Halfway point - Grade the players
Yes I know we all want to give everybody F's but that's not great for discussion..
Here are mine sorted by top of the class..
Monahan: A-, pretty much everything we could have hoped for.. Injury slowed him down but seems to be picking things back up again.. On pace for 25 goals and solid IQ.
Hudler: A-, sometimes tries too much out there and gives it away a la Tanguay, but mostly been pretty awesome this year
Gio: A-, gets olympic consideration and establishing himself as solid top 2 D
Russell: A-, total surprise, bummer about the injury
Byron: B+, nice surprise since the call up
Ramo: B-, bad start, getting better and slightly more consistent than Berra
Backlund: B-, terrible start, but really picking it up now
Brodie: B-, decent play this year
Smid: B-, seems to be a pretty good warrior so far
Bouma: C+, been pretty much as advertised
Colborne: C+, not too bad, seems to be adapting his game
Baertschi: C+, didn't think he was that bad at all, still don't understand the hate, and he's on pace for 0.5 ppg career in the NHL, give him a dang chance.
Berra: C+, bad start but getting better and I see a little bit of potential there, doing great at shootouts and breakaways
Cammalleri: C, great start, fallen off big time, hope he gets it going enough to get something decent for him
Wideman: C, hasn't done much at all this year
Hartley: C-, getting some effort but play has dropped off big time, has he lost the team?
Stajan: D, had one solid stretch, but is now sucking again and relegated to 4th line (plus I just don't like Stajan)
Butler: D, plays not bad when given 10 mins a game, any more becomes a disaster
O'Brien: D, at least he has the most spinoramas on the team
Glencross: D, unfortunate injuries, but even when he's been playing he has been super inconsistent and I don't see the passion
Mcgrattan: D-, only seems to fight the staged fights which seems pointless to me, timing on fights hasn't been good either
Stempniak: F, one solid streak but now what, the worst 25 game stretch of his career? This guy is infuriating
D Jones: F, I don't see anything that useful with this guy.. He's big but doesn't do anything with his size.. He scored one goal in the first game and that's it
Galiardi: F, as discussed in other threads, he's Comeau with less effort
Breen: F
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