Happy Star Wars Day! In honor of that, Hunter first discusses one of the Empire’s most sinister agents…yes, Jeff Carter. Pretty good, no? Huner goes over Carter’s season in review as it was an absolute mess. He dives into the numbers and how his counting stats would maybe look OK if he were a fourth-line center for every game but that’s not what the Penguins are paying him to be. Hunter looks at how these numbers are probably what you can expect from him again next season unless he gets even more washed. He also pleads for Mike Sullivan to stop using him in high-leverage situations since Carter is not cut out for that. He’s not Patrice Bergeron or Anze Kopitar and never has been! Hunter also argues that the Penguins need a true third-line center for next season and beyond since Carter can’t handle those duties anymore, either. After that, Hunter looks at some players who could bounce back for the Penguins next season even though the list isn’t very long. Finally, he discusses another option in goal that the team could look at, especially if he comes out of the players’ assistance program like Jakub Vrana did. All of that, plus much more is on this episode of Locked On Penguins.
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5 Comments
Jarry is still a spoon
May the 4th be with you too hunter! Carter needs two fast physical players with him if he is going to be our 4th line center. He did look a little better down the stretch with doc propping him up. So if that's going to be his place they need to get a sturdy physical speed 4rw. Maybe poehling slides over to 4rw. I don't want doc strapped to him again. Get some one grittier/larger to replace Archie. I'm hoping he's the 13 forward out of camp. I'd rather Boyle over Carter hahha
He just needs the right guys beside him. He's not a lost cause imo. Who would you like for our 3rd line Center?
I don't think 15 goals, 30-35 points is happening for a Sullivan 4C, unless he gets moved up for a notable amount of time and is on PP2. Carter reached 29 because he got 9 PPP's (to his credit, he was good there) and averaged 13:42.
If you give him a Boyle type of role (10:47 TOI / no PP2) then you'll probably get 20 or fewer.
Boyle got 21, despite having a 2.01 P/P60 at 5v5. That was better than Malkin's rate. Parallel with Heinen's during his strong year too.
I'd expect like 15-18 points from 38 y/o Carter if you do that. Archibald for example reached 12. I suppose Carter is very durable, sadly for us. 🥲
Didn’t realize you would talk about the question I asked you. That’s really cool.