They’re just too easy to defend. The only guys that have produced in these type of games are Matthews and Nylander. Teams can just focus on them knowing the rest of the guys can’t adapt. They just keep looking for those two over and over - and not particularly quickly, either.
Maybe we can put him on LTIR for five years?
What we really need to hope for is that it's a fixable injury
It's going to be fascinating, assuming they actually say what it is. He can still take and win faceoffs, seems to be able to handle some contact along the boards, but just cannot handle the puck or get shots off. And when he does, they're easy stops or off target.
