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Originally Posted by Lundsanity30
Rick Nash has scored 30 goals every year playing with nobody. He will def add 5-10 goals and 10-20 more points with us. That makes him a 35/40 70/80 pt player for us
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Here is some good reading material for you.
http://hockeyanalysis.com/2012/02/14/what-is-rick-nash/
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Overall in 5v5 close situations Rick Nash looks to be a solid offensive player, but not elite overall and defensively he is relatively weak.
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Generally speaking, his PP numbers are quite poor relative to other top PP forwards.
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So, to summarize, yes Nash is a good offensive player who may put up better numbers playing with better offensive players but he is probably not an elite offensive forward. Also, he isn’t a great defensive forward so offense really is what you get him for. If I were Columbus I would be willing to trade him if I can get a quality NHL ready player capable of playing in their top 6 forwards, a top tier prospect and a first round pick. If I were other teams, I would be very wary of over paying because he is not an elite player but he is paid like one ($7.8M cap hit for 6 more seasons).
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