Banni
Rejoint: juin 2018
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so basically a guy who goes to the dirty areas and gets rewarded is now Je ne sais quoi?
I mean I hate to break it to you, but there are whole histories of guys who have done it.
His problem will be that eventually the beating will wear on him, he'll deal with injury and decline. Like usually happens with those kinds of players.
But to answer your question, I think Brandon Tanev is one of those under rated guys with underrated qualities.
People laughed at his contract this year. His career high is 14 goals. But his impact on the ice is far greater. It's beyond just physical play, checking, defensive play. It's the fact he will go through a wall.
Draw penalties. Put teams on heels with speed. And in general be disruptive in ways that far exceed his offensive output.
I don't think there are a lot of guys like that in the league. I would classify Tom Wilson as one as well but he knows how to find the net consistently. But his play is much more than finding the net.