Quoting: Goldninja0
Evans won't make it...
Put someone who gets sent down during the last cut
you obviosuly dont watch hockey just the 1 NHL team you cheer for
Evans is a stud and has been since we drafted him at the NCAA and AHL level .
you look at his stats and see 45 points in 67 games and go '' big deal''
you ignore after last camp he was concussed coming back in November gradually working his way back into a AHL role .
his first 20 games he had like 2 points but by end of Christmas Break he was the top skating forward in Laval scoring almost a point per game after that .
fast forward to this year where he lead all drafted players by MTL in scoring the first 4 games before being sent down .
he posted 2 goals, assist in 4 games with a point per game in each of the first 3 before going pointless vs TML in game 4.(best line though)
Evans is a Stud but we're developing him at Center and to be honest his Win rate was 40-43% so depsite his offense with Kotkanemi and Domi at Center we need a 4th Center like Thompson to take 1000/5000 plus Faceoffs MTL averages. Thompson can do that at a 55% win rate so Evans lost the job because we saw no value in testing him at Wing like we did Suzuki because like Poehling we intend on him playing in the middle because they made their names in College as Possession forwards and will adapt to the NHL faceoffs becoming reliable Centers for years to come .
Evans is a Gallagher type who scores best on hard work and deflections infront of the net
those types of players should never be underestimated .