I think if he started the season on the 4th line he'd be a shoe in A+ but that first rough patch where I expected him to put up 40ish points on the 3rd line hurt his grade for me. His post season is what saved him from a C for me. It's silly to say but if he has the exact same season in 24-25 amas a 4th liner he gets that A.
I'm mostly just being silly, but I think expectations factored into the grade for me. I didn't like the Dadonov signing because it felt too much like "these guys had chemistry, age be damned, but let's keep that chemistry anwyay" + all the signs pointed to that line overperforming. If Dadonov were to blame for that line's decline, a B would have been the ONLY answer, but I didn't think he was. It's a nitpick, but still.
I'm with Andrew here with the A being too high. Again it goes back to being the guy who ended up taking the blame for the Johnston line not clicking. Stankoven coming in and showing immediate life on that line and it becoming that defacto second line is a credit to him, but some shade does end up falling on Dadonov as he's the comp. He's just a tad to expensive to eat that many scratches and not contribute on the PK. Plus Dallas really didn't know what they wanted on their 4th line, so that didn't help him either.
If we gave a points grade, I'd give him an 89.3. One of those oh it burns, but it doesn't quite round up to an A unless you have a kind professor.
(also hate to say it, but it kind of feel like his good playoff is halfway at the expense of other guys middling playoffs)
You magistrates and noblemen voted nothing but B's??
Cowaaaaards!!!!
I think if he started the season on the 4th line he'd be a shoe in A+ but that first rough patch where I expected him to put up 40ish points on the 3rd line hurt his grade for me. His post season is what saved him from a C for me. It's silly to say but if he has the exact same season in 24-25 amas a 4th liner he gets that A.
I'm mostly just being silly, but I think expectations factored into the grade for me. I didn't like the Dadonov signing because it felt too much like "these guys had chemistry, age be damned, but let's keep that chemistry anwyay" + all the signs pointed to that line overperforming. If Dadonov were to blame for that line's decline, a B would have been the ONLY answer, but I didn't think he was. It's a nitpick, but still.
Inability to be silly is a serious diagnosis.
I'm with Andrew here with the A being too high. Again it goes back to being the guy who ended up taking the blame for the Johnston line not clicking. Stankoven coming in and showing immediate life on that line and it becoming that defacto second line is a credit to him, but some shade does end up falling on Dadonov as he's the comp. He's just a tad to expensive to eat that many scratches and not contribute on the PK. Plus Dallas really didn't know what they wanted on their 4th line, so that didn't help him either.
If we gave a points grade, I'd give him an 89.3. One of those oh it burns, but it doesn't quite round up to an A unless you have a kind professor.
(also hate to say it, but it kind of feel like his good playoff is halfway at the expense of other guys middling playoffs)