Player Discussion: Mikhail Sergachev

[ccman68]

Sergachev is ready for top 4. Can’t have him babysitting Coburn forever.

 

[The Macho King]

Is a player good? What does the spreadsheet say?

 

[The Macho King]

Hey guys - remember when Andrej Sustr had good advanced stats?

Why did we never sign Cody Franson again?

 

[DFC]

Edmonton acquired the advanced stats monster, Teddy Purcell, and now they don't know what to do with all their cup rings.

 

[Sky04]

Think he forgot "without" Coburn means getting babysat by Hedman, McDonagh and Stralman while Coburn had to babysit Girardi if not Sergachev. But we all know advanced stats covers context.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

ill give credit when do like this years version of sergy last night a lot !!

 

[AndreRoy]

I think people are finally starting to come around on Serg. Like I’ve been saying all along, he’s still very young and still has plenty of room to improve. This may be his third NHL season but he’s still only half a year older than Cal Foote; had Sergachev been going through the last two years’ growing pains in Syracuse rather than Tampa I very much doubt that so many people would have been so quick to give up on him and calling for Foote to replace him next season.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

defense wise im sure sergy still has issues but ill overlook if he is playing simpler at line offensive work etc... so far he is playing much more north south not holding pucks moving or shooting.... that is what i want a young offensive d man to do ....so far a+ on his work imho

 

[Sky04]

New and improved Serg is good on both ends of the ice. While we have the depth I think it's great to let him thrive on the 3rd pairing instead of thrusting him into a top-4 role like they tried to do last season. Let him keep building up his defensive game on the 3rd pairing with a couple shifts here and there with Hedman like he got tonight.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

New and improved Serg is good on both ends of the ice. While we have the depth I think it's great to let him thrive on the 3rd pairing instead of thrusting him into a top-4 role like they tried to do last season. Let him keep building up his defensive game on the 3rd pairing with a couple shifts here and there with Hedman like he got tonight.

first time all year was a bit disappointed but not in a bad way hell when you can say on any d man you didnt really notice them usually they had a quiet good game..... but first 3 games i noticed him and he was aggro and loved his play ..... one thing is we held the first line on power play for super long shifts so he didnt have a lot of chances on power play to shine but he didnt do nothing especially in 2nd and 3rd that made me say omg serge you idiot... i can say last year honestly maybe 10 games i didnt say that .... this year 4 games give him an A grade no bad games... like the new serge hope he stays super aggro he is more valuable to us imho if taking those risks

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Thoughts on Sergachev so far?

 

[LightningStrikes]

Thoughts on Sergachev so far?

Much improved IMO. Better lock him up now to avoid a huge pay raise after the season.

 

[Sky04]

Much improved IMO. Better lock him up now to avoid a huge pay raise after the season.

Agreed, the earlier the better. He's taking big strides upwards right now, looks a lot more confident too.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

Thoughts on Sergachev so far?

The pace is slowing down to him, getting use to it, knows better how to buy more time to clear the puck effectively, gotten much more physical also. Still prone to bad giveaways but mostly due to his lack of experience; As all dmen in their young age do. I still see a tremendous potential with this kid, if he can reach his ceiling, this kid is going to be amazing in 3-4 years.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

still playing very well defensively still holes and issues but in offensive zone his shots are getting thru really dangerous on power plays and offensive zone times.... really like his play simple shoot shoot shoot some more

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Thoughts on Sergachev so far?

Definitely improving. Offense continues to flourish as everyone expected, but his defensive side actually seems to be improving. The third pairing with Coburn seems to help him grow more rather than trying to be a mini Heddy when on the top pair. Sergy does play the body more than he ever used to and even will battle along the boards now and then. Considering that he's still pretty dang young for a defenseman, imho, he's really starting to settle into the job.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

hes a beast and gets disrespected

 

[CupsOverCash]

I dont care what his analytics say. Hes been good so far this year.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Who’s disrespecting him?

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Who’s disrespecting him?

ppl on trade boards who say jonas brodin would be an upgrade

 

[The Macho King]

Kid is having himself a season.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Kid is having himself a season.

Glad he was able to bounce back like this. Last season was probably very frustrating for him.

 

[VinikToWinIt]

Good thing we didn't trade him for McDonagh.

 

[DFC]

Sergachev's breakout is a good indication that whatever's been wrong with the team hasn't really been an issue with the skaters. Correct me if I'm wrong, because I jumped onto the Lightning bandwagon with Yzerman, but a top-3 of Hedman (scoring a ppg), McDonagh, and this version of Sergachev is likely the best the team has ever had. Unless I'm forgetting some major supporting players in the Dan Boyle years.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

He looks fantastic and all of this while paired with defenseman that suck defensively.
I'm very intrigued at how he would look paired with let's say McDonagh or Cernak and having more freedom offensively