Turris

[Sensinitis]

Turris is fine he's still adapting and either way he'll be the perfect #2 behind Zib in a couple years.

 

[Benjamin]

This is Turris's 3rd season facing top competition. The only difference is he's got more offensive responsibility and less help.

He's not a true #1 center and never will be.

Zibanejad breaking out, or atleast scoring again, could be the best thing for Turris.

 

[pm88]

Even though it seems like this whole fan base seems to hate on Spezza for some ungodly reason ( never complained, showed an attitude with the media etc).. you have to appreciate what he did for us consistently for 10 years as a #1C. He dealt with the best competition every night and was still either a PPG or close to a PPG guy even though the quality of his line mates steadily declined over the years. He had a bad season last year, no doubt, and its time to move on from the guy, but you can't argue that he was' great for us when he was here.

Turris clearly does not and will not have the ability to be the #1 guy on this team. He's not strong enough or have enough of an offensive game to match up every night against top pairing D-men. He just had a strong year, and everyone jumped all over it.. but he is a #2C and always was one. He needs someone ahead of him to put some of the pressure off of him.. thats been painfully obvious this year

we're already talking about how a 21 year old would be better suited the #1 guy

 

[Six Assets]

Turris and Zibanejad can be very good #2C, i don't think either will have the potential to be true #1C.

 

[HSF]

What do you guys think he will become?

Watching him play he seems like a good number 2 guy. Don't think he has enough creativity in his game to become a number 1 center.


There is a large trade Spezza brigade out there but who would we put as the top center? It looks like Turris is really struggling with the added pressure of other teams.

He is 24 years old and will be 25 this summer

still hold these same feelings

 

[dingbatz]

 

[coladin]

Boy Cuthbert's having fun lately calling some beauty goals!

Turris looks like a guy who looks confident again, if he get some company in that boat this team will look alright.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Turris and Zibanejad can be very good #2C, i don't think either will have the potential to be true #1C.

They are both #1c in the form of Toews.

 

[Sensinitis]

Swag

 

[HSF]

They are both #1c in the form of Toews.

No they aren't...

Zibby has the potential to be a 1c but I think it is safe to say Turris will be a 2c on a championship team

 

[Six Assets]

1 less point than spezza, not like it means anything though

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Turris has really gotten hot over the last few games

Let's see if he can keep it up

We all know Spezza will

 

[Icelevel]

Soon

Zib
Lazar
Turris

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Lazar doesn't have enough skill/finish to be a second line centre

 

[Sensfanatic]

Turris is still falling a lot. He needs to be much stronger.

 

[Icelevel]

Turris is still falling a lot. He needs to be much stronger.

Saying the same thing every year. He can't put on weight. I've given up on him getting stronger.

DMST,
Lazar is 19. He will be our 2nd line center eventually.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Lazar doesn't have enough skill/finish to be a second line centre

Its quite the opposite really. He doesn't have enough strength to be a 1st/elite 2nd line center. He's a good 2nd line center just fine.

I wanna see if he can put on some weight though.

 

[Sensinitis]

Lazar is pretty beef. Much more than Turris.

 

[HockeySens]

Its quite the opposite really. He doesn't have enough strength to be a 1st/elite 2nd line center. He's a good 2nd line center just fine.

I wanna see if he can put on some weight though.

. He can definitely grow but his hands are whats prevevnting him to be a true top 6 player let alone a first line center

 

[Sensinitis]

Hard to tell how good a player's hands are when he's a rookie.

 

[Super Cake]

Soon

Zib
Lazar
Turris

Wrong

McDavid
Zib
Lazar

Turris gets traded for a top 4 defenseman.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

. He can definitely grow but his hands are whats prevevnting him to be a true top 6 player let alone a first line center

Pretty much

From what I've seen I expect him to top out as a 40 point guy

Almost second line material

 

[Canadian Time]

Pretty much

From what I've seen I expect him to top out as a 40 point guy

Almost second line material

You're probably on safe ground making a prediction like this, that's where most players that are picked in this range of the draft end up. I see a bit more but it will be years before we know for sure. Predicting where 19 year olds that make the NHL top out is not easy.

Giroux didn't look like much at 20 years old but by 22/23 he was showing something. I'm not saying Lazar is Giroux, I only picked him because he was picked in the same range, started slow when he was young and kept improving.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

They are both #1c in the form of Toews.

Sarcasm....I hope.

 

[starling]

So Turris quietly has more goals than Spezza and catching up in points too: 24-25 in 36 games each. Huh?