Mike Santorelli - Underrated

[Amadeus]

The Leafs lost Dave Bolland and Nikolai Kulemin last off-season by not over-paying them.

Bolland makes 5.5 million, Kulemin makes over 4 million, both on long term deals.

Mike Santorelli has been outproducing both for 1.5 million and is criminally underrated. He's arguably been the Leafs most complete forward, and I'd even go as far as to say he's been our best overall forward this season so far (only Leo Komarov comes close).

Just wanted to share how underrated he is.

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[zaYG]

This thread pops up every season.

 

[Soundgarden]

Always liked him on the Preds, glad to see him do well.

 

[John McClane]

Santa is the man, really miss him on the Nucks. He was a huge highlight in the disaster that was last season.

 

[CraigsList]

Half of the NHLT forum is about the Leafs.

 

[TOML]

Now this I can get behind.

Good for him. Hopefully he stays healthy and earns a long term deal. Probably $4mil+ per, considering what Raymond got in the summer.

 

[Kamiccolo]

So do I make the Winnik thread? Who gets the Lupul and Booth threads?

 

[Hanta Yo]

Half of the NHLT forum is about the Leafs.

Make sure you post that when it's a thread bashing them.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Half of the NHLT forum is about the Leafs.

That's because they are the center of the universe.

 

[jking]

Brings his lunch box to work. Can't ask for much more than that

 

[CherryToke]

says a lot about the Leafs that a Canucks castaway is your best player.

seriously though, he's pretty good.

 

[Inflict]

I really liked his game when he played with the Jets. He is a very good third line forward that can fill in the top 6 when needed. With the right linemates, he could probably put up another 40 point season.

Too bad for the Leafs though as he is going to want to get paid big time next season. I could see him fetching around 4 Million on the market if he continues this pace.

 

[Addison Rae]

He's a stud, he'd look great on our 3rd line right about now.

 

[MastuhNinks]

I really hope we sign another Canucks reject to a bargain contract this offseason when Santorelli gets his (well deserved) pay-day.

 

[Addison Rae]

I really hope we sign another Canucks reject to a bargain contract this offseason when Santorelli gets his (well deserved) pay-day.

Yannick Weber is all yours.

 

[Beezeral]

Mike Santorelli in a nutshell. has a good season with a team to earn a large contract, then goes back to being a mediocre 13th forward after cashing in

 

[nwaZ*]

So do I make the Winnik thread? Who gets the Lupul and Booth threads?

You can make another thread about Cody Franson being #1 D.

 

[KGL]

Yeah I've been pretty impressed with him so far this season. He's fitting in well on the second line. Good at holding onto the puck and sustaining pressure. I'm really hoping the Leafs can lock him up for a few years. Would love to see a three year deal at around $2M a year.

 

[Kamiccolo]

You can make another thread about Cody Franson being #1 D.

Seeing as I never once made a thread claiming that, perhaps you should learn to read.

 

[LolClarkson*]

The Leafs lost Dave Bolland and Nikolai Kulemin last off-season by not over-paying them.

Bolland makes 5.5 million, Kulemin makes over 4 million, both on long term deals.

Mike Santorelli has been outproducing both for 1.5 million and is criminally underrated. He's arguably been the Leafs most complete forward, and I'd even go as far as to say he's been our best overall forward this season so far (only Leo Komarov comes close).

Just wanted to share how underrated he is.

Players that play his style are just not in vogue right now. Its big "power forward" or " 2 way" players like Dave Bolland and Ryan Orubles that are in vogue. The same thing happened with Mayson Raymond last year.

The speedy skill players have to work a lot harder to earn their money then the "2 way" Gods like Ryan O'Rubles

 

[nwaZ*]

Seeing as I never once made a thread claiming that, perhaps you should learn to read.

Top pairing then.

 

[canadianmagpie]

I really hope we sign another Canucks reject to a bargain contract this offseason when Santorelli gets his (well deserved) pay-day.

Thought you already got Booth

Nah, I could see him trying to get a contract similar to Raymond of 3 years at $3 million.

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

We know how good he is. Still pissed at Jim Benning for letting him go - do your research, man.

 

[aemoreira1981]

I really hope we sign another Canucks reject to a bargain contract this offseason when Santorelli gets his (well deserved) pay-day.

It would be ironic if that team were the Islanders...given that Santorelli is why Michael Grabner ended up on the Islanders in the first place.

 

[Virtanen18]

Good guy, good guy.