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Well, he is my fav player for a reason from this season. Likely stays for a while...
Last season(s) my fav was PointerZ.
One word: Selke
You just don't believe it, except if you watch every single TBL game.
He gives his 100% each and every shift. And he is not injury prone... unlike Stamkos...
I can't describe him any better: He hustles for the puck, like a cat for his prey.
Skates well...
When he is on the ice, the target is " The puck".
When defending/pk:distracting opponents to force bad plays.
When attacking:going to the net vs much bigger defenders. He doesn't afraid to fight as well, or be phyisical, even though he is not a big/230 pounds player...
He is faster,stronger, than last year = Still improving a lot...
I don't think he will ever reach Bergeron's offensive skill level, but a 50 points guy is still super useful on the ice each year, when his caphit is not off the charts...
Like imagine he is a mini "Sean Couturier/Bertuzzi/Ryan O'reilly/Tkatchuk/Rust/Toews/Kopitar". These players are "winner" type of guys.
Every team wants a few of these players. They just don't grow on trees. Like Gourde is fighting hard on the ice as well, but he sometimes disappears for 30 games... Or JT Miller is offensively gifted, but he also dissapeared a lot last year...So NHL it's not just all about points...
It's like all things combined: Being a center is a big+,Consistency,PK skills,Hockey IQ, defensive skills, speed, fightning spirit,work ethic,stick-checking,takeaways,faceoffs etc... like ten other things...
I have no idea how noone picked him earlier in his draft year... we were lucky let's just say it... like with Kuch...
...Or Point. Yeah,Point is much closer to Bergeron... Berg. is truly elite...looks like age doesn't matter to Berg...
Interesting to look at his draft year.
He had good numbers:
2014-15-Oshawa Generals-OHL
68g-36p
plus-minus chart: +34
The good thing that he kept the +- thing in NHL, because he never gives up to try to "outwork" the opponent(s).
Lots of players, like Matthews is a superstar and what they do: only offense and zero defense.
This year Matthews improved a lot as well, just like Cirelli, and he can become in like 2 years a complete 2 way forward. But we'll see. But Matthews has a 10 million $ + contract, so he has to be better...
We'll see at the end of the year how much $$$ Cirelli will get.. He deserves every penny, until he plays with this "unique style". He makes his linemates better. That's not that easy to do for a lots of players...
Oh yeah another similar player i just remembered: Brendan Gallagher.from
... really similar... maybe you know that player more...
Wish we could acquire Gallagher once
No wonder he is a fan favorite as well...
I hope i helped