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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 13, 2020 at 10:55 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 3, 2020 at 4:20 p.m.
Thread: fix the D in free agency with a couple toba bois
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MisstheWhalers</b></div><div>Heinola's point production with the Jets was 5 points in 8 games, that's not bad...</div></div>

NHL history is littered with players who got lots of points in a very small amount of games, that when given a bigger role regress to their actual ability. All of his assists were secondary assists scored by players in the jets top 6. Combining that with 60% Ozone starts simply means he was put in every position to succeed, playing with the best players and not having to constantly battle in his own zone. With all that, he managed to barely pulled out a positive corsi and currently has negative fenwick. He wasn't playing near an NHL level then, which is why he went back to liiga. Now in liiga he's showing what happens when they give him a bigger role against men for more than a few games. He's still 18 and I believe he's going to become an amazing player, but his development shouldn't be rushed because he looked good in a sheltered role for a few games. He won't be ready for next year and he shouldn't be expected to, he's a 20th overall defensemen born in 2001. GIve him the years he needs and he can be a stud in the NHL by age 21-22 like most defensemen's development curve.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 14, 2019 at 12:52 a.m.
Thread: if were in playoff position come february
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MisstheWhalers</b></div><div>Blah blah I hear that all the time but it's a false narrative, he gets far too much ice time with very little production. Maurice over plays Lowry who brings down the offense of anyone he plays with and by him getting so much ice time taking away ice time from more offensively inclined players you get overworked and subsequently burned out Scheiffele, Wheeler, etc cause they're being played more to try and get back into games and the 4th line barely plays because of that as well.

Play your better players more and let them outscore the competition, by playing Lowry in the 3C spot it essentially sinks the entire bottom 6.

The most successful teams tend to get scoring throughout the lineup yet the Jets don't even though the talent is there to, it doesn't get bottom 6 production cause Lowry is just a big body 4C, Copp should really be centering that line and Lowry should be on the 4th line as Gustaffsons LW or ideally traded for a decent dman.

It doesn't matter how good a guy is at shutting down the other teams top players(even though Lowry really isn't that good at it), with 14 minutes a night of ice time there needs to be some production, I don't give a flying **** what a guys corsi is, if he's on pace for 9 ****ing points he's replaceable by anyone making a league minimum salary.. Lol

Also Maurice has been trying this Lowry shutdown the other teams best/line match/give Scheiffele,Wheeler, etc easier match ups for how many seasons now and it just does not work, it's the definition of insanity to keep rolling out Lowry for 14+ minutes a night and expecting different results.</div></div>

I fail to see how playing Lowry less and Scheifele more will burn out Scheifele less. The Lowry line's job is to forecheck in the offensive zone and maintain possession of the puck to tire out the other team's lines. Every shot on net for his line is another opportunity for the other team to gain possession, so naturally his shooting and offense are going to be low. That is a result of Maurice's system, not Lowry as a player. Putting Copp in Lowry's role will just result in Copp getting no points the same as Lowry.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 13, 2019 at 11:18 p.m.
Thread: if were in playoff position come february
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MisstheWhalers</b></div><div>There's no player I want gone more then Lowry, as long as he's a Jet this team will never improve.
Don't care one bit about his fight with Reaves, he's on pace for 9 points, can pay someone else far less then $2.9M to get in a few fights a season and contribute very little offense.</div></div>

I mean it's pretty unfair to judge a clear defensive forward on his offensive production. Four lines of strictly offensive players actually create a pretty weak offensive team, because that forces your top line to always have to play against other team's top lines, slowing down their offensive production. If you look at Lowry's defensive stats, he consistently performs well above average on faceoffs while having 60% D zone starts, and currently has a 0 +/-, so although he's not scoring goals, he's also not letting other teams score any either. His value comes from being able to play against the top players of the league and shut down their offense, letting the Jets top 6 come out against weaker competition and light up the other team's weaker forwards.