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Skinner takes over second in team scoring Not a penalty McDavid tax

A great looking sweater match up

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I like that his low water mark is point a game lol

Oh ok probably I was then

Because what DC did isn’t that special. He’s great but you appear to be using an arbitrary designation. Eichel developed into .93 guy a season before, and 2 years younger than Cozens As I said before you seem to arbitrarily be focusing on a year 2-3 jump specifically

I don’t think the rankings are garbage they just have a particular skew. But it’s not “garbage” because there’s no hidden bias. Models resulting in wrong predictions sometimes doesn’t make them wholly bad

Hopefully he’s playing too well to be sent down to the WJC Although reading this thread I appear to be the only one even allowing for the *possibility* he sticks with the team next season

This is interesting, I forgot Byfuglien played some Wing early in his career. But he was drafted as a d-man so it’s a bit of a different situation.

I watch hockey games on the television if they come on

Even when I’m not trying....

By what metric are you saying he developed quickest? Quickest to .88 ppg year 3? Imagine a fair few have done that. Eichel went from .69 ppg year 1 to .93 year 2. Quickest as in year-over-year turnaround going from a low-ish ppg to a high one? Imagine Thompson’s is more severe The biggest year 2-3 jump, specifically? It’s possible?

Nope, we haven’t been yet. I think with the seeming emergence of the team, the time is getting ripe

Took the drive from Palm Springs, winter vacation home. But he’s attempting to see an NHL game in every arena, and this checks another off the list

I just think that if he’s good enough to stick until December, considering our F depth, in a year where playoffs are the goal, that means he’s playing pretty darn well. The rookies who are excelling usually *don’t* get loaned to the WJC. I really think next season team success is the primary priority. If we keep him up after 9 and he’s really hitting a wall, sure, loan him He played 9 games total. The stipulation you used was Savoie was with the Sabres though December. I don’t really see that happening if not based on merit. We aren’t running a dev camp next season. if he’s playing well I’m not loaning him, plain and simple. He’d be an NHLer

Guenther plays on the tanking coyotes Shane Wright played 8 games

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My dad’s at the game!

It’s so dumb

So Savoie will be the best option to aid our playoff push through the 1st 3 months of the season, but yet mid year we ship him out to the WJC, to the detriment of the roster? If Savoie sticks in camp it’s because it’s best for the team, now, so I would be operating by those same terms mid way. On another note, does anyone have the underlying metrics on Girgensons? Not doubting his aptitude but I’ve only seen eye test arguments made in his favour id guess they’d be pretty reasonable? No actual idea truthfully though

I agree. Just because we have players who can amount to more than VO here, now, doesn’t mean VO can’t be used to a greater harnessing of his abilities on another team, than he is currently, here. We’ve seen him with much more well rounded numbers in the past I’m sure KA would point to that in a potential trade, too

It’s not like VO doesn’t have a history of racking up a lot more assists than he is currently, too. We aren’t the only team that can improve players by fit The “VO is only a trigger man” thing was actually one we actively argued against until this season, which actually is an outlier re: his overall production VO was averaging 32 *assists* per 82, over the last 3 seasons, before this season where he has 9 total

Whoops, I wasn’t intending to say he should be sat. That’s my bad for not following the conversation. Truth be told I was just looking to say “yost” with y @Doohickie@PromoTheRobot

Yost

THAT’S not how the Force works!