If a guy like wilson is on your top line you have a problem.
Tom Wilson v Adam Lowry
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If a guy like wilson is on your top line you have a problem.
dont think that problem has been for the Caps. they won the cup and are currently 1st in their division since Wilson has been on their top line
Yeah winning the cup was a super problematic thing to happen, good thing Lowry doesn't have to worry about having that problem anytime soon
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trick9
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I guess you didn't watch the Playoffs much last season.
Esa Tikkanen and Jari Kurri were nothing like Wilson. Wilson is not a 1st line fwd
I did and they won every game he was suspended for so it did not have crap to do with him .
francaisvolantsparis
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Yeah he's a pretty scary guy below the goal line when he's hunting on the forecheck. Definitely a coveted guy come playoff time. But so is Wilson. And the analytics really like him despite tough and defensive usage. Good player.
Tom Wilson rarely got on the scoreboard before joining the top line, he's a good role player. And I don't remember Wilson being a great shutdown player, he was just a hard to play against bottom sixer. I could imagine that if they were traded Lowry could end up on that top line, and Wilson back in the bottom six.
There's actually a lot of players who fit in top 6 as a winger. Mp is playing bottom line minutes but can play in top 6
Using the top 6 vs bottom 6 argument is silly
Lowry plays on 3rd line minutes, But against top lines
francaisvolantsparis
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No way Lowry could be on the Caps top6. And no way we trade Tom for Lowry. We already have an 'Adam Lowry' in Chandler Stephenson and he is healthy scratch most of the time.
- Stephenson is faster than Lowry
- Stephenson is better penalty killer
- Stephenson is better at faceoffs
- Stephenson is younger than Lowry
- Stephenson scored 2 more goals and 5 more points in 18/19 playoffs
- Stephenson is a better shutdown player than Lowry
- Stephenson is SC Champion
Mathieu Perreault was not good enough to be the third line C at Washington. Adam Lowry could be 12/13th forward with Caps but he needs to win the battle for this role.
Tom Wilson is another level player. He annihilated Vegas top line in the SC final.
Dr John Carlson
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Adam Lowry and Chandler Stephenson are two completely different players. Really poor comparison.
And Lowry is a lot better.
And Lowry is a lot better.
I was impressed by how the Caps lineup came together during the playoffs last year. But the common thinking going into it was that depth was a concern for the Caps. It's rich to argue that the Caps are an especially deep team that Lowry would have a hard time cracking. Boyd and Dowd are AHLers, Connolly and Smith-Pelley are plucked off the trash heap. Wilson didn't have much competition for a top-six role. You've got an uphill argument if you're comparing the Caps depth to the Jets.
He's been developing for the past 5 years. Wilson probably doesn't beat Wheeler/Connor/Laine/Ehlers on skill but there's still a chance the jets want him above one of them in the top 6 in the playoffs because he can score while creating tons of space and playing a simple reliable game.
There's a reason the caps never got past the 2nd round despite 10+ years of Ovechkin, Backstrom and god knows who else until they were able to get a Wilson who could play at a top line level.
Wilson was always a good shutdown player for a winger, but he did it primarily through physicality. Shutdown play is also somewhat overrated, we have Lars Eller who is a better more experienced Adam Lowry and no way in hell would I trade Tom Wilson for 2 Lars Ellers.
And Boyd is producing over .5 PPG given 4th line linemates and deployment, he may have come from the AHL but he's about as much of an AHLer as Mathieu Perreault
francaisvolantsparis
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- Smith-Pelley scored seven 5on5 goals in the 18/19 playoffs. How many Jets players scored more than 6 ? Zero.
- Boyd is at 4.05 points per 60 minutes of 5on5 time this season. Connolly is at 2.77. How many Jets players produce more than 2.51 this season? Last season? Zero.
- Dowd has 61.54 GF% this season. How many Jets do better ? Zero.
If you have 20 Yakoupov on your team, doesn't mean you have depth. Even if you are from the West Conf.
- Boyd is at 4.05 points per 60 minutes of 5on5 time this season. Connolly is at 2.77. How many Jets players produce more than 2.51 this season? Last season? Zero.
- Dowd has 61.54 GF% this season. How many Jets do better ? Zero.
If you have 20 Yakoupov on your team, doesn't mean you have depth. Even if you are from the West Conf.
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Carlzner
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Uh, no. This is false. They did not win every game he was suspended for.
Against PIT they were 2-1 without him... and 2-1 with him. Really solid argument you’ve got here.
Well that's one of the cutest hot takes I've ever seen. Bonus points for the easy to read format.
Thanks for letting us know that you have no idea about Adam Lowry, makes it much easier to disregard the rest of your posts about the subject!
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