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Originally Posted by jlh2640
I feel awful about him, he showed so much promise last year and really did well in a PK role. Not sure how things went this bad for him. Especially since he proved all the doubters wrong when he was picked. But its clear that he is not he same player as last year
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His prior 2 seasons were both promising, especially his last one. And that includes a Gulutzan season before that. I'm as disappointed as anyone in his play. But he's not the first player to suffer a stats-drop in their 3rd NHL season and won't be the last. I'd still give him an extra year to see if he can regain his past form. He's still only 25 and has I believe a year left on his contract to prove himself worthy of staying.
It's one thing if he never ever showed any glimpses of being an NHL caliber player. But he clearly demonstrated he was the past 2 seasons so I'm willing to be a bit more patient with him. 1 point all season seems to be an outlier and not the norm.
Unless we're fine with throwing away players who are in the midst of having a bad season after 2 good ones? We've seen it with Brodie and Gaudreau recently. Can't wait to see how people feel about trading away Tkachuk or Lindholm when they have a down year. That'll do wonders when trying to sign players here
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