Prediction: Will Danault ever hit 60 points in a season?

[26Mats]

RDS.ca talkin about is Danault underrated.

https://www.rds.ca/videos/hockey/ln...p-danault-est-il-encore-sous-estime-3.1336930

Got me thinking of polling HFboards to see our perception of his offensive potential:

Will Danault ever hit 60 points in a season?

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[Kairi Zaide]

No, but I guess he hits 50 again if he plays the whole season with Machine Gun Gally

 

[WatchfulElm]

He was already well over this pace if he had been given power play time last year, so I don't see why not. He's still young.

 

[MD thaivuN]

Historically, Danault just doesn't score a lot of goals at any level, 13 being his highest at any pro level and 23 in the QMJHL. He'd need to up his scoring because i don't see him getting 50 assists in a year.

 

[calder candidate]

I think he could of had 60pts with some PP last year... with the rest of the team improving he might also get easier match up... It a safer bet that he will hit 50pts but 60pts is possible.

 

[HBDay]

No, but I guess he hits 50 again if he plays the whole season with Machine Gun Gally

I hadn't heard gallagher be called that, but I like it, and I hate nicknames, but he does fire a ton of shots.

 

[abo9]

No, he's not better than Plekanec. He might hit 50 if over-used as a 2nd line center.

He is the symbol of our young centers not being ready yet, or else he would be our 3rd line center

 

[admiralcadillac]

Danault is kind of a boring player but he’s a good center. He doesn’t have the scoring touch to hit 60 I don’t think.

If he does hit 60 he’ll legitimately be in consideration for the Selke...

 

[vokiel]

Let him get 70+ points this season and see what kind of LD we can get for him

 

[Michoulicious]

PP time is the key. If they keep using him with Gallagher + Tatar for a year and he gets PP time, it is certainly a possibility he hits 60.

 

[DangerDave]

Don't see him hitting 60 unless he plays with an elite goal scorer and he's on the PP

 

[the]

Give him some PP and I think it’s very doable for him to get 60 points.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Not a consistent 60 pt player, but he could hit that number a few times as long as you give him top 6 wingers and powerplay time.
He averaged 29 seconds on the pp per game last season, give him 2+ minutes per game (with a good pp unit), and he could score an extra 7 pts.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

Don't see him hitting 60 unless he plays with an elite goal scorer and he's on the PP

He plays with Gallagher. Who finished 4th in goals at 5v5 last year. Despite playing like 150-300 minutes less than anyone arround him. It's the team PP strategy that's an issue.

 

[Toene]

He plays with Gallagher. Who finished 4th in goals at 5v5 last year. Despite playing like 150-300 minutes less than anyone arround him. It's the team PP strategy that's an issue.

Exactly. 5 on 5 is fine, PP needs work. I'd try :

1st unit :
Suzuki - Gallagher - Domi

Weber - Kotkaniemi (in the Markov role)

2nd unit :
Weal - Danault - Tatar
Petry - Drouin

 

[Just Linda]

I think Denault gets PP1 this year to be the faceoff and control man. So I think he hits 63

 

[Rapala]

Is it just me or do people forget we tried Danault on the PP more than once last year and like everything else it didn't work?

 

[Simarino]

Don't see him hitting 60 unless he plays with an elite goal scorer and he's on the PP

How many centers in this league can hit 60pts with bad linemates and no PP??

 

[bobholly39]

Voted option 2, but option 3 isn't a stretch. Not that big a difference between 50 and 60

 

[DAChampion]

Voted option 2, but option 3 isn't a stretch. Not that big a difference between 50 and 60

It's actually a big difference, it's a 20% increase.

 

[26Mats]

Is it just me or do people forget we tried Danault on the PP more than once last year and like everything else it didn't work?

The best pp lineup last year was Armia-Danault-Weal-Weber-Drouin. That unit worked, albeit over a small sample size at the end of the year.

 

[Rosso Scuderia]

No and to be honest he doesn't need to. For him to get 60 pts, he needs to be on the PP and I'm not sure what he can bring on the PP.

He's an even strength player and that's valuable to us. Danault hitting 40-50 pts is more than enough.

 

[Lshap]

I can see Danault having an outlier year where he spikes at 60 points, maybe in two/three seasons if he has a legit goal scorer on his wing. But aside from that anomaly, probably not. I'm happy settling for him becoming a solid and reliable 50-point player. For me, Danault went from zero to hero last season. Good player.

 

[DangerDave]

He plays with Gallagher. Who finished 4th in goals at 5v5 last year. Despite playing like 150-300 minutes less than anyone arround him. It's the team PP strategy that's an issue.

Sorry Gally is not elite. He's a very good player and he happens to score a good amount of goals but his best season is 54 points and most of em are garbage goals. You need guys like that but I wouldn't call him elite.

Maybe if Danault played with a guy like Ovi, Draisaitl, Tarasenko etc... Not that I'd play him there though.

 

[Vachon23]

I love Danault he’s from my hometown and I know him since his 10 years old but 60 pts is alote. If he’s used like last year, he will probably hit 50 pts again. He will be great when he will be used as our 3rd line Center