Apathy - GDT - vs Dallas 4/19/21

[marcaractac 3,963]

3 minutes ago, The 91 of Ryans said:

I look at Larkin's future role as hopefully Landeskog-lite. Big part of the team's future soul. But not their best player. 

My vote is for Gallant too. No disrespect to Blashill who deserves at least one Jack Adams vote for what he's been able to do with this team over the past 15 games or so. 

Unless his offensive game mutates, Beniers is basically Larkin 2.0 no? 

I'd say he is more Toews than Larkin. They have similarities for sure. He is a capable playmaker and has a high hockey IQ. 

[kipwinger 8,757]

16 minutes ago, The 91 of Ryans said:

I look at Larkin's future role as hopefully Landeskog-lite. Big part of the team's future soul. But not their best player. 

My vote is for Gallant too. No disrespect to Blashill who deserves at least one Jack Adams vote for what he's been able to do with this team over the past 15 games or so. 

Unless his offensive game mutates, Beniers is basically Larkin 2.0 no? 

Totally agree, I see Beniers as another Larkin. He might have marginally more offense in him, but he's basically the exact same player stylistically. The centers with the highest offensive upside are Johnson, Lucius, and Sillinger. Beniers is another Larkin, and Eklund is somewhere in between (I've seen him compared to Barzal stylistically). I've been all over the place on this, but so far I'm leaning toward Lucius. While he's definitely shoot-first, and not as much of a playmaker, there are a few things that I really like as far as his development potential at center. He's really young and underdeveloped but has a big frame so he should be above average in size once he grows into himself. His skating isn't the best, but will also come along with added strength. He obviously shoots the lights out and will kill on the PP. But (most importantly) he's 60% in the faceoff dot. While I generally like playmaking centers, and have advocated for such around here for a long time, I can definitely see a scenario where Lucius stays at center because of his faceoff ability, and he and Raymond create a TON of offense together (especially on the powerplay). That would leave a Larkin-Zadina matchup/even strength scoring line as your 2nd, which I really like the thoughts of.

 

[The 91 of Ryans 3,019]

9 minutes ago, kipwinger said:

Totally agree, I see Beniers as another Larkin. He might have marginally more offense in him, but he's basically the exact same player stylistically. The centers with the highest offensive upside are Johnson, Lucius, and Sillinger. Beniers is another Larkin, and Eklund is somewhere in between (I've seen him compared to Barzal stylistically). I've been all over the place on this, but so far I'm leaning toward Lucius. While he's definitely shoot-first, and not as much of a playmaker, there are a few things that I really like as far as his development potential at center. He's really young and underdeveloped but has a big frame so he should be above average in size once he grows into himself. His skating isn't the best, but will also come along with added strength. He obviously shoots the lights out and will kill on the PP. But (most importantly) he's 60% in the faceoff dot. While I generally like playmaking centers, and have advocated for such around here for a long time, I can definitely see a scenario where Lucius stays at center because of his faceoff ability, and he and Raymond create a TON of offense together (especially on the powerplay). That would leave a Larkin-Zadina matchup/even strength scoring line as your 2nd, which I really like the thoughts of.

 

Well barring lsome otto luck (hahahahahahahahahahahah) this team is picking no higher than 6 most likely. So that will most likely be in the Clarke/Eklund/Johnson/Lucius/Wallsted range.