I have to be close to kucherov's biggest fan. I was ok to bring up mike angelidis to play fourth line center. Brown had some bad luck and would have came up before killorn.
He has paid his dues he has all the tools to be a legit nhl player. He has a full game both ways which kucherov is working on his defense.
I am 100% in support of this decision it make sense it also doesnt fleece the whole syracuse team. Which is something to think about. Staying on top etc..
See how this works out Brown is NHL player. He has more time and a better two way game for now.
Kucherov is coming is nothing but a weird injury etc.. imo gonna stop that. The more time he can work on his game issues in lower levels the better it will be for the lightning and for kucherov himself in the long term
I said he would be up in december. I will still hold to that. We could have injuries,,, we could have scoring issues.
I think the first is more likely than the last. Even if it takes him to next year when he comes he will be a more complete better player.
Stamkos is MUCH MUCH MUCH more than a sniper lol. He was showing he was the best all around player in hockey. So to make kucherov work hard to become that type of player is in no way shape or form a bad thing
He is willing to work like that and the good news? He expects it out of himself.
Got to love the kids attitude dedication work ethic and honesty of knowing he still has tons to work on
He is not going to be one of these one dimensional russians or foreign players. We really need complete players. He gets it and will work till he is a force like stamkos is becoming.
I think also we are fine I do think vladdy is the next guy that comes up as emergency cause he might not be scoring the goals but is the points and his two way play is more solid right now than kucherov's.
Let him work on it we might get a little federov out of him long term. I can think of a lot worse things than that