more talented team.
That we didn't have a NHL caliber 3rd line that could match up against a team like the Penguins.
I like Raffl but is he a guy who should be re-signed next year?
So we didn't have NHL caliber 3rd line? So it is good to make it worse defensively? Nec is great offensively but even he can't carry Filppula. So Hak just made 1st line worse offensively and 3rd line worse defensively. That's really good coaching.That we didn't have a NHL caliber 3rd line that could match up against a team like the Penguins.
So we didn't have NHL caliber 3rd line? So it is good to make it worse defensively? Nec is great offensively but even he can't carry Filppula. So Hak just made 1st line worse offensively and 3rd line worse defensively. That's really good coaching.
Tied Stammer in es goals this year.
Stats like this are misleading since Stamkos faces far more difficult competition most nights.
And plays with Kucherov and Hedman and company every night.....Raffl played with bottom 6 players for almost the entirety of the season. In addition, Stamkos played 230 more ES minutes.
They're misleading if you want to say Raffl is as good a goal scorer or 1/10th the player Stamkos is, but not to say Raffl didn't equal his goal scoring at ES. Because he did, with worse linemates and in worse minutes. It's pretty cut and dry. Stamkos had a disappointing year goal-wise at ES. I'm sure he'll bounce back. But if it were as you say, Reb, then most top line players would be expected to score less than bottom 6 players. Because they all see better competition. They're also a lot better players playing with a lot better players.