Damn right Rush!
But think the bottom line is Bura, Kuzy, and Connolly are just not very good hockey players. “Talent”, “skill”, and couple points sure, but if you can’t do every shift, or at minimum 85%.with 100% intensity, can do nothing else than get a few points, (ie play D, PK), and cost more than goals than you put up, you’re just not a good hockey player.
Just look at SCF and compare Kuzy to Tarasenko: 27_28yo, 7,8 and 7.5. . . and anyone who thinks Kuzy is a better player needs to step away from the XBox and quot attemding Rec League games.
Well said DC!
Bura and Kuzy have shown some highly distinctive INDIVIDUAL talent. Kuzy can even do some one-of-a-kind, eye popping, stuff.
Connelly, on the other hand, lacks the “gifted” talents of Bura and Kuzy.
I think it’s accurate to say that Kuzy and Bura, both possess “good” talent, and actually CAN “FLASH” some unique, quality, excellence. Lack of CONSISTENCY, on both their parts, COUPLED with demonstrating a severe lack of defense, in their 200 foot play, (said another way, mostly one sided, offensive players), renders them both as very “incomplete” hockey players, and a plausible case could be made as to whether they are just as harmful, as they are helpful, to the team! This makes them, OVERALL, not so good!
Connelly, on the other hand, is different. (I think it’s hilarious, DC, that when we get together and drink, we usually re-establish our “agree to disagree” thing with Conno!!) We never seem to recall, when we’re lit, that we’ve established our positions, already, in prior drinking episodes!!🤣😂🤣🥃🥃
Anyway, I think Conno has found his niche for developing his better O production! He simply has worked on a very basic skill of shooting the puck, very quickly, from the passes he receives, as he cuts across the ice within 10-15 feet of opponents goal!
I’ll give you that he’s not that accurate, because he’s not that naturally gifted....BUT, he’s worked at it, for at least the last 2 seasons, and has been very successful, using quantity of chances, NOT quality, and this fits great into his lower talented game!!
By all counts, his performance needle has slowly, but consistently kept pointing North!! (Compare that with Kuzy and Bura’s general direction!!)
I do believe he has probably plateaued, and that’s fine with me! He is in a position to get better money elsewhere, as a result of his performance here, as a Capital! I’d hate to see him go, but the ball is in HIS court!
Good comparison you make about the SCF! Actually a lot of the playoff games were really some high effort hockey games, and extremely enjoyable for me to watch!
It also allowed us to compare a few of “our guys” efforts, to some of those grittier, physical, games!
It just made some of our “low effort guys”, appear even worse! LOL
We will be watching, boys, next season!!!!
Rush
