Spronger is definitely a sniper and good for him he gets full playing time in Seattle. Fact was he just wasn't cutting here for some reason or another. I kind of figured he must be the bad apple as well, but maybe he and coach just didn't get along. Whatever the reason - he wasn't getting the ice here. Seattle is a bottom feeder team so for sure he should get playing time there so good for him.
I think maybe Mojo just was sort of a guy they were comfortable with, and this team for whatever reason places a lot of value on that "comfort"
And I believe part of it was there was no (or very little) way the Caps could sign Spronger to a deal next year, so they traded for Mojo (a semi known entity) and at bargain salary cap savings cost. I figure that's why Caps had to give pics, so Seattle would retain salary on Mojo
Although, why not just let Spronger play out the season and give him some ice to see what happens? Dude definitely has some wheels and a wicked release. (and keep your draft pics....even if they are 4th, 6th round pics)
Good for Spronger with 3 goals, and not to take anything away but it was 3 goals in his first 5 games (He did not score in games 1 or 5)
1st goal was in his second game - a PPG goal against Arizona (about the only team worse than Seattle) Krakken won 4-2
2nd goal was the 6th goal in a 6-1 drubbing of LA
3rd goal was in 4-2 loss to LA couple days later
and he did not score in Game 5 vs Dallas.
Technically the twit feed or post or WTF ever it was is correct in saying three goals in three games, but that's a little misleading not including the 1st or 5th games
We could also say Ovi has 42 goals in 38 games this year (or whatever it actually is) but that's not counting the games he did NOT score in so it's misleading IMO
I hate when folks try and manipulate the statistics.
Not that 3 goals in 5 games is bad, and I'm happy for Spronger (or anyone) that makes the best of their opportunities.
It certainly is a lot easier to score from the ice than it is from the press box
Spronger has 11 goals and 6 assists in 51 games this year. Not exactly setting the world on fire. Those are Dowd/Haglin type production numbers just for comparison (and Dowd/Hagelin are definitely defensive role players)
I'm curious to see if Seattle resigns Sprong to a long term deal.
To be fair Mojo has 0 points in 4 games and a -2 for the Caps
although he had 6 G, 17 A in 55 games this year with Seattle.
Offensively speaking, it was about an even up swap as far as offensive production goes.
Mojo 22pts in 55 games = 33pts/82 games
Sprong 17 pts in 51 games= 27pts/82 games
Thank goodness for the boredom thread. Fucking NHL scheduling
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