Re: Fitting Kuzmenko
This isnt even personal at this point- i really feel like of you go into your research with a bias you'll almost always manage to find a disproportionate amount of evidence to support that side of the argument- I've done it. I'm not even saying hes a legend breaking out- all.ive ever done is maintain that he does have exceptional talent- which does NOT make it a given that he'll either find consistency or string it altogether in the big. I still hope he does but I'm not pretending I know something anyone else doesn't. So much of the data you provided- outside of shooting percentage regression (read: legit concern)- was... not convincing.
I'm just going to be honest again- and this is no offense. I heard: "I got burned by the Shipyachov/Brunnstrom/whoever else hype and im not falling for that again..."
Dazzling skillset- i hope he can maintain some consistency going forward and I hope he can find a team that values him- I'm still not sold thats Calgary. I think he was a throw in to this trade- or worse something like Van saying were only going to consider this huge offer if you solve our kuzmenko/money issue. I still don't believe he would get icetime on a better team and may have been sent packing to Russia already. If you're counting your kuzmenko chickens here its waaaaay too early. We either need to see Calgary make a meaningful investment in his future (doubtful) or we need to see him go to a team that will.commit to him in a top six capacity and accept some of his defensive warts. IF he can find that I think there could be a 70 point forward coming out of this- with the current run I can almost see more but that consistency has got to shake out first AND those are a lot of big ifs to begin with.
Weekly changes- protect 6-12 each year determined randomly- and the rest stay on board so.its like a pseudo dynasty. 2c, 3w, 1ff, 4d, 2g
The scoring is skaters: g4, a2, sog 1, pim 0.25, st+1, and +/- 1 for forwards and +/-3 for defense.
Goalies: W6, L-2,sv0.3, SO 3 and player scoring for G and A.
Rebuilding
C- Hughes, Carlsson
W- Laf, Slaf, Michkov, Buchy
D- Weresnki, L Hughes, Clarke, Xhekaj
G- Swayman, Wolf
B- Wright, Sharnagovich, Tolvanen, Mangiapane, Schmid, Other Junk
Farm- Michkov, Holtz, Stankoven, N Robertson, Cristall[, Cossa