He looks good and promising but we must not forget that right now he is juste a 45/50 point player.
Does Suzuki have everything to be our futur 1C: “I think he does. What I'd focus on is his 5-on-5 production, he does need to improve that. But right now his creativity is so key for the Canadiens especially on the power play, his skills level and his shot (we saw it in Game 1 vs Penguins) are through the roof.”
He looks good and promising but we must not forget that right now he is juste a 45/50 point player.
«Suzuki, je crois qu’il a le potentiel de devenir un centre numéro un. Le travail d’un centre numéro un est de mettre des points au tableau au rythme d’un joueur d’élite et d’être le chef de file en avantage numérique. Je crois que Suzuki peut être ce genre de joueur. Tu dois produire 75 points ou plus par année pour être considéré comme un centre numéro un. J’estime qu’il peut le faire.»
I still think KK will be the #1 center in the future but it's gonna be more of a 1A/1B type deal where it will depend on how they're playing on any given night. Thats what you need though, 2 guys that are not gonna be out of place as a #1I do not see him as true first line power center. I hope I am very wrong.
He was electric yesterday. He made some huge plays at both ends of the ice. You can tell he's a warrior too. Not many players would stand in net to block that shot.Wow......we haven't had a player like this in a long time.......finally someone that can make us get out of our seat....love this kid!!!!!
He was electric yesterday. He made some huge plays at both ends of the ice. You can tell he's a warrior too. Not many players would stand in net to block that shot.
He has 2 nice spinorama in the game, never saw him do that in the nhl before
It's deeper than just points. Points come and go with the talent you are surrounded with. What Suzuki is doing and how good he will be is all about his 200' game and the eye test. Kotkaniemi had a rough season but has rebounded for this playoffs so far.
You don't loose skill so that will come together with maturity. Right now, Julien is teaching them how to be hockey players at both ends of the ice and playing a team game. This is why Domi is on the 4th line... he appears to not be easily coached and he has not made improvements with his play in his own end.
Last year Kotkaniemi and Domi has more value than Price to some in our fan base. This year, it's Suzuki. Habs fans just need to sit back and enjoy and not put too much expectations/pressure on our team. Let them develop at their own rate cause that's what most other teams do
Price, Weber, Gallagher, Petry with a rising youth is not a bad situation. We are seeing this first hand in this playoffs. If those kids can mature in the next season or two, we might have a situation that's much better than we expect
The emergence of Suzuki and KK is a game changer - if it truly is so.
I don't like to make judgements based on a playoff series or two.
See Lars Eller, Rene Bourque, and DSP in Anaheim for why.
But if they can indeed emerge as #1 and #2 centers and Danault is pushed to #3c, this is huge. Filling out the wings is one of the easier things to do.
Would also be huge if Kulak's the real deal. If for no other reason than we're seeing how important it is for a deep playoff run to have a good, solid bottom pairing of dmen.