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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Dude was also amazing defensively and was awesome at puck retrievals/break out passes. He’s elite.
Worth mentioning that Johnny really finished well last season too. Think of how many Chances Toffoli has had and put Johnny (or Chucky’s) finishing ability in that spot (and that’s no shot on Toffoli, just different tier of players). Johnny and Chucky were lethal.
In general I’m not overly concerned about this team making the playoffs or not - I think they will. I just have trouble believing they’re anything “special” come playoff time…time will tell, but I just hate being a team in that 10-16 spot league-wide. We’ve spent so much time in that range, with it usually being closer to 16 than 10. It felt like at the end of last season we were finally establishing ourselves as a top team and then the rug got pulled out from under our feet and we’re right back into that mushy middle.
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I wasn't the biggest fan of his defensive play, mid season his defensive play broke down. He started standing at the blue line and throwing cross ice passes regardless of the circumstances.
He was a good player for us, and everything aligned for that line last year.