You are absolutely correct. We all hoped he would be the right handed point producing d-man we've needed since Rafalski retired. I know some complained that he was nothing more than a bottom 3 d-man who wouldn't be a big contributor. Since coming back from injury he's put up 9 points in 14 games. That clip extrapolates out to a 50 point season over a full 82 games.
Green & Datsyuk are the biggest reasons why the Wings are finally able to score goals.
Yes they are. I have made graphs about my scoring attempt data (For and against) and those relative For% numbers have just taken a huge jump on the point when those two returned to roster.
Pav and Green are 13.5 million value combined. It's not fake money, both are totally worth it.
Also, Larkin has HUGE IMPACT on this team.
Just imagine, on an era, when everybody pushes against the cap, you suddenly have a player which plays with 925k valued ELC FOR NEXT 3 SEASONS, and kid plays consistenly at +5 million level !!! He has been better than Nyquist and Tatar at this season, and is not far from Zetterberg at team's second best player.
This makes us a Stanley Cup contender. Nothing less.
- Green signing
- Drafting and promoting Larkin
- Richards signing
- Healthy and rested Datsyuk
HUGE adds on our team depth compared to last season.