What Happened to Kyle Turris?

[Adrianopolous]

Can Preds fans enlighten us as to what happened to the guy? went from a solid 1B/2A C to barely an NHL player rather fast. What happened? and what could be done about that contract?

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[Alexei Yashvalev]

He got injured early this season and never really recovered, which certainly didn't help.

https://thehockeywriters.com/nashville-predators-whats-wrong-with-kyle-turris/

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Watched game 5 and couldn't believe he was centering the 4th line..

 

[Mustard]

He was one of the worst players I've ever seen this season. Not even being sarcastic. Absolutely 0 confidence, weak on his skates, got pushed around and bullied. Hope he never plays another game for us. He missed the net by 5 feet on a 2-on-1 in tight last night. It's been like that all year.

 

[CMDEADLY]

Can Preds fans enlighten us as to what happened to the guy? went from a solid 1B/2A C to barely an NHL player rather fast. What happened? and what could be done about that contract?

He never was very good for the Preds in his two seasons here. He's a softer second line center in a physical west.

 

[BruinsBtn]

He looks skinny and sickly

 

[Legionnaire11]

I think it came out that he had a broken foot, came back too soon and re-broke it.

Still, even with a gimpy foot, he's severely lacking in strength. Dude needs to start putting down some cheeseburgers and hitting the weight room.

 

[Zerotonine]

He got paid pretty simple .happens all to often

 

[PuckSeparator]

Turned into Kyle Turdis.

 

[Channelcat]

I never thought he was very good. Somehow all Senators get grossly overrated.

 

[GrantLemons]

I never thought he was very good. Somehow all Senators get grossly overrated.

He was tho. He always put up solid regular seasons and scored multiple massive playoff goals, including OT winners.

I hope he gets it back on track.

 

[predfan24]

He looks skinny and sickly

I think this is harsh. Turris is an ectomorph. I do think his thin frame is a huge issue though. He's not fast enough to create any space for himself. Once a defender is checking him it's game over. He gets physically dominated. The foot injury didn't help.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

He was one of the worst players I've ever seen this season. Not even being sarcastic. Absolutely 0 confidence, weak on his skates, got pushed around and bullied. Hope he never plays another game for us. He missed the net by 5 feet on a 2-on-1 in tight last night. It's been like that all year.

Unfortunately, as harsh as this sounds, it's pretty much bang on. His numbers are actually a little better than you'd think from watching him. So many games he was just utterly invisible and ineffectual out there.

I don't think teams in the modern era really let players onto the ice if they are so physically impaired that they can't contribute. So the twice-broken foot sounds like a bit of an excuse. He was cleared to play, but when he played he was useless.

We needed a good #2C real bad, motivating that trade, and it seemed like a perfect solution at the time. But it has really been a horrible bust so far. And the contract is just getting started. We got a pretty bum deal from the Sens I say... all the fans seemed to give glowing reports about him, but we have simply not seen that player.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

hes been ass. altho i think he got kind of overrated last year as he played with two wingers who had monster seasons in smith and fiala, but no one could have predicted that hed be this bad this year

oddly enough brassard has also been crap this year, so thats at least one thing ottawa got right in getting rid of those two

 

[HSF]

A lot of sens fans didn't want to give him a long term contract. He should still be decent but he was getting top line mins on Ottawa and maybe a reduced role is throwing his game off

 

[Big McLargehuge]

I don't know what it was about getting out of Ottawa that spoiled the 2 centers they traded away last season, but I don't know if you combined Kyle Turris & Derick Brassard today you'd get a complete NHL player anymore.

 

[96]

I never thought he was very good. Somehow all Senators get grossly overrated.

It always happens with small market teams. See: Barkov, Sasha... Yandle, Keith... Bouwmeestee, Jay... boedker, mikael.... Bryzgalov, Ilya... Booth, David.... etc.

 

[LeProspector]

It always happens with small market teams. See: Barkov, Sasha... Yandle, Keith... Bouwmeestee, Jay... boedker, mikael.... Bryzgalov, Ilya... Booth, David.... etc.

Yeah because Barkov is overrated after putting up a 96 point season. I’m sorry but this point has no merit whatsoever.

 

[tfong]

Well he was never a physical specimen, wasn't his biggest asset supposed to be his IQ?

Maybe Nashville just isn't the right fit for him?

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

I dont think he's close to being done. I think he was knocked off stride by his injury and then lose confidence in a way that he really never did in Ottawa... He might be overpaid no matter what but he still has the ability to be a solid 2nd liner. Maybe not in the West.

Somewhat ironically, I could see something around Wennberg and Turris. Turris would be a good addition to CLB, whether they re-sign Duchene or not, and they should have plenty of space.

 

[Sens With Benefits]

In my opinion and granted this is just my opinion. He was very well liked in Ottawa. Him and his wife were a massive part of the community and that’s not an understatement. He was the ambassador for the special needs hockey here and went out of his way for that. He showed up to their banquet immediately after scoring the winner in the overtime game against the Rangers in 2017. He was involved with other charities as well.

He’s a pretty emotional person and I think leaving Ottawa may have impacted his game. Ottawa is the team that rejuvenated his career and turned him into a 2C and not a bust. I’m just speculating but it could be a reason.

 

[Frosty415]

I never thought he was very good. Somehow all Senators get grossly overrated.

He was overrated before the sens.


I remember he was hyped in Arizona

 

[AmericanDream]

should have went #1 in his draft like a Hawks poster was clamoring for in 07' - eh @hawksfan50 ??????

 

[angusyoung]

The PK effect?

 

[ManofSteel55]

It always happens with small market teams. See: Barkov, Sasha... Yandle, Keith... Bouwmeestee, Jay... boedker, mikael.... Bryzgalov, Ilya... Booth, David.... etc.

What an odd post.

Barkov - 96 points, elite two way game. Not overrated.

Yandle - everyone always knew what he was - an offense only defenseman who can help move the puck but will cost goals against.

Bouwmeester - was actually really good when younger, left Florida as a top pair defenseman, was a top pair defenseman in Calgary until he started getting older. You can't judge his game today and say that he was never good. He wasn't a #1 like some thought, but he was really good.

Boedker - see Yandle, but for forwards.

Bryzgalov - was really good in his early career. He aged out and wasn't as good, but was really good in his younger years.

Booth - Solid top six goal scorer until injuries derailed him completely.

I'm not sure if any of those guys other than Bouwmeester was ever overrated.