How has Hoffman been a disappointment? He has exceeded my expectations. For a guy I thought was lazy and had a bad attitude, he works his butt off despite not being good in his own zone, he back checks and works hard. He has missed considerable time with injury (shoulder, big deal) and is on pace for about 42 points this season on an awful team with an atrocious powerplay.

I think he's been quite good to be fair, he's grown on me.

And we could not underestimate the fact that all year long Montreal didn’t have a true centerman to play with Hoffman. Give him a good offensive center and he will pin you up 25 goal quickly.