60 assists would have made him second in the league this season in assists. There's no way he goes from playing with Giroux to playing on the Stars and sees his numbers go up.
60 assists on the very high end having an insane season.
I expect/am hoping for a 20G 40A type season, but would not be surprised if it is higher assuming he plays with Benn/Eriksson and on the 1st PP unit all year long.
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What I could see. Probably on the high end for some, but meh, I'm very optimistic.
I've got no problem with what you predicted (optimism is nice!), except that you bet on Loui Eriksson to have smaller point totals. He's the most consistent player on the team, and good for 70+ points. I'm curious why you thought this year to be a one where his production drops, if even only slightly.
Jagr is not healthy. He's closing in on 41 and does not have enough left in the tank to be a first line player in the NHL.
Play him few minutes and save him for the PP. That is clearly his main asset, and when the team is on the PP it doesn't matter that the guy doesn't play any defense whatsoever.
That's perfectly fine. We can dress a forward prospect each game and let him take normal 4th line minutes plus a handful of Jagr's ES shifts (when the game situation allows).
This gives the prospect more minutes than they'd get playing 4th line only, let's them have some quality top line time without all of the pressure, and also let's Jagr save himself for the PP and bigger moments in the game.
That's perfectly fine. We can dress a forward prospect each game and let him take normal 4th line minutes plus a handful of Jagr's ES shifts (when the game situation allows).
This gives the prospect more minutes than they'd get playing 4th line only, let's them have some quality top line time without all of the pressure, and also let's Jagr save himself for the PP and bigger moments in the game.
I agree with you 100%. I just hope Gully can resist the temptation to ride Jagr and Whitney into the ground.
I've got no problem with what you predicted (optimism is nice!), except that you bet on Loui Eriksson to have smaller point totals. He's the most consistent player on the team, and good for 70+ points. I'm curious why you thought this year to be a one where his production drops, if even only slightly.
“I always wanted to play in Canada and I wanted to go to Montreal if I had a chance, but Montreal wasn’t interested. All of a sudden I got a phone call form Joe Nieuwendyk that Dallas was interested.
“After the season — even during the season — I thought I would re-sign in Philadelphia, but I guess they wanted to go in a different direction. They were waiting for Parise and Suter, and probably I would have to wait until right now to try to negotiate a new deal with the Flyers and I didn’t want to wait.”
I'm cool with him saying that. Hopefully he'll still bring his A-game to the Stars and contribute like we all know he can.
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no problem with it. in fact, i appreciate his honesty.
I usually appreciate that, but I don't see what purpose his statement served. Still, I definitely expect him to bring his A-game and for the Stars to have an exciting team capable of making the playoffs (although it's never easy).
I have the feeling that, luckily, Stars' fans are a little more tolerant of such things. If he said that a couple days after signing with a team in the northeast, I doubt it would go over too well and one would think he'd understand that.
If you listen to the interview in question, he was asked "how the negotiations came about." It wasn't like he came out on his own and mentioned how the Stars weren't his first choice in a vacuum. I'd agree it'd be a little worrisome if he brought it up on his own. But based on the context of the conference call, it was fine.
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