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Drake Batherson has 10 goals, 24 pts in his last 12 games in Belleville. Tied for 5th in AHL scoring. Lock for next year? #softentheblow
I don't think it does.
It's the same as Karlsson.. Does Chabot playing almost elite soften the blow?
When in reality, we could have Chabot dominating on a pairing and Karlsson on the other.
Here, we could have Duchene with Batherson and Dzingle.
Brown with Tkachuk and Stone.
Or we could have a lineup that look like that.
Dzingle-Duch-Ryan
Tkachuk-White-Stone
Chlapik-Brown-Batherson
Balcers-Pageau-Tierney.
I understand what you mean and i am excited for Drake. But what of we could affort all these players? That would be wow.
That forward group could be an absolute force in a year or two. Really puts things into perspective.
There's some good young pieces in the system for sure. I am looking forward to how they can do with a young NHL core of Chabot/Tkachuk/White. There's going to be some tough seasons being patient though as it's going to take 3+ years until we see them enter their primes.
We still have a long way to go until then
I still think White tops out as a good 3rd liner.
That would be great actually but he has a long way to go before reaching Nylander status.His rookie deal is up after the 20/21 season... he puts up 60-70 points he’s going to be looking for Nylander money coming off his elc
That forward group could be an absolute force in a year or two. Really puts things into perspective.
I didn't think Stone would leave so soon, but then we gave him that 1 year contract...
I didn't think Stone would leave so soon, but then we gave him that 1 year contract...
I really like Drake, but I think we're starting to put too much of our future hopes on him (and Chabot). These guys aren't going to be the next Stone/Duchene & Karlsson, and it's unfair to them to put those kinds of expectations on them.