The 2019-2020 MotherFucking Season Thread

[GEEMAN]

he has one of the most unique career arcs I’ve ever seen....but general point still stands

Right up there with Draisaitl

Who expected Leon to be a top 5 forward in the game

 

[Habsy]

Playing with McJesus? Not a stretch.

 

[GEEMAN]

Playing with McJesus? Not a stretch.

He is a legit superstar who elevated his game without CMD when injured , nobody expected this

 

[Habsy]

He was always highly rated. Playing with CMD got him in the top 5. Now he has the confidence to excel.

 

[Preston]

Yeah... a #3 overall pick is super elite. Not exactly an underdog story....

 

[CH1]

He is a legit superstar who elevated his game without CMD when injured , nobody expected this

you can make a flimsy case that Draisaitl slightly exceeded his most optimistic projections, but that happens quite often, and is no way comparable to the Brad Marchand story.

 

[GEEMAN]

you can make a flimsy case that Draisaitl slightly exceeded his most optimistic projections, but that happens quite often, and is no way comparable to the Brad Marchand story.

True but Brad plays with a first ballot HOF and and a top 3 sniper in the game

His arc is more significant but Leon never had a top 5-10 player in the game story

Great story for both

 

[soco22]

Right up there with Draisaitl

Who expected Leon to be a top 5 forward in the game

I did when I drafted him in that forum ice keeper league and refused to ever listen about moving him haha

 

[Artnes]

Still not convinced he is

 

[Deckie007]

Isn't Draisitil one of the worst defensive forwards in hockey? Like epic bad?

 

[Preston]

Isn't Draisitil one of the worst defensive forwards in hockey? Like epic bad?

Yeah but when you're at a 125+ point pace it's hard to care.

 

[Artnes]

I bet he falls back to under 100 pts next season. Oilers had almost a 10% jump in PP percentage and not sure he hits 50g again

Still a hell of a player but not 125pt pace good

 

[Preston]

Take away 25 points and he's still super duper elite. A little surprised at the hate he gets from people here. Who gives a fuck about defense when you score at that rate?

 

[Preston]

He's still not some surprise underdog story though. Ridiculous comment to make over a #3 pick.

 

[Deckie007]

Yeah but when you're at a 125+ point pace it's hard to care.

Fair, but I feel like if he played here everyone would know.

 

[JackBurton]

Fair, but I feel like if he played here everyone would know.

But of course.

 

[Preston]

Fair, but I feel like if he played here everyone would know.

Well yeah. That's why we stay consistent with these things. If a guy is super elite offensively as a leaf and shit defensively we worship him, like we did with kessel. And Drai is a leg up offensively from Phil.

 

[Volcanologist]

Well yeah. That's why we stay consistent with these things. If a guy is super elite offensively as a leaf and shit defensively we worship him, like we did with kessel. And Drai is a leg up offensively from Phil.

I'm pretty sure we all knew Kessel was a 1-way player, nor was Kessel even remotely considered one of the best players in hockey. Not even on here.

 

[Preston]

I'm pretty sure we all knew Kessel was a 1-way player, nor was Kessel even remotely considered one of the best players in hockey. Not even on here.

If he got 100+ points two years in a row including a 125 point pace season he would have been. And rightfully so.

 

[Deckie007]

If he got 100+ points two years in a row including a 125 point pace season he would have been. And rightfully so.

I always felt that the board was kinda split on Kessel. I mean we loved him because he was a Leaf, but most acknowledged how little effort he put into the other end of the ice.