Haveandare
I fail to see how anything you posted is anything other than opinion as well.
Do I really need to post numbers from a website to confirm facts?
You can easily just look for yourself.
How can you compare what Stepan and Brassard or Kreider have accomplished in the playoffs to Zbad?
Step and Brass have been huge contributors to this teams success when it counted.
Stanley cup finals
Presidents trophy
Conference finals
Other than a small sample size of last season's playoffs where they didn't even make it past a garbage OTT team, what has Zbad ever done?
He's been in the league for 7 years and has a whopping 4 playoff goals to show for it so please don't tell me he even remotely compares to a Stepan or Brassard, who also happen to play complete games.
Hell..Even JT Miller has out produced Zbad so far this year by 8 points.
Zbad has exactly 23 5v5 points in 64 games this year and just because he's put together a small string of games together in the beginning of the season and then again now when there's nothing to play for is hardly a claim for #1 center.
Not even close..
Also..You're fooling yourself if you think JG didn't have every intention on completely going for it with the retool.
He's flat out admitted his plan was a complete failure..
I can't see for myself, nor can many others. Thats where the whole disagreement is. There are numbers in this very thread that suggest that Mika is a very positive contributor and lifts everyone on the team when he's put with them - numbers that don't have any preconceived opinions about what they describe.
You said Brass and Step willed the team into the playoffs - I took the to mean they willed an otherwise poor regular season team to make the playoffs. If you mean in the playoffs, then yes they accomplished a lot more for NYR but also played on our best playoff teams in many years. They contributed but didn't drag the team kicking and screaming through the POs.
Brass again doesn't play any more of a complete game than Mika imo. Stepan is better defensively and less creative and dangerous offensively. If you prefer that type of player, that's fine. I don't but you certainly can.
He's "put together" every game he wasn't coming back from a concussion for. You say he had two good streaks, I'd say he had one cold streak after returning from a brain injury.
I don't think anybody with any concept of how the current NHL is going honestly thought a lineup with center depth of Mika - Hayes - Desharnais was going to compete for the cup. A GM will likely avoid saying he built a crappy half-measure team because it was a necessary step for right now, but that's what happened. Center and D depth win these days. Desharnais has no place on a team trying to win, especially not as a consistent center.
