 RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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| Mike wrote on Mon, 01 November 2021 12:03 |
I'm not ready to throw in the towel on Yamamoto just yet, but they need to do something to get him going.
After getting 11 goals and 26 points in in 27 games, he has since gotten 8 goals and 22 points in 67 games (inc playoffs). 0 goals in his last 23 games playing with 2 really good players including one of the best in the world. It's not enough.
Maybe they can sit him for a couple of games and try Sceviour or Perlini up there for a game or 3 and see what happens.
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I think for most fans, they keep going back to that 27 game span Yamo's first year. I think that is proving to be a bit of a fluke. I don't think he is as bad as he's been but to me, he's looking more and more like a very undersized probably 3rd liner that can kill penalties. What cemented it for me was 2 games ago against the Flyers. Leon threads a pass through multiple players from behind the net to Yamo, Yamo is all alone point blank in the slot. Where Yamo was, was premium scoring spot. He didn't have anyone on him. Hart would be watching Leon behind the net, puck comes out. Hart maybe may have been somewhat aware of where Yamo was but Hart wouldn't have had time to really get set, no time to see the shooter or the shot, no time to challenge the shooter, he literally would have been turning his head and hoping the shot hit him and Yamo hit him. Yamo didn't even really elevate it, hit him square in the pads. That to me is what a bottom 6 guy would have done with that set up.
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