Canuck Surfer Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 11 hours ago, aGENT said: They also were expected to come in and play 1st line against top opposition/shut down match ups. EP will have Bo and Boes ahead of him and Sutter/Beagle doing heavy lifting on the two 'defensive' lines with likely sheltered 'Sedin' usage. That's fair. They were the focus. They definitely drew top match ups. MacD & RNH. But out of scale? Was RNH or McDavid also tasked with D zone face off's against opposing top lines? McDavid? No. Nor was Bo the last two years, ''breaking out.'' Horvat arrived in 2016/17; leading us with 52 points. When Sutter played 81 games. Bo scored just 40 points in 2015 / 16? When Sutter missed 3/4's of the season. And it was Bo tasked with shutting down top opposition. And he struggled with that, in spite of a great face off %. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Canuck Surfer said: That's fair. They were the focus. They definitely drew top match ups. MacD & RNH. But out of scale? Was RNH or McDavid also tasked with D zone face off's against opposing top lines? McDavid? No. Nor was Bo the last two years, ''breaking out.'' Horvat arrived in 2016/17; leading us with 52 points. When Sutter played 81 games. Bo scored just 40 points in 2015 / 16? When Sutter missed 3/4's of the season. And it was Bo tasked with shutting down top opposition. And he struggled with that, in spite of a great face off %. Ya lost me there. EP's not going to be expected to do those things either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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