I know it’s a contract year and I always take these polls with the biggest grain of salt, but to see Pionk mentioned is crazy. I like the guy, but we have a history of attacking him and Stanley almost religiously here.
I’m super happy for the guy.
Also, is anyone shocked about JoMo? We all think the guy is a star.
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He’s healthy, you can see it in his speed
I remember when Bones came in and said Morrissey should be competing for the Norris and thought that was a pretty big stretch. So glad I was wrong!
I’m glad Pionk has been so good, I just hope we don’t pay him like 7M/year and then he immediately reverts back to what he was
He’s in a contract year. We’ve seen this before from Pionk.
To be honest, I think it’s less of this year being different only because it’s a contract year for Pionk but I think last year he just looked really bad compared to his usual play. The guy has been solid his whole career and shown the potential to be a game changer, maybe not 80 point pace, but he’s been at ~50 point pace multiple times and has a career 0.48 P/GP. Then last year his best friend passed away, and while playing hockey too.
I’m not trying to make excuses but you saw the same thing with Brock Boeser after his dad passed where you could tell it affected him. Hockey players are people too and they still go out there and play, even if they’re having a hard time, be it grief or something else.
How many votes for Trouba? haha
It’s at times like this that I thank the good Lord above that Chevy is in charge of this Team and not all the keyboard warriors on this sub.