Captain Creampuff
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Great to hear cuz Horvat is a hell of a player.He reminds me so much of Horvat but he's better offensively at the same age. Coming from a Canucks fan.
Great to hear cuz Horvat is a hell of a player.He reminds me so much of Horvat but he's better offensively at the same age. Coming from a Canucks fan.
Craig Button is highlighting players for the Canadian WJ roster on TSN. Today was Robert Thomas' turn and Button compared him to Patrice Bergeron.
Kyrou is 6ft tall....He's not small. Blais possesses nothing in Kyrou's trick bag.Thomas is number one by a lot. But that’s both a combination of Thomas being amazing and Thompson and Barbashev being less impressive or me before, during, and after draft day. Kyrou intrigues me, but I tend to be reserved with my expectations for small, skilled, non-pedigree players (similar, I guess, to Blais). I was all aboard the Parayko hype train early on, and knew Fabbs was special, but although I have high hopes for Kyrou, I’m not putting any eggs in that basket.
So Thompson is easily our best prospect, and Walman comes in second overall.
I'd dance through the streets naked if Thomas ever hits that level. To have a 2-way #1C that at the same time can shutdown opponents top line while still putting up 60 point season is just unheard of in STL.
I'd dance through the streets naked if Thomas ever hits that level. To have a 2-way #1C that at the same time can shutdown opponents top line while still putting up 60 point season is just unheard of in STL.
That was David Backes for a brief spell, no?
Edit: post above me nailed it.
Backes only hit 60 once. He had several 54-58 point seasons though. He was definitely limited by his heavy defensive usage and in his prime could have hit 60 easily if used more offensively. But he didn't. Bergeron is on another level point-wise. He has several 60 point seasons and even a couple 70 point seasons. Backes career average is 51 over 82 games. Bergeron is a full 10.5 points higher than that. Backes was great and nothing to sneeze at. But players like Bergeron as unheard of pretty much everywhere.
Sure, but his reply had nothing to do with Bergeron, he was simply saying that while Backes was here, he provided shutdown defense, with 2 seasons of 60+ point pace production, and a few others in the mid/high 50s.
No where has anyone made the comparison of Backes and Bergeron.
Craig Button is highlighting players for the Canadian WJ roster on TSN. Today was Robert Thomas' turn and Button compared him to Patrice Bergeron.
I'd dance through the streets naked if Thomas ever hits that level. To have a 2-way #1C that at the same time can shutdown opponents top line while still putting up 60 point season is just unheard of in STL.
Thomas was scratched last night for London. Does anyone know if this is injury related or just away for some pre-WJC camp stuff?