stokes84
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This is not how buy-outs work. Players can only be bought out in June (or following arbitration hearings).
OK, so they have 4 months to figure out what to do with him. Even more interesting.
This is not how buy-outs work. Players can only be bought out in June (or following arbitration hearings).
the problem for me is that even when he was productive offensively, his defensive game was generally a disaster. Maybe that's part of why he's not endearing himself to Nolan now, but when you combine that with how much he is struggling to contribute anything at all this year AND his contract, it suggests that cutting the cord now may not be such a bad idea.This entire Hodgson conversation boggles my brain. Here it is, we've got a kid that we know from the past has talent and is capable of producing if given talent to work with (HPV line). But his struggles have snowballed under a coach who seems incapable of reaching him. If we move him, he could potentially blossom in a new system and make us look really foolish, (especially if we struggle to score or have trouble finding scoring wingers to fill out the roster). If we keep him, we run the risk of him never correcting course, leaving us stuck w/ a bad contract.
I think ultimately, you have to keep him and see if a new coach and new system next year triggers a return to form. We know what it looks like when a player has checked out (see Leino, Ville). Idk about you guys, but I personally don't see that in Cody yet. I see a round peg in a square hole, a player trying to find his way in a bad system that he can't make sense of. I said this after we acquired him, but long-term, I see Coho becoming the Patrick Sharp of our rebuild.
I think that objectively, there is a decent player still in there somewhere. But I question whether even that player is the type of player TM will find useful. Being neither large nor fast, he is not a TM winger. He has the vision and smarts to be a TM center, but given the other players expected to be on the team, he's boxed into being a misfit 3C.
Well with Stafford moved out and Kane done for the year a top 9 spot just opened up. We'll see what Hodgson does with it.
I think Hodgson just doesn't care this year. Being on a bad team, bad line and being used poorly hasn't given him much of an incentive to try harder. Yes, that's all on him and doesn't exactly display maturity.
However, I do think that if we get some more playmakers and become a better team, he will rise to the level of players around him and begin to produce again.
He will always be a liability defensively though, so his long term future is probably at wing. Best case scenario is a PP producing 2nd/3rd line LW who can put up 20-20 years.
This this this. Every single fan and management has written off this season as a loss. The team itself is historically bad, and pretty much everyone agrees CoHo needs strong supporting players to be successful. Nolan's doing a decent job keeping the place from burning down
Ted Nolan is the Head Coach of one of the worst teams in the history of the NHL.
Ted Nolan is the Head Coach of one of the worst teams in the history of the NHL.
The problem is, Cody is too bad defensively and to be centering a top-line, and needs talented players around him to produce. So the problem is that we don't have talented players that can make Cody produce, there isn't anyone good enough on the roster like Vanek or Pominville. And still, neither one of those two could cover up the lack of defensive-skills Cody has.
Something that I didn't notice until this weekend.
'12-'13: 114 shots in 48 games
'13-'14: 182 shots in 72 games
'14-'15: 72 shots in 53 games
We can go around and around about what and why and what's Hodgson's responsibility and Nolan's role etc.. I know he's part of the problem in terms of possession and SOG, but that's still a shot per game less this year.
I think his uptick in shots was his move to the wing last year. Note he also is playing 1/2 of the PP time and 30% less overall TOI.
I think his uptick in shots was his move to the wing last year. Note he also is playing 1/2 of the PP time and 30% less overall TOI.
Eh, 2.38 shots per game in '12-'13, 2.52 shots per game in '13-'14. Maybe moving to the wing helped in shots but not significantly. Regardless, it's undeniable that he's shooting a lot less this year. I don't know if it's cause or effect, I was just surprised by how dramatic the drop.
Eh, 2.38 shots per game in '12-'13, 2.52 shots per game in '13-'14. Maybe moving to the wing helped in shots but not significantly. Regardless, it's undeniable that he's shooting a lot less this year. I don't know if it's cause or effect, I was just surprised by how dramatic the drop.
If Murray is serious about installing his mold of a team as early as next year with expectations for some success, Hodgson won't be here.
I'd rather see shots/60 than shots/game. The data you provided is very misleading when its known how much less hodgson is actually playing this year at both EV and PP.
Regardless, Hodgson's shooting percentage is also down to 2.8% this year. Last year he had 11%, and the year before that 13.2%. He should probably have at least 5 or 6 more goals this year even on the smaller number of shots he's taken with a more normal shooting percentage for him, which would put him right around moulson, stewart, or stafford in goals scored for the sabres this year. If I had to guess, I'd say that the drop in overall shooting percentage is a small part just being snakebit (he's had a lot of good chances and posts that just didn't convert) and a large part not getting the PP opportunities. If he had 8 goals (and some more assists along with them), this wouldn't be nearly the same conversation about him this year.