You love him. I love him. He's gonna be a star defender in this league for a lot of years. He's also the most valuable player the Habs organization who can be traded without causing long term damage to this build.
Between Matheson's emergence as a top offensive defenseman, and the promise shown by Hutson, A. Xhekaj, Struble, Harris, Engstrom... Guhle is actually a luxury, and based on how weak the Habs are at forward, he may be a luxury they can't afford to keep.
Hockey is about balance. The Habs are building their team to bring offense from the blueline. Having Matheson, Hutson, Xhekaj back there as the top 3 on the left side seems to make a ton of sense. On the right side I think we are all expecting that Savard moves on in the next year and the Habs end up with Reinbacher, Mailloux, and one of Barron or Konyushkov.
I'm not saying a deal like the ones I'm proposing makes the Habs better next year.
I'm not saying the Habs don't miss a player like Guhle long term.
But if the Habs want to play offensive hockey, then this is the kind of player that can bring back a similarly aged young forward with equivalent upside. We got Dach for Romanov. Imagine what we could get for Guhle?
Minnesota get a LD to pair with Faber as one of the future NHL top pairs. With Guhle's elite skating, physicality, and defensive play, he is the perfect partner for Faber.
The Wild would then choose to hold Rossi, rather than trading him as many have speculated in recent days.
Listen it's debatable for sure but... When you look at the total number of shots and the shooting percentages, I have a very hard time thinking Caufield won't out-score Boldy next year.
I don't see what would lead you to believe that.
Let's discount this season as far as shooting percentage goes because it's obvious from the fall-off in Caufield's that he hasn't made a complete recovery from his surgery yet. His historical shooting/scoring rate is 14.1%. Boldy's is 12.6%. Assuming each player takes 330 shots next season, that's five goals in Caufield's favor. Given the 50% disparity in assists in Boldy's favor and the fact that he plays with Kirill Kaprizov, I think that Caufield's goal surplus is likely to be swallowed up in the overall comparison. And it should also be noted that Boldy took almost 90 fewer shots this season than Caufield did.
Matt Boldy is one of the most underrated players in the NHL right now.
Let's discount this season as far as shooting percentage goes because it's obvious from the fall-off in Caufield's that he hasn't made a complete recovery from his surgery yet. His historical shooting/scoring rate is 14.1%. Boldy's is 12.6%. Assuming each player takes 330 shots next season, that's five goals in Caufield's favor. Given the 50% disparity in assists in Boldy's favor and the fact that he plays with Kirill Kaprizov, I think that Caufield's goal surplus is likely to be swallowed up in the overall comparison. And it should also be noted that Boldy took almost 90 fewer shots this season than Caufield did.
Matt Boldy is one of the most underrated players in the NHL right now.
I think your analysis falls apart with the assumption that Boldy will just start shooting an additional shot per game. Caufield has shown his willingness and capabilities to get open and shoot more often. With an improvement in shooting percentage, he's sure to surpass Boldy on goals for.
I think your analysis falls apart with the assumption that Boldy will just start shooting an additional shot per game. Caufield has shown his willingness and capabilities to get open and shoot more often. With an improvement in shooting percentage, he's sure to surpass Boldy on goals for.
Oh, I 100% agree that Caufield will score more goals than Boldy -- I'm predicting 5 more. But I'm also predicting that Boldy records at least 5 more points than Caufield.
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