JM_ Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/5/2018 at 11:46 PM, JamesB said: However, I may have under-rated Stecher. I did not pay a lot of attention to the PK numbers, but the following article is, in my view, a must-read for anyone who wants to assess Stecher's game. https://canucksarmy.com/2018/05/04/stecher-pk/. I was always fairly positive about Stecher, but this article made me more positive. The D still needs to score more, and the big missing component is a good PP QB and legitimate offensive D-man at 5-on-5, but I have no problem with Stecher in the mix. In fact, I have him at 3 on the depth chart, after Edler and Tanev. that is a really good article on Stecher's PK ability (made all the more surprising from a Canucks Army post but thats another thread). I had no idea he was top 10, and even top 5, in the league in some PK stats, thats really impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Article certainly does shed some light on his play. My opinion is that he was OK in most areas. Sure he gets crunched a bit, and this is obviously because he is undersized and takes the hit to make the play. Generally that doesn't translate well into longevity in the league and keeping healthy, but I think as he continues to develop he will be able to react quicker and can hopefully cut down on the wear and tear on his body. I know he didn't have the best scoring season, but I still see lots of upside in his play. He sees the ice well and is mobile. Interested to see how he's valued in contract talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Angry Goose Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Maybe not next year but I fully expect Troy from Richmond to have a breakout season soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 1 hour ago, SILLY GOOSE said: Maybe not next year but I fully expect Troy from Richmond to have a breakout season soon. I had lots of questions about how Stecher would do in his 2nd season but was pleasantly surprised. That said he does not have a long term spot nailed down and he will have lots of competition come fall. He is a worker and never takes a shift off which should help a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Boudrias said: I had lots of questions about how Stecher would do in his 2nd season but was pleasantly surprised. That said he does not have a long term spot nailed down and he will have lots of competition come fall. He is a worker and never takes a shift off which should help a lot. I don't know of too many RHD who are going to knock him out of the line up? Or even LHD we have in our line up or pipeline who play with his gusto... I think he is pretty safe! A bigger question is to see if he can regain some of the offensive minutes he lost to MDZ & Pouliot last year versus his rookie year & get back to scoring some points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 12 hours ago, Canuck Surfer said: I don't know of too many RHD who are going to knock him out of the line up? Or even LHD we have in our line up or pipeline who play with his gusto... I think he is pretty safe! A bigger question is to see if he can regain some of the offensive minutes he lost to MDZ & Pouliot last year versus his rookie year & get back to scoring some points? It is my impression that Stecher will benefit from a faster pace team. Great skater and passer who could take advantage of the space created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Boston just re-signed Matt Grzelcyk for 2 x $1.4mil. Could be a decent comparable, as they're the same age and although Stecher has played 2 seasons to Matt's 1, Matt outscored him this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Steven Stamkos Posted June 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2018 3 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Hopefully a bridge deal, he hasn’t done enough to sign for more than 2/3 years. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Bringing in Quinn Hughes could have an effect on Stecher's future role with the club. Hopefully he continues to round out his game in all three zones to make himself unmovable. I like the kids heart, and his willingness to battle. But can we have two dman who are under 6 feet in the NHL? Hope Stech takes his game to another level and proves that he can be a cornerstone on the blueline for the next decade. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: Bringing in Quinn Hughes could have an effect on Stecher's future role with the club. Hopefully he continues to round out his game in all three zones to make himself unmovable. I like the kids heart, and his willingness to battle. But can we have two dman who are under 6 feet in the NHL? Hope Stech takes his game to another level and proves that he can be a cornerstone on the blueline for the next decade. I think Stecher wins more battles than many of our bigger D men? He certainly engages gamely.No fear in that boy which I think both Green & Willie liked about him! He also avoids some contests altogether by just getting to pucks first.. I'd actually like to see more of the puck moving and offensive creativity, born from quick hands & feet, you often use to justify the use of a smaller guy? What happened? Willie gave him PP time & some offensive minutes. But Pouliot arrived taking some or most of those minutes. Hughes & Juolevi will take even more? And we went to one defender / four forward PP sets. But his offense was way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Looking forward to seeing what Stecher learns about the game of hockey from Hughes, and how much he can adopt it to himself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 8 hours ago, Canuck Surfer said: I think Stecher wins more battles than many of our bigger D men? He certainly engages gamely.No fear in that boy which I think both Green & Willie liked about him! He also avoids some contests altogether by just getting to pucks first.. I'd actually like to see more of the puck moving and offensive creativity, born from quick hands & feet, you often use to justify the use of a smaller guy? What happened? Willie gave him PP time & some offensive minutes. But Pouliot arrived taking some or most of those minutes. Hughes & Juolevi will take even more? And we went to one defender / four forward PP sets. But his offense was way down. I thought Stecher had a decent 2nd season. I like the idea of bringing the young d-men along slower. Hutton got thrown in to deep and for too long in his first 2 seasons. He is suffering for that. Stecher could easily be the last Van d-man to suffer that fate. Bid believer in at least 40 games in the AHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 45 minutes ago, Boudrias said: I thought Stecher had a decent 2nd season. I like the idea of bringing the young d-men along slower. Hutton got thrown in to deep and for too long in his first 2 seasons. He is suffering for that. Stecher could easily be the last Van d-man to suffer that fate. Bid believer in at least 40 games in the AHL. I thought so as well. Less offense, sure but he was also tasked with harder usage and I think the goal was to round out other parts of his game and then look at maybe adding his natural offensive abilities back in moving forward. Development. People focus far too much on stat lines. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 9 hours ago, Canuck Surfer said: I think Stecher wins more battles than many of our bigger D men? He certainly engages gamely.No fear in that boy which I think both Green & Willie liked about him! He also avoids some contests altogether by just getting to pucks first.. I'd actually like to see more of the puck moving and offensive creativity, born from quick hands & feet, you often use to justify the use of a smaller guy? What happened? Willie gave him PP time & some offensive minutes. But Pouliot arrived taking some or most of those minutes. Hughes & Juolevi will take even more? And we went to one defender / four forward PP sets. But his offense was way down. I noticed when he walks the blueline, he looks like he hesitates to shoot the puck. He makes an extra deke to fake out the forward and defers the puck off. I remember his first 20 games, he was a shooting monster who got the puck through to the net. He needs to just start trusting his shot again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JM_ Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 34 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: interesting. How far apart could they really be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingleThorn Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Evidently he's wanting $100 for every time his name is misspelled on CDC. ( 124 pages worth so far....too rich for the 'nucks ! ) /s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: That's too bad. I hear it is quite an unpleasant experience for a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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