Who had the worst decline this season?

[noncents]

I suspect it's more of a down season than full decline, but Zibanejad lacked oomph this year.

 

[Oilslick941611]

A juiced up PP playing with a generational talent and an unsustainable sh% is a hell of a drug. Turned a 20 goal, 50-60 pt man into a 37 goal, 104 pt guy for one season. This year was Hyman's turn for a career year. Maybe next season it'll be Foegele?

Hyman has a had a career year every year as an Oiler and Foegele had one this year.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Was Ovechkin until the Allstar break

RNH
Tage Thompson
Stutzle
Tavares

 

[klefbombs shoulder]

PLD fell off in a big, disappointing way.

 

[guzzy]

Nuge dropped 37 points lol..

You mean he fell back to his average. He was never a 100 point player. He got lucky on a crazy power play last year

 

[sbhnur]

Nuge is the same. His last season was abnormal for him. In terms of decline as a player, I actually think Evander Kane is steering towards washed up territory soon.

This is very true. Nuge always was more of a passenger than a driver.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Wouldn't we want to pick the person with the best decline?

 

[PaulD]

Good pick but he had an unsustainable sh% last year, far better than anything he'd previously done.

For instance, using his sh% last year on this season puts him at 33 goals and 82 points. That's a 22 point drop off which is still significant. But nowhere near as bad as the 47 point drop off suggests

Nuge. Yes, unsustainable....big drop.

Karlsson too.....but that happens to anyone who joins Sullivan gang .
I would say the five new guys Dubas brought in to enable the team to "take another shot" ....played the worst hockey of their careers.
Karlsson - and not just the numbers
Eler - looked like he just forgot how to play hockey.
Smith - unbelievably bad
Graves - minor league team probably didn't want him. He was that bad.
Accarai- wtf was that?

I would say those 5 had the most noticeable decline in play .....all under Sullivan

 

[Voight]

Tim Stutzles production decreased by 21 goals, 20 points.

Alex Tuch - 36 goals, 79 points last year --> 22 goals, 59 points this year.

I stupidly drafted Jason Robertson in the first round for fantasy hockey so I had a front row seat to his drop in production.

 

[Snippit]

Sabres have many candidates: Thompson, Skinner, Cozens, Tuch - all coming off career years fell 20+ points each

 

[NyQuil]

Based on what I saw this year, I cannot believe that Chris Tierney put up a 48 point season before...

Straight trash player.

He's the most vanilla player I've ever seen. Or not seen. He's so unnoticeable it's uncanny.

 

[LarKing]

Tage Thompson was brutal compared to last year.

Another shooting percentage king anyone who took a look at saw coming

 

[johan f]

Once again we got the proof a team can not have two rovers. Karlsson at least can not handle shared boss duties.

 

[McJedi]

Alexander Georgiev for the Avs. Amazing last season. Terrible this season (89th of 95 goalies for GSAA).

 

[Realgud]

JT Miller only scored 103 points, which is shockingly low for such an all-time talented bozo.

 

[McJedi]

Nuge. Yes, unsustainable....big drop.

Karlsson too.....but that happens to anyone who joins Sullivan gang .
I would say the five new guys Dubas brought into give the team " take another shot" ....played the worst hockey of their careers.
Karlsson - and not just the numbers
Eler - looked like he just forgot how to play hockey.
Smith - unbelievably poor
Graves - minor league team probably didn't want him. He was that bad.
Accarai- wtf was that?

I would say those 5 had the most noticeable decline in play .....all under Sullivan

Eller played with the Avs last season for a while. Looked washed and terrible in Colorado.

Sorry to hear Graves sucks. He was a decent number 5 in Colorado.

 

[McShogun99]

Nuge dropped 37 points lol..

He just went back to his career average. Last year was his career year but at least it was after he signed long term.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Once again we got the proof a team can not have two rovers. Karlsson at least can not handle shared boss duties.

People get so enamored with the high-scoring defensemen but time and again it's the best two-way players who make the biggest difference.

Guys like Chelios, Lidstrom, Bourque, Keith, Hedman, etc.
They can score 60-80pts (or sometimes more) but they can also defend well against the other teams' top lines.

 

[I am Canadian]

Stutzle

 

[Regal]

Another shooting percentage king anyone who took a look at saw coming

Not really. His individual and on-ice shooting percentages in both 21-22 and 22-23 were roughly the same, and not really at a level that’s unsustainable for an elite player, which suggests he made a jump in 21-22 then got better in 22-23. And while his numbers are down this year, his production is still in line with 21-22. It’s possible this year is actually a result of poor shooting while dealing with injuries.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Zibanejad

Based on what I saw this year, I cannot believe that Chris Tierney put up a 48 point season before...

Straight trash player.

I can’t believe Trouba ever put up a 50 point season

Mcdavid dropped 32 goals and 21 points

Washed

 

[Wasted Talent]

Probably not the worst decline as he was a depth guy to begin with, but Freddy Gaudreau somehow turned from a solid 3rd liner to complete deadweight in one offseason.

And the best part? 4 more years with a partial NTC, yay.

 

[PaulD]

Eller played with the Avs last season for a while. Looked washed and terrible in Colorado.

Sorry to hear Graves sucks. He was a decent numberYea Figured that. 5 in Colorado.

Yes. Surprising. Found it hard to believe the Devils would have had any use for this guy in last years first two rounds of play off hockey.

Forgot Eller even played fir the Aves.
The guy is done......but Sullivan loves him. Reg shift, pp, pk, key face offs. lol

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Patrice Bergeron, from captain of the Bruins and the greatest NHL season ever while putting up 60 points to 0 points and a complete no show all 82 games

There's case for Chara too, but to his defence he done marathon.

 

[IronCladCane]

Karlsson terrible at defending, terrible on powerplay.

I talked a lot last season about him not being able to play competitive games and that he is way worse player than his stats showed. Everyone was arguing with me saying that he should be unanumous norris winner, he is good at defending, and that 100pt is his real level in production as he was finally healthy. Hate that I have to watch his mistakes every night in Penguins jersey now. Where are all the Karlsson hype people now?

So glad you guys won that trade and not the #Canes