Be sure to join the Discord channel to talk hockey, and everything else, with me and fellow subscribers. Today’s post was written by C.J. TURTORO. You can find C.J. on Twitter @CJTDevil. On Thursday I DMed blog daddy, Todd, to ask him what he wanted me to write about and he said, and I quote:
Pavel Zacha is not being pushed so hard by management and this org as being the building block for the franchise as much as Nico and Jack. That is why fans lately aren’t as hard on Zacha. He is what he is at this point, a complimentary player and fans can accept that. However if Nico is one of the saviors of this franchise, he is going to need to put up some points. I believe he is doing alright personally, but if he isn’t “producing” like other top 6 franchise centers around the league, he is going to get hate for it.
Just watching his game from a few years ago, he doesn't really try as many creative plays in my opinion. He looks far stronger and looks to use that along the boards as much as possible. I do miss mixing in some of the finesse plays.
Timely goals, saves, catches, hits, throws are all huge in sports. Tough to win championships without that. In the playoffs, do you want clutch players or analytic darlings? As an Oakland A’s fan, I can tell you it’s the former.
Pavel Zacha is not being pushed so hard by management and this org as being the building block for the franchise as much as Nico and Jack. That is why fans lately aren’t as hard on Zacha. He is what he is at this point, a complimentary player and fans can accept that. However if Nico is one of the saviors of this franchise, he is going to need to put up some points. I believe he is doing alright personally, but if he isn’t “producing” like other top 6 franchise centers around the league, he is going to get hate for it.
Just watching his game from a few years ago, he doesn't really try as many creative plays in my opinion. He looks far stronger and looks to use that along the boards as much as possible. I do miss mixing in some of the finesse plays.
Timely goals, saves, catches, hits, throws are all huge in sports. Tough to win championships without that. In the playoffs, do you want clutch players or analytic darlings? As an Oakland A’s fan, I can tell you it’s the former.