BigFatCat999
First Fubu and now Pred303. !@#$! you cancer
Who was a bigger disappointment based on hype; David Legwand or Ryan Johansen?
Johansen is just a young guy making a fortune and having a great time. He’s talented; it got him a super deal and now he’s just floating. Preds are getting maybe 75% of his ability. If he’s disappointed then it’s totally up to him. Get in shape and put 100% effort on the ice.
His playoff stats were sort of the kind of seasons a #1 center should be having; like 30 goals and 84 points. Well, maybe 25 and 75. But he’s in the teens on goals and 60’s on points consistently. I think he’s better than that. When he goes at it hard, every game and every shift, then he looks dominant.I could get behind this reasoning but I can't for two reasons:
1) He did have two stellar seasons after he got his contract, although the first year was a bit underwhelming production-wise he did have fantastic playoffs again that year. The second year, he was solid as a rock when everyone else was injured beside him.
2) He's had a an off-year for sure, but I'm willing to cut him some slack for now. It was a difficult year for everyone on the team not including the Bonino line and the Josi-Ellis pairing. If he can't bounce back from this, then we're in big, big trouble.
My wish for Johansen is that he would shoot the puck more. Where is the 30-goal scoring Johansen that came from Columbus?
I wonder how he would do if we could build a real power line for him. In the past I always thought it was great that the JoFA line basically had a bit of everything, speed and finish from Arvy and some fancy hands from FF9 and then the power center element of Johansen's style. But I don't know, maybe it's not actually working out the best for all of them anymore. I wonder if we had some bigger power wingers who could score a little, how would Joey look playing with that type of player? I don't even remember if we saw guys like Hartnell or Simmonds with him now. It's all faded. But they were faded too, so they're not really what I'm thinking of. I guess power scoring wingers are an increasingly rare commodity around the league anyway, so it's probably moot to wonder if just a style/energy change like that would even be worth thinking about.
But maybe if we re-sign Smith, what would Trenin-Joey-Smith do? Could you get mileage out of that as a line 2 while FF9-Duchene-Arvy does more of the razzle-dazzle?
End of the day it's all just going to come back to looking at next year and seeing what happens, I guess. Hopefully Joey finds a way back to the top of his game.
Johansen | Legwand | ||||
Age | Goals | Points | Age | Goals | Points |
23 | 16 | 66 | 23 | 22 | 62 |
24 | 14 | 61 | 24 | 18 | 47 |
25 | 15 | 56 | 25 | 13 | 48 |
26 | 14 | 66 | 26 | 28 | 66 |
27 | 17 | 43 | 27 | 19 | 56 |
johansen has never gotten the shit he has deserved from the fan base. legwand got more shit than anyone.Comparing these players at the same age...
(stats per 82)
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Johansen Legwand Age Goals Points Age Goals Points 23 16 66 23 22 62 24 14 61 24 18 47 25 15 56 25 13 48 26 14 66 26 28 66 27 17 43 27 19 56