Who will lead the Bolts in scoring

[2016cupwinners]

Who do you think will lead the team in scoring?

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[DFC]

My guess is Kucherov. Somewhere right around 82.

 

[RegularSznAllStars]

My guess is Kucherov. Somewhere right around 82.

Same. Figure Johnson is in the 70s and Palat in the 60s.

 

[DFC]

Same. Figure Johnson is in the 70s and Palat in the 60s.

Conditions just feel right. More minutes, more PP time. A lot depends on Stamkos/Drouin, but we're gonna laugh pretty hard this year if TKO gets secondary defensive treatment.

 

[Todd1a]

stamkos 85 points

 

[The Gongshow]

Its gonna be Stammer

 

[chasespace]

Going with Kucherov. Stamkos is the best scorer, Kucherov the second best on the team. However, Kucherov is the best passer and his assists will put him over Stamkos IMO.

 

[Callum]

If Stammer and Drouin find any sort of chemistry, Stammer will lead the team by atleast 10 points.

 

[Sky04]

Going with Kucherov. Stamkos is the best scorer, Kucherov the second best on the team. However, Kucherov is the best passer and his assists will put him over Stamkos IMO.

Johnson is a better passer IMO. Kucherov has some highlight reel passes once every now and then but Johnson is way more consistent.

 

[Rschmitz]

Johnson is a better passer IMO. Kucherov has some highlight reel passes once every now and then but Johnson is way more consistent.

Johnson has the best wrist shot on the team too. Kucherov is just all around better offensively though, he's a threat to score from anywhere. I'm going Kucherov. Maybe Drouin give him a run.

 

[The Macho King]

I am counting on having Drouin on his line, a full year of health, and hopefully a bit of a chip on his shoulder will cause Stamkos to blow up.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

I'll go out on a limb and state the best passer on the team is, by a small margin, Ondrej Palat. Ondrej's vision is something special and finished 3 assists away from the 50 points mark for a good reason. I expect Drouin to become this season the indisputable playmaker on this team though.

As for who will lead the Bolts in scoring: Either Johnson or Kucherov are the safe bet IMO, both are the complete package, being above average at everything offensively.

 

[Sky04]

I am counting on having Drouin on his line, a full year of health, and hopefully a bit of a chip on his shoulder will cause Stamkos to blow up.

Might have a tough time racking up assists with Drouin though. Drouin is an all world passer but needs to develop his goal scoring, MSL was an annual 30~ goal scorer which helped pad that stat.

 

[Houdas]

Went with Johnson.

Palát will probably again be the "third guys", but we all know he "stirs the drink".
Kucherov might be just few points behind TJ.
Stamkos solely depends on Drouin's probable higher TOI. If they click, they can be insanely good and overshadow the whole triplets chemistry.
Drouin won't get so much PP TOI and TOI to be as good or better than Stammer.

Black horse: Hedman, he could get 70, the potential is there. In my wild dreams, Hedman could even be the top scorer

 

[Leonardo87]

Going to go with Stamkos, really think that line is going to click, we saw it for a handful of games, and then the last few games of the regular season, it looked really good for the short time they were together, and Drouin is having a very strong pre-season earning his keep.

 

[DFC]

It would have to click pretty insanely hard to out-click TKO.

 

[Leonardo87]

It would have to click pretty insanely hard to out-click TKO.

A lot will also have to do with the PP as well, and that can be where Stamkos has the edge. So 5 on 5, Stamkos does not necessarily need to out-click TKO, which I doubt he will.

 

[Hoek]

Stammer, unless he gets traded.

 

[Legionnaire11]

Stamkos did it last year without a Drouin on his line. Really without a consistent line through the season, and definitely less offensive support than Johnson or Kucherov had on their line.

So I think Stamkos, with another offseason of recovery, with something to prove in regards to his contract and possibly/probably with Drouin by his side should once again lead the way this year.

 

[DFC]

A lot will also have to do with the PP as well, and that can be where Stamkos has the edge. So 5 on 5, Stamkos does not necessarily need to out-click TKO, which I doubt he will.

I'd be surprised if TKO doesn't get a much, much healthier portion of PP minutes this year. It's pretty crazy that it didn't happen last year until the playoffs, when, finally, we had a killer PP for a minute or two.

 

[DFC]

I take it all back. Kuch got married in the off-season. 50 points + a beergut.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

I take it all back. Kuch got married in the off-season. 50 points + a beergut.

unless I missed something you must be confusing with the other Nikita, Nesterov

FYI, Nesterov's now officially on twitter since July. Time to make it a verified account.

https://twitter.com/dd_nikita/media

 

[Volodya Krutov]

Forget it, just saw Joe Smith saying Kuch got married in June.

 

[DFC]

You Russians marry young. Wasn't Vasy married when he came over?

 

[MattM92]

You Russians marry young. Wasn't Vasy married when he came over?

I thought it was his long-term girlfriend that came over with him. Maybe they were married.