Canadiens’ Alexander Semin, 5 Reasons to be Encouraged
By Mat Germain
Sep 28, 2015; Quebec City, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens right wing
Alexander Semin(13) celebrates his goal against Pittsburgh Penguins during the first period at Videotron Centre. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports
Alexander Valerevich Semin
Marc Bergevin and the Montreal Canadiens signed Alexander Semin to a 1-year $1.1 million contract in hopes that he could provide some scoring to an offensively challenged team. If the start to the season is an indication of his potential, they obtained a heck of a player without much risk at all.
While watching the first 9 games of the season, I’ve been forced to endure the pessimistic and aggravating attitudes towards Canadiens winger Alexander Semin. It seems that his reputation and/or latest performances preceded him and caused many to assess his performance on the score sheet alone. Their attitude was essentially this: if he scores, he’s worthy of a roster spot, and if he doesn’t, let him go. Well, I’m here to tell all of the nay sayers that he’s done so many other outstanding things to this point, along with supporting scoring, that he’s earned himself as long a leash with Michel Therrien as you can imagine him providing.
Before we get going, here are the statistics he’s accumulated thus far in 2015-16.
- Goals: 1
- Assists: 2
- Points: 3
- +/-: +1
- Shots: 13
- S%: 7.7
- OPS: 0.1
- DPS: 0.1
- PS: 0.2
- CF%: 53.8
- ATOI: 13:44
Here are the 5 reasons to be encouraged by Alexander Semin’s start in Montreal.