pilldoc Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) Ok folks it is mid-season and I believe time for us to honestly evaluate this team as a whole. For arguments sake I have choosen the following format:A=Far Exceeded ExpectaionsB=Slighty Better than ExpectedC=Average / Does his job / Steady playerD=Lower than what ExpectedF = Failure / Far Lower ExpectationsI = IncompleteNote: you can give (+) or (-)Centers:(D) Danny Briere - Possible buyout candidate. Huge contract. Great in playoffs. Seems invisible during regular season. Trade potential?(C-) Sean Couturier - has regressed from last year. Soph. slump? misses Jagr?(A-) Claude Giroux - slow start, seems to have picked up his game. 1st yr as Captain. too much too soon?(B) Matt Read - Steady player. Really have no complaints(C+) Zac Rinaldo - Does his job(B+) Brayden Schenn - finally settling down into this team?(B-) )Maxime Talbot - dosen't have the point production like last year, bold solid playerLeft Wingers:(D+) Ruslan Fedotenko - disappointed to say none the least. virtually invisible on the ice (gone after the season??)(I) Simon Gane - nice to have back, however time for retirement?(B) Tye McGinn - great upstart to this kid. looking forward to seeing him developRight wingers:(B) Scott Hartnell - Hartnell is ...well Hartnell(D-) Mike Knuble - stop gap measure. there is a reason he was unsigned. takes too many penalties. gone after the season(A+) Wayne Simmonds - Love Him! No complaints(A+) Jakub Voracek - Breakout Year! Love him. A steal from Columbus(B) Harry Zolnierczyk - Dumb penalties at time. But ok with himDefensmen:(C-) Braydon Coburn - Average this year. Not a #1 D-man. See other thread.(F) Curtis Foster - Not an NHL player. Gone after this year(F) Bruno Gervais - Not an NHL player. Gone after this year(B) Nicklas Grossman - Steady. One of the lone standouts on defense.(I) Chris Pronger - Career Over(C+) Luke Schenn - Some (+) some (-)(C+) Kimmo Timonen - A year older and step slower.Goalies:(C-) Brian Boucher - Meh(B-) Ilya Bryzgalov - ok better than expected, still an average goalie, possible buyout at end of season.Management / Coaching(C+) Peter Laviolette - can't pull the magic like lst year. dealing as best he can with what he has.(F) Paul Holmgren - props for trying for parise / suter / wber. Failed miserbly for the signings of Leighton / Lilja / Foster / Gervais. Letting Carle walk after pinning hopes on Weber / Suter. Letting Jagr walk.There you have it...Lets hear yours...... Edited March 8, 2013 by pilldoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertmega Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Hartnell: C- Needs to work on conditioning and spend extra time working on skatingGiroux: C not performing to expectations, likes to get too cute with the puck, highly predictable on the powerplay, mails it in on some nights. Unacceptable for a captainTalbot: C+/B- considering where he has been placed in the depth chart, he is doing what he should be but not excelling. Timmonen: A- for his age, and injury history he has been an absolute workhorseSchenn, L: B+ got off to a rocky start and had his share of bad games, but is doing well on a new teamThe rest I agree with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHexyWeTrust Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Rinaldo solid B+ Without question the best checking forward on the team at this point. Still no offense, but that doesn't matter.Gervais C- Not a bad 6-7 option at all. Coburn D+ His passing has been atrocious. We all know he can't shoot. But his skating, positioning, and first pass out of the zone have always been his strengths; he's been a "-" on all of those this year. I agree with @Bertmega on L. Schenn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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