JACOB DE LA ROSE - Center - 23 - $.900MM Cap Hit - RFA in 2020-2021
LAST UPDATED 8/3/19
As a former high 2nd round pick, the rebuilding Red Wings took a flier on De La Rose when he hit the waiver wire at the beginning of the 2018-19 season. A change of scenery allowed De La Rose to draw into the lineup more consistently but that change of scenery also did not fundamentally change De La Rose's incredibly limited play style/skill set. De La Rose has always been a big, smart, capable defensive forward, ever since his first season playing with men for Leksands IF of the Swedish Elite League, but the offensive development that the Habs bet on never quite occured. As a result, De La Rose struggled to cement himself as a legitimate NHL option, because he could never score enough to warrant getting anything above fourth line ice time. In Detroit, that did not change, as he did not see enough of an improvement in his puck skills, skating ability, and offensive instincts to even produce double digit points. De La Rose will always ride his defensive game to pro contracts, but isolated impact metrics are low on his penalty killing abilties, further decreasing his value. I think that De La Rose can capably kill penalties as a left winger, and therefore can be a decent fourth line option for a team needing stability and defense from their fourth line, but unless he can prove to be that shut down penalty killer that I think he can be, he'll be stuck as the AAAA player he was in Montreal.
As a former high 2nd round pick, the rebuilding Red Wings took a flier on De La Rose when he hit the waiver wire at the beginning of the 2018-19 season. A change of scenery allowed De La Rose to draw into the lineup more consistently but that change of scenery also did not fundamentally change De La Rose's incredibly limited play style/skill set. De La Rose has always been a big, smart, capable defensive forward, ever since his first season playing with men for Leksands IF of the Swedish Elite League, but the offensive development that the Habs bet on never quite occured. As a result, De La Rose struggled to cement himself as a legitimate NHL option, because he could never score enough to warrant getting anything above fourth line ice time. In Detroit, that did not change, as he did not see enough of an improvement in his puck skills, skating ability, and offensive instincts to even produce double digit points. De La Rose will always ride his defensive game to pro contracts, but isolated impact metrics are low on his penalty killing abilties, further decreasing his value. I think that De La Rose can capably kill penalties as a left winger, and therefore can be a decent fourth line option for a team needing stability and defense from their fourth line, but unless he can prove to be that shut down penalty killer that I think he can be, he'll be stuck as the AAAA player he was in Montreal.
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