The Nuge
Some say…
Please keep the personal shots out of it
So much of this post, lol...
Firstly, many hockey players do not go out to bars, lol. Yakupov, for example, doesn't drink from my understanding.
Secondly.. we're picking out stats and tangible results? Tangible means solid, concrete things in this context. You must mean intangible.
Thirdly, Hall has been playing in the NHL for how many years now, but you think his play has been an anomaly, and as he enters his prime he will start getting worse? How can you see this as logical? He's had a bad second half of this season, sure... but his play in the first half was fantastic, bordering on putting him in the top 5 in scoring, not to mention his 5v5 scoring prowess.
Finally, you cannot assume that just because this year he is struggling to maintain his scoring int he second half that this would have been the same in each year that he was injured. It's just not something that you can assume realistically. I see what you're trying to say, and I can see where you are coming from. But it really has no use in reality.
You dislike it when we show you stats, and give you our opinions. But when you argue, all you are using is your opinion. Do you see how that makes your argument weaker? I'm seriously asking you this question. Are you Tyler Seguin? That could explain your irrational view of Taylor Hall.
Yes stats are junk because they don't show things that haven't happened yet.
Terrible examples. Cheechoo was finished by a knee injury, Heatly was a mediocre skater who got by on a good release and depended on good playmakers like Spezza and Thornton for a lot of his production. Neither were the kind of dynamic offensive drivers Hall is. This comp does little to dispel the perception that you have no idea what you are talking about
As long as Hall has his dynamic skating ability, he'll be fine. I expect once that goes, though, his game will drop off, but barring injury we're probably looking a good five or six productive seasons.
LOL. Was T-mac not coach for the first three months of the year when hall was scoring at a PPG clip?
60 points would have Hall as one of the top 20 or so scoring wingers in the league. And that's his floor. I don't think you thought this sick burn through.
You do understand how PPG works right?
Look, I don't care for stats as much as others because you can't base sustainability with what has happened in the past. If you could, I'd be the next Warren Buffet in the stock market. I'm telling you my opinion his skills aren't polished enough to survive a team game that TM preaches. You won't change my mind by using stats in the past.
Agree to Disagree
So you are now saying Taylor Hall doesn't have polished skills.
So literally he just needs to practice and pollish his skills and he will be even better.