Player Discussion Ryan Nugent-Hopkins '18-19 season

[Ninety7]

Man I bashed him hard the last couple of years.

Love what I’m seeing now from him.

The guy has always been mature and a class act as well.

Rooting for him.

 

[BudBundy]

Folks forget he was on 30 goal pace last year before he got hurt. Nice to see him continue to post solid numbers. He’ll never be a super dynamic player but he is just solid in every area and is very clever. He’s a beauty.

 

[Da McBomb]

Love the Nuge... always have.. always will

 

[Stoneman89]

Injuries have hurt this player more than anything. It's a rough, tough league, and when you're body isn't fully developed into a man, taking a pounding can have it's toll. I think he'll be fine from this time forward and will have a long and productive career.

 

[Kolja]

Fact is, one of very few 1st overalls who never won anything,nor any silver or bronzes to his name.

 

[ujju2]

Fact is, one of very few 1st overalls who never won anything,nor any silver or bronzes to his name.

Then they'll have to change that in the playoffs, won't they?

 

[McDrai]

Don't get too attached to Nuge. Chia will trade him in the offseason for scraps

 

[elmeroil]

I remember all of the trade Nuge talk...so glad they didn't and I was always hoping he would turn into a solid 2 way guy that would put up 65-75 points year after year. Love watching him skate and he's such a smart hockey player.

The expectations of being drafted #1 overall....but look at Nuge and look at Yakupov. I think the Oilers drafted an absolute gem in Nuge. Hitch loves Nuge too, definitely his kind of player.

 

[elmeroil]

Don't get too attached to Nuge. Chia will trade him in the offseason for scraps

Assuming you are joking, Nuge isn't going anywhere.

 

[McAsuno]

Fact is, one of very few 1st overalls who never won anything,nor any silver or bronzes to his name.

which means the first person that shall be awarded the Stanley cup after McDavid will be RNH

 

[ujju2]

which means the first person that shall be awarded the Stanley cup after McDavid will be RNH

McDavid passing the cup to Nuge might very well be the only thing that could beat Ovi passing it to Backstrom last season for me.

 

[Drivesaitl]

McDavid passing the cup to Nuge might very well be the only thing that could beat Ovi passing it to Backstrom last season for me.

Wouldn't McD be passing it to Draisaitl then in that case?

jk

Drai honestly strikes me as the kind of player that would defer, want others to get the chance to skate with it first. But once Drai gets it good luck getting it back hehe.


We're getting ahead of ourselves..

 

[ujju2]

Wouldn't McD be passing it to Draisaitl then in that case?

jk

Drai honestly strikes me as the kind of player that would defer, want others to get the chance to skate with it first. But once Drai gets it good luck getting it back hehe.


We're getting ahead of ourselves..

I'd say Drai is more the Kuznetsov (plays on Ovi's line, hasn't been on the team for as long). And Nuge also strikes me as the kind of guy who would defer. Let's just say we have a team full of good guys.

But yeah, we are getting ahead of ourselves. Fun to imagine though.

 

[Drivesaitl]

I'd say Drai is more the Kuznetsov (plays on Ovi's line, hasn't been on the team for as long). And Nuge also strikes me as the kind of guy who would defer. Let's just say we have a team full of good guys.

But yeah, we are getting ahead of ourselves. Fun to imagine though.

I'm old. Backstrom USED to play with Ovi for awhile I think. I don't follow the Caps too closely.

But Yeah, Nuge is all that remains from hard times. Nice that he's getting to see a different side of things here and be a Nuge part of it..

 

[ujju2]

I'm old. Backstrom USED to play with Ovi for awhile I think. I don't follow the Caps too closely.

But Yeah, Nuge is all that remains from hard times. Nice that he's getting to see a different side of things here and be a Nuge part of it..

Yeah, I know Backstrom used to play with Ovi... I've been a Caps fan for a bit over a decade now lol.

 

[Canovin]

We would not see this version of RNH if Eberle was still an Oiler.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

We would not see this version of RNH if Eberle was still an Oiler.

Interesting question.

 

[Aerrol]

We would not see this version of RNH if Eberle was still an Oiler.

.... What? How do you even get to this?

 

[ujju2]

.... What? How do you even get to this?

I tend to agree that Nuge isn't really at his best with Ebs on his wing. Ebs isn't good enough along the boards or physically in general, and also is weak defensively. Nuge has to make up for those issues which affects his offence.

 

[Canovin]

.... What? How do you even get to this?

RNH covering defensively while Eberle cherry picks. Both players value dropped significantly 2 years ago. If Eberle didn't go when he was traded. RNH wouldn't be an Oiler much longer either IMO

 

[CornKicker]

i hammered the over on nuge at 49.5 points at the beginning of the season. keep on stacking chips my man

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Wouldn't McD be passing it to Draisaitl then in that case?

jk

Drai honestly strikes me as the kind of player that would defer, want others to get the chance to skate with it first. But once Drai gets it good luck getting it back hehe.


We're getting ahead of ourselves..

Nuge has been here the longest, he should definitely get the cup first after the captain if we are fortunate enough to win it.

Fact is, one of very few 1st overalls who never won anything,nor any silver or bronzes to his name.

A cup win would more than make up for that.

 

[Aerrol]

RNH covering defensively while Eberle cherry picks. Both players value dropped significantly 2 years ago. If Eberle didn't go when he was traded. RNH wouldn't be an Oiler much longer either IMO

The cap point, sure, something had to give. But I think it's more than a little silly to say covering for Eberle was the downfall of his offense when his best hockey before this year was, by far, playing with Eberle. In any case I'd rather not get into yet another Eberle debate here. Nuge is having a great year. I'm happy to see it. I'll leave it at that.

 

[Panda Bear]

Hi everybody!

Hi Dr. Panda!

I've come here to gloat. For ages I wrote that RNH's biggest hindrance was finding confidence in his natural playing style again, and people continually wrote things akin to 'nahhhh, he's a schmuck'.

Well, RNH has found confidence in his natural playing style again. This is what it looks like.

Bye everybody!

 

[Little Fury]

Get the man a winger.