Sorry guys feel like I'm in bizarro world. How is the worst player not Duclair???? OK fine make him most disappointing or Shabanov. Heineman doubles his goal output from the prior season. Cizikas is a 4th line grinder playing with no one and everyone all season. Worst/disappointing has to be Duclair/Shabanov/Tsplakhov. In and out of the lineup all season
Emil Heineman was a disappointment? A second year pro who bounced around between lines 1 through 4 on a team with one of the most anemic offenses in the NHL and still managed 22 goals which was good for third on the team? Heineman's ceiling is second liner on a mediocre to poor team and realistically third liner on a good team. If DeBoer created a third line of let's say Pageau centering Heineman and Holmstrom and left it alone…it should be productive, we'll see next season what happens. In the meantime, maybe Mitch should spend more time compiling Corsi charts, player evaluation does not appear to be his strength.
19 Comments
Well said….Schaefer should be given the C and lock him in for like they did for McDavid and Crosby
Sorry guys feel like I'm in bizarro world. How is the worst player not Duclair???? OK fine make him most disappointing or Shabanov. Heineman doubles his goal output from the prior season. Cizikas is a 4th line grinder playing with no one and everyone all season. Worst/disappointing has to be Duclair/Shabanov/Tsplakhov. In and out of the lineup all season
Bo. Had a good year
De Clair was bad Casey was better than de Clair. Let’s remember de Clair was batched alot
Alexandre was hurt from November to now matt
Best player really Sorokin if you take away last month
cizikas slander will not be tolerated
Schaefer def has the tools to be the captain.
I hate to say it because I love him but Cizikas had an off season.
Mayfield is the worst player on the isles and its not really close
Emil Heineman was a disappointment? A second year pro who bounced around between lines 1 through 4 on a team with one of the most anemic offenses in the NHL and still managed 22 goals which was good for third on the team? Heineman's ceiling is second liner on a mediocre to poor team and realistically third liner on a good team. If DeBoer created a third line of let's say Pageau centering Heineman and Holmstrom and left it alone…it should be productive, we'll see next season what happens. In the meantime, maybe Mitch should spend more time compiling Corsi charts, player evaluation does not appear to be his strength.
All year long we said we needed someone to protect Schaefer!!
Now we need someone to protect our Captain!!
I would wait 3-5 years or just until “he’s ready”
Andres Lee was the biggest disappointment.
Mitch I literally had the same reaction as you when Matt said Adam Pelech
Schaefer was outstanding but best player for me was Ilya. He had the most influence and he literally stole 10-15 pts.
Best – Sorokin
Worst – Drouin/Palat
Surprising- Schaefer
Disappointing- Pulock
To Watch – Eklund
Exciting Pros – Eklund
Mayfield was the worst in my book, he’s worthy of a buyout, along with palat.
Scott mayfield is our worst player. Why does our fan base continue to turn a blind eye…
Best: Schaefer. Runner up: Sorokin
Worst: Mayfield. Runner up: Maclean
Most surprising: Ritchie. Runner up: Heineman.
Most disappointing: Shabanov. Runner up: Duclair.
Who to watch: Ritchie. Runner up: George
Most Exciting prospect: Aitcheson. Runner up: Eklund.
How do you say Schaefer was better than sorokin this year