Player Discussion Nick Suzuki Part VII

[Wats]

Suzuki has 15 pts in 30 games
Kotkaniemi had 15 pts in his first 30 games last year

It's different because reasons.

 

[1909]

Suzuki has 15 pts in 30 games
Kotkaniemi had 15 pts in his first 30 games last year

KK was way more sheltered than Suzuki is.

 

[angusyoung]

Suzuki has 15 pts in 30 games
Kotkaniemi had 15 pts in his first 30 games last year

Don't think Suzuki will do a disappearing act though like KK last year.

 

[Adriatic]

Suzuki has 15 pts in 30 games
Kotkaniemi had 15 pts in his first 30 games last year

KK was also 2 years younger.

 

[Ozmodiar]

Don't think Suzuki will do a disappearing act though like KK last year.

Suzuki is improving as the season goes on. ... unlike KK last season.

 

[angusyoung]

Suzuki is improving as the season goes on. ... unlike KK last season.

Evident from the beginning of the season which player was all round sound and more beneficial.

 

[417]

Don't think Suzuki will do a disappearing act though like KK last year.

If he's relegated to a tertiary role like Kotkaniemi has...

He surely will

 

[angusyoung]

If he's relegated to a tertiary role like Kotkaniemi has...

He surely will

Not at all,when he was on the 4th line,that's when it was it was at its most productive.

 

[Runner77]

KK was also 2 years younger.

Not a negligeable argument.

How did Suzuki do at the Habs’s camp at age 19?

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Don't think Suzuki will do a disappearing act though like KK last year.

"disappearing act"

 

[angusyoung]

"disappearing act"

Hai ,diy job.

 

[Adriatic]

Not a negligeable argument.

How did Suzuki do at the Habs’s camp at age 19?

I think he pulled a disappearing act. Better yet how did he do at camp at age 18?

 

[jaffy27]

If he's relegated to a tertiary role like Kotkaniemi has...

He surely will

That’s such a Julien thing to do......Suzuki just looks so strong out there, I’m really impressed

 

[jaffy27]

I think he pulled a disappearing act. Better yet how did he do at camp at age 18?

That’s a question for the Vegas fans

 

[ahmedou]

Everytime I'm doubtful about Suzuki there's after a mea culpa. Again and again. It's how it's. Moral of this has to be don't doubt.

 

[DangerDave]

I doubt we see Julien limit Suzuki's ice time like he did with KK. He's already one of his most trusted forwards in critical situations and him being a RH center is pretty important.

I'm really eager to see Suzuki get some good wingers though. Even Lehky and Armia are a massive upgrade over what he's getting now.

 

[Tyson]

KK was also 2 years younger.

Rushing him was not a good decision

 

[417]

Not at all,when he was on the 4th line,that's when it was it was at its most productive.

Very small sample...

 

[Saxon]

If he's relegated to a tertiary role like Kotkaniemi has...

He surely will

Weird that when you develop young skilled players in a top six offensive role they turn out to be top six offensive players.... But when you develop them as bottom six grinders.... They turn into bottom six grinders.....

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

I think he's our future #1C

I wonder who is a better fit for Caufield, Suzuki or Kotkaniemi?

 

[Runner77]

I doubt we see Julien limit Suzuki's ice time like he did with KK. He's already one of his most trusted forwards in critical situations and him being a RH center is pretty important.

I'm really eager to see Suzuki get some good wingers though. Even Lehky and Armia are a massive upgrade over what he's getting now.

Thing about Suzuki is that he's so cerebral and has such a high IQ that he knows where to position himself on the ice at any given time -- which makes those early concerns about his skating, really immaterial despite the fact that he did work on gaining speed. This guy proves how important a high hockey IQ is in the pecking order of other skills. You can't teach what he does.

 

[tazsub3]

Rushing him was not a good decision

cant say that yet, mind you if in 12 month we see no progression then that would be right.
I see in him a similar path as max had

 

[HabsMD97]

in b4 all the captain hindsights inevitably flood the thread in a couple of months when he's in a slump to tell us he was rushed and should have spent the year in the A

 

[Skip Bayless]

in b4 all the captain hindsights inevitably flood the thread in a couple of months when he's in a slump to tell us he was rushed and should have spent the year in the A

There's a difference between being in a slump and looking like a gazelle getting dragged by a lion through the Serengeti.

The lion partly representing the speed of execution in the NHL and Joel Armia's will.

 

[Rico Suave]

I think he's our future #1C

I wonder who is a better fit for Caufield, Suzuki or Kotkaniemi?

Lots can change in a year or 2 but right now it would be Suzuki