Quoting: Juiceman
He has got to produce way more. Has never hit 20 goals or 40 points
Pass and goals are 2 variables. Faceoff,pking,playmaking,puck control,hits,war,toi,play against who,etc. Most of the time he starts in d-zone winning the draw and he is not playing with top offensive players. Playing in the 2 worsts team of the league in the last 4 years didn't help at all.
One freaking Word for all of you guys : PERSPECTIVE.... This is why cap or scoring sheet are so overated sometime . What if the player always has the 3rd pass or press a block on the play to open the ice for another player.
Look the game not the scoreboard. Everything is valuable in this game. The guy is not a flop nor a dump, he plays well but got many distraction and even played injured ... So step back a moment and understand that even is contract might have been boosted for cap floor reason ... So is it that overpaid or underperforming ... I'm not that sure.
We'll see this year if he pops up the scoresheet and if so, well he would be qualifying for his cap ... Give some time and space.
You don't realise how much pressure money and pts have where the game have sooooo many other variables even more important!