Quoting: JoeROFLCOPTER
He scored 27G this season; I think you guys are factoring in the fact that he scored 41 the previous season a little too much.
If you look at the multiple reasons as to why Debrincat didn't score as much this season it makes sense.
1. our top centre (Norris) didn't play this season so he had to play with rookie pinto who struggled playing against other top players.
2. the different structure and system of dj smith did not help debrincat score more goals. many fans want Dj gone because of this.
3. TOI and opportunities, with Chicago debrincat played every PP and the complete 2mins of the PP all the time in Chicago because he was their only option with Kane. But with ottawa there are many other players who are competitive and take TOI and PP time on the ice.
4. Really really unlucky this year. I cant tell you how many posts this guy hit this past season in what normally would be a goal for him.
I am 110% confident that Debrincat is a regular 40 goal scorer. I was very impressed with him. He was very clutch scoring important goals which ended up snagging us many points. I wouldn't mind keeping Debrincat at a decent price considering we have other holes to fix. If we do end up trading him it will 100% not be because he didn't score his usual 40 goals in his first year with us, but it will be because he wants to go home or we won't have enough cap to get a goalie if he demands too much because our team doesn't struggle scoring goals, we scored many goals even without our top centre but we do struggle finding consistency in goal.