#81's #s: 57 games, six goals, eight assists, -1, 18 PIM.

Take the bad: Enver was acquired from Phoenix for Lauri Korpikoski but to most of us he was the replacement for Petr Prucha. While Lisin only trailed Prucha in average points per game by a small margin (.26 to .28), eight of Enver's 14 points came in the first 12 games of the season. After that, he had massive goal droughts of 15, 10 and 14 games. For someone that was expected to add a little skill to his scorching speed, he didn't even have a single shot in 10 of his games. Lisin felt the wrath of Tortorella's accountability when he was benched for the entire third period of the game against Buffalo in early December and the coach said he wouldn't have even dressed him the next game if he wasn't forced to.
Take them both and then we have: A young player who never got comfortable in the lineup. And it wasn't really his fault; Lisin bounced around the lines, saw his ice time fluctuate from a high of over 20 minutes down to as little as three and spent a solid amount time in the press box - both healthy and hurt (with a broken foot). He was waived at one point and will be an RFA that is not likely to be qualified by July 1st.
2 comments:
Perfect example of why "Torts" is an asshole and shitty coach. Never let this guy grow on the team. Lisin seems to have the ability to be a solid NHLer, and will hopefully be tendered a contract.
I agree Lisin was never given a real chance but supsect he is the Russian version of Rico Fata.
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