TOMAS HERTL - Center - 25 - $5.625MM Cap Hit - UFA in 2022-2023
LAST UPDATED 8/20/19
After some good, but not overwhelming offensive seasons where his career high was just shy of 50 points, Tomas Hertl exploded this past season, posting 74 points in 77 games. Hertl's issue was more consistency and dealing with the tough North American game than it was any sort of lack of talent on Hertl's part. Hertl has soft hands, strong playmaking instincts, and a great hockey mind. He reads and reacts to the play on the ice at a high level, and is perhaps San Jose's smartest player. This allows him to pair his brain with his high-end offensive tools, which is what makes him such a premier scorer. Hertl is a true play-driver either as a winger or a center, and can carry a line's offense and set up complementary scoring wingers. Hertl can also be a strong defensive center, using his above-average size and defensive IQ to shut down opponents. Given his production and defensive ability, Hertl looks like he's just on the cusp of becoming a true #1 center, he just needs to piece together a few more 70+ campaigns to prove that this past season wasn't an aberration, and I don't think it was.
After some good, but not overwhelming offensive seasons where his career high was just shy of 50 points, Tomas Hertl exploded this past season, posting 74 points in 77 games. Hertl's issue was more consistency and dealing with the tough North American game than it was any sort of lack of talent on Hertl's part. Hertl has soft hands, strong playmaking instincts, and a great hockey mind. He reads and reacts to the play on the ice at a high level, and is perhaps San Jose's smartest player. This allows him to pair his brain with his high-end offensive tools, which is what makes him such a premier scorer. Hertl is a true play-driver either as a winger or a center, and can carry a line's offense and set up complementary scoring wingers. Hertl can also be a strong defensive center, using his above-average size and defensive IQ to shut down opponents. Given his production and defensive ability, Hertl looks like he's just on the cusp of becoming a true #1 center, he just needs to piece together a few more 70+ campaigns to prove that this past season wasn't an aberration, and I don't think it was.
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