Edited Dec. 3, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.
Quoting: BigDog91
I don’t think u can blame the pp on risto. The whole pp was struggling and I think they are just trying to mix it up. As for Faulk. Look at that deal he signed and he can’t play a physical role risto can play. I guess I just don’t think marchessault is as good as you are saying. He is stuggling this year point wise. Unless he is great 2 way player then his value isn’t that high considering he is on decline and signed for five more years.
I do not blame Risto for PP Buffalo, although he really does not move the puck very well, it seems for him better to just stand in front of the net and have a physical impact. I just say as a fact that the coach no longer even puts him on the PP on the blue line, that is, after Dahlin returns, he will most likely be the third or fourth option on the PP.
Well, what difference does it make which deal he signed, he is not a physical player, but he is also a proven top 4 RHD and I don’t see how Risto’s value is much higher now, especially when I talked about analytics and metrics when many teams look before trading for player, they not only watch his games, but also all the statistics.
Marchessault is a solid top 6 player, of course he is not an elite like Eichel or Gaudreau, but it is quite comparable to Skinner or Reinhart, only Skinner gets 9M and Marchessault gets 5M. How much is it in decline? One season does not seem to me an indicator, if for example this season he will score 65 points, is this a decline? Because in the past he scored 59, and the year before 75, too few games have passed to talk about decline. I thought why Botterill traded for Vesey and a week ago I wanted to be trade him, but now I don’t want to, because he has improved and looks good.
upd. And Marchessault scores three goals tonight.