Avery. With Richards, Zucc, and Wolski, I don't think we need Christensen's SO skill. Avery brings more of the rest of the game of hockey to the table.
EC may have the skill, but he's never put it together.
Went with EC (which will probably make me unpopular....), but with Boyle, Rupp, Prust and a host of Pack call ups they don't need a guy with jam/grit/whatever you want to call it. If we need to replace a scorer however, EC makes more sense.
I'm not actually that fussed though, so it ,mainly comes down to cap hit which EC wins comfortably
Keep Avery. If/when WW disappoints, could see Avery in that spot (yes, for real) or Boyle moved there with Rupp centering a fourth line with Avery and Prust.
If I had to choose, Avery. He can do more - that is assuming Torts lets Avery be Avery. But I'm pretty underwhelmed with the choices. Bet Torts is too.
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Christensen has the odd dominant performance once in a while...but Avery is much more consistent; and that's saying something.
While I understand that Avery does more than just score, he's certainly not a 'defensive forward', so I'd say that the fact EC has 2 less points than Avery in 30 less games over the past two season says he is the more consistent of the two....
Either way I don't expect either of them to play much of a role this season or be on the team next season.
yep. there are plenty of soft North Americans. We have two of them at least.
Well, technically Wolski is Polish. He was raised in Canada and speaks perfect English and everything, you wouldn't even know he was Polish, so I understand. But man, there must be something in their blood cuz Wolski is practically Canadian
While I understand that Avery does more than just score, he's certainly not a 'defensive forward', so I'd say that the fact EC has 2 less points than Avery in 30 less games over the past two season says he is the more consistent of the two....
Either way I don't expect either of them to play much of a role this season or be on the team next season.
Consistent doesn't mean racking up points. Consistent is doing YOUR JOB every night. Avery's job isn't to put up points. His job is to be Avery and he is much more consistent at showing up each night and working his ass off than EC is at anything... The only thing EC is more consistent at is getting married.
Consistent doesn't mean racking up points. Consistent is doing YOUR JOB every night. Avery's job isn't to put up points. His job is to be Avery and he is much more consistent at showing up each night and working his ass off than EC is at anything... The only thing EC is more consistent at is getting married.
Agree to disagree, I though Avery was very inconsistent at being 'Avery' last season, which is why he's fighting for his spot now.
Agree to disagree, I though Avery was very inconsistent at being 'Avery' last season, which is why he's fighting for his spot now.
Oh yea, definitely. He was inconsistent last season at being Avery, I know. But so far what we've seen out of him in camp and pre-season, he is playing like the old Avery. He knows this is his contract year and is doing what it takes. I don't see any of that out of EC. You'd think he was Kovalchuk sitting on a 100 million dollar deal the way he's playing.
Oh yea, definitely. He was inconsistent last season at being Avery, I know. But so far what we've seen out of him in camp and pre-season, he is playing like the old Avery. He knows this is his contract year and is doing what it takes. I don't see any of that out of EC. You'd think he was Kovalchuk sitting on a 100 million dollar deal the way he's playing.
He's certainly had a good preseason. Like I said, at the end of the day I can't see either guy being more than a bit player throughout the season, which is why i want the extra cap space....
EC. He has a better chance of scoring more points, more cap friendly, and won't get 200 penalty minutes (Not Avery's fault, the refs just hate him)
BRING THE HATE BABY!
