Habs4ever
Joined: Jan. 2017
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I really do not understand the infatuation so many people have with Mete. He was on a powerhouse team in London with the Knights. He made the team not because he was amazing but because we had major holes. Edmundson has tremendously helped Petry with his defensive game. While Chiarot is not a true 1st pairing he gets by with Weber. If you look at the last game where Mete is in the corner against the Vancouver player, he was not strong enough to push him off the puck and the Vancouver player knew that, so he took his time looked over his left shoulder and passed it out in front for a goal. With the top four and Romanov that guy would have been pushed up against the glass unable to look and make a pass.
So Mete is light like Hughes in Vancouver. The big difference one can produce offense, the other cannot. So Vancouver will live with Hughes d-zones mistakes because he put up points. Mete will not generate any offence. He has a very weak shot for an NHL player. Yes, his first step is good and he skates very well but that is about it. If he could produce points then I would have him in my top six, but he has 4 goals in 173 games.