Least Valuable Player: Yannick Weber
Which defenceman starts the least amount of his shifts in the defensive end? Who has no goals on 50+ shots? Which “offensive defenceman” is set for less than 10 points this season?
What good has Weber done this season for the Canucks? His $1.5 million contract is a cumbersome pay for the cap-straddled Canucks, and is costing the Canucks a valuable roster spot. Perhaps play Andrey Pedan instead — just a simple thought echoed by the rest of British Columbia. When an offensive defenceman is generating just 55 percent of the shots per 60 minutes as he did in two seasons previous, it is time to get rid of him.
Least Exciting Player: Chris Higgins
Chris Higgins, the sniper from Long Island, isn’t quite the same sniper anymore.
When your shooting percentage is at a career-low 5.3 percent and you are generating shots at a career-low rate of 1.5 per game, nothing will go right for you. Wink wink, Chris Higgins. Three points in 24 games. Either Higgins gave up scoring or is playing really injured. As for his defensive prowess, his minus-12 certainly does looks it is from like a guy who got scratched against Carolina in favour of Cracknell.
What happened to all the hype around the Triple-H line of Horvat, Hansen, and Higgins?
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