Carrier still playing well, Mantha even better, Gauthier doing fine but slipping a bit. Skinkaruk back on track, Lazar still doing just OK, Klimchuk improving. Monahan has nothing to prove I guess, Too bad Duclair is out, Domi not doing all he can, not like Kujawinski seems to be. I wonder who will move into top 15 talk in November, and if guys like Lazar will start to fall?
Can't speak for the players outside the Q, but within my province here's my take:
Mantha will always do well with very good players on his line. Simple as that, he need linemates who'll start the rush and he'll finish it.
Gauthier will slow down...... and pick up again towards the end of the season, this has been his trend since Bantam. You lean on him and he dissapears. He's big, strong, but isn't effective against hard checkers. He's not a physical player. I don't understand why other teams have not figure this already
Duclair "should" be back next Friday. And if any indication of his off-ice trainging, during his time off, he will be back with a vengence, his competitiveness is off the chart. The team reports, he's been training his upper body the day after his injury, didn't miss a beat.
Carrier, what you see is what you get, this is him at the top of his game, he can carry a team on his back, he's a work horse, not pretty, not fancy, just pure hard work. He's a solid blue colour player