Forsling was terrible in Chicago, maybe with good coaching it would of changed, but we all know the current coaching staff is brutal no matter who is playing back there.
well....Q had him 79 games across 2 seasons...total of 5 goals and 13 assists.
i thought he was gone before JC showed up, but he had him his first season for 43 games, he had 3 goals and 6 assists.
looking at his numbers, the thing that jumped out at me was that he's still just 24 years old (almost 25), and i didn't remember him being as big as he is...6 foot tall, 186 lbs. not huge, but bigger than i remember.
then there's the other guy that fckn baffles me....and maybe 5 other former teams as well. that's anthony duclair.
i don't recognize him this year. he's one of their go to guys now. he's scoreless and a -2 in 3 games this p/o year but he's had heaps of chances and at least 2 goal posts until now.
i remember his last year in ottawa...21 goals in his first 37 games, then he fell off the map with 7 goals in his last 29 games. typical of his career to that point...flashes of brilliance but next to zero consistency across a whole season.
this year (regular season) he had 32 points in 43 games and was 2nd on the team with a sparkling +27 which led all forwards and only trailed weegar by +2 for the team lead. (while we're on the topic, forsling was the 2nd best defenseman and was 4th overall onthe team at +17).
now...i would've thought that a duclair and a forsling were 2 players that Q would've had a gutfull of, but holy shit, those are 2 guys that for whatever reason are absolutely bringing it the second time around with their old coach.
both are in the last year of their contracts so we'll see how it goes forthem next year. but forsling at 700k and duclair at 1.7 mill have to be among the biggest bargains in the league this season.
