PatGreen wrote:
ennis is not and will never be better than roy.
I call BS big time.
'11-12:
Roy 17 goals in 80 games
Ennis 15 goals in 48 games.
Roy was great as a 3rd liner playing against 5-6 D-men, but he's a dogshit giveaway machine against top competition. His point production has declined every year since '07-08(something you NEVER want to see). This year 4 games, no goals. The only time he was really impressive was his injury shortened season. Maybe w/o the injury your statement would have been correct, but fuck coulda,woulda, and shoulda. I'd argue with FES last season, Ennis was very impressive, not to mention he's still very young. We've already seen Roy's best hockey.
Any good Roy does defensively is immediately overridden by the fact he gives the puck right back.
talk to me about comparative ages. when roy was 24, he was in the middle of 4 straight 60+ point seasons. let's see what happens in 2 years with ennis.
ennis = afinogenov. he isn't going to play the game with his style working forever.