Quoting: deys3232
Using Selke votes to argue your point is absolutely stupid. Patrick Kane has gotten a Selke vote before. Doesnt make him any good defensively. Connor playing on the PK has no co-relation of him being good defensively. Hes not even good on the PK. Hes trash.
Schiefele was ablsolute garbo defensively this year too, so idk what ur talking about
First of all, the only reason I am using selke votes is because you don’t listen to analysis, so I brought up evidence. The selke is awarded to the best defensive forward in the game (with usually above pt/game). These votes are given by writers and analysts who’s full time job it is to watch hockey. I’m sure that if they give someone a vote for a selke, they definitely weren’t “bad” that season lol
After watching almost every single jets game this year, I am confident in the statement that schiefele is very good defensively. Yes he can take over games offensively but when he’s not playing at an elite level, you can count on him to be good in his own end. He has also been one of our best Pk’ers for years now (more on that later). As for talking about Patrick Kane? The year he got his selke vote was when he was on a cup winning team and frankly, he wasn’t bad defensively then (from what I remember of their cup run)
Also, he wasn’t bad this year either. If you take him away from wheeler and put him with 2 young wingers in laine and Connor (especially Laine), there is bound to be a drop off. Yes he had tough games, but who doesn’t. Overall, he was again our best all round forward (and best forward in general because of that)
Now about penalty killing. The fact that you think the PK has no corelation to defending is absolutely hilarious. Penalty killing is mostly defending lol and scheifele is arguably the best on our team at it. Connor is also very good on the penalty kill. His speed helps tremendously in getting the puck out and he is great at positioning himself to receive and pass from a pinned defensemen. He can be lost at times but those are growing pains. Generally, his positioning on the pk is very good as well.
Maybe you need to watch a few more jets games so u “know what you are talking about”.