Brooks Laich age 22, 23 seasons: 146 games, 15 g, 24 a
age 24 season: 82 games, 21 g, 16 a, 17.2% shooting, -5.3 relative Corsi
Tom Wilson age 21, 22 seasons: 164 games, 14 g, 28 a
age 23 season: 78 games, 14 g, 21 a, 11.4% shooting, 3.1 relative Corsi
Laich has a fluky good season when everyone was playing out of their minds, next year he's on a line with Fedorov and Semin and gets a ton of time on PP1, next 3 years he's put in a position to succeed surrounded by high end offensive talent. I think there's a lesson in the offensive comparison between he and Wilson but other teams probably didn't mind playing against Laich, no one wants to play against Wilson, that's what you're paying for.
I definitely think he was a passenger for 4 years (59 point peak season was solid). If you look back at the GMGM era I think he didn't identify who were the passengers all those years so he overrated his own guys and never had the space to fix any holes with UFAs under 35. Laich has the groin excuse but why did Green's numbers fall off a cliff? Boudreau's system and peak Ovy lifted all boats and now you've got to pay these guys eating off two guys locked up for a decade. When GMBM signed Mojo to a 3 year deal, clear sign he felt he was feasting off those guys' wake. On one hand maybe the delay for Wilson indicates GMBM sees him as a passenger, on the other he said he prefers a longer deal.This sounds like a lot of reaching just to diminish his numbers. You're essentially calling him a passenger/parasite for four years.
Watch some older goal footage. I talked a lot of **** about him in the later years, primarily because his talk didn't match his walk anymore, but he had great hands....his wheels just gave out.
He was a good garbage man and decent scorer from in close. Probably his biggest asset, other than being in the right place at the right time (a function of understanding the flow of the game) might have been his ability to get off a good shot around the net regardless of angle. These end up looking like fluky goals but when you keep doing it for years it's no longer luck.
The players around him shouldn't be a negative on his record.
Happy Tom Wilson day everyone
Quote from the article for the posters saying fancies show Wilson ain’t a top-line player:
what would the compensation be if a team signed Willy on an offer sheet? Like lets say a hurting Islander team with lots of cap space? would be cheap right?
what would the compensation be if a team signed Willy on an offer sheet? Like lets say a hurting Islander team with lots of cap space? would be cheap right?
Would be riot just to see Islander fans throwing up all over themselves....lol....
Would be riot just to see Islander fans throwing up all over themselves....lol....