Final Grade: Kevin Porter

I’m REALLY curious how you’re going to grade Brandon Yip now. Why? Because he was generally villianized here and elsewhere as being terrible. Yet, he didn’t get the kind of TOI with the kind of players that Porter is showing here but his numbers are pretty simular. I think for a guy that gets a good dose of PP time and time on the wing of Stastny and Duchene you’d show some better results. I don’t think he’s got the talent for top six minutes and doesn’t have the type of game for 3rd/4th line play. He’s Brian Wilsie 2.0 is what he is.

22 different players (albeit some guys at different positions). That is a ton of changes

My real anger at Porter, as I think about it now, stemmed from where and how Sacco played him, not his performance. He never should have been on the PP.

Porter is just good enough to not be good enough to be a top 6 guy. He can do some sort of sick move that makes your jaw drop, but he’s not good enough to do it consistently.

You know, I read that you had him at 6’0" in the stat section and thought, “He can’t be that big. He plays really small.” Then I saw that you had him at 5’10" later. Any clue which is true?

3 GWG? That’s like all of them from the year. Mr. Clutch.

My impression of Porter would be a lot better if

1. He wasn’t used as a point on the power play, ugh Sacco
2. He didn’t miss the net so often. He had 48 missed shots to 102 shots on goal—6 more misses than the Duke (who had 170 shots but is a poor comparison), 16 more misses than Dupuis (101 shots), nearly twice the misses of Radar (119 shots).

While looking at this I noticed Matty D’s ratio is basically the same. 85 misses/202 shots. Hit the cage dammit!

I would actually have gone higher for Porter. I expected him to be a bottom 6er, and he did well in that role. I don’t think he deserves a higher grade even with his higher point totals/greater role at times, but he did fine. B-.

For the love of god though, can we be done with him in the top 6? yikes.

I would’ve given Porter a B-. He performed above what we expected for the Wolski throw in and while he’s not a top 6 forward (yet, he still could be) he’s a very solid 3rd line role player who scored 15 goals and was 2nd in game winners. “McLeod and Dupuis were the only two forwards with more hits” I mean, i remember Porter CRUSHING people on the forecheck and taking the puck

Porter surprised me this season. Thought he looked lost and sluggish last year while Mueller was lighting it up. This year was a different story, as he showed a knack for offense, as well as being one of the few willing hitters on the team. Unfortunately, his defense most of the time was ass.

I see Porter as a mini Mike Keane without the defensive skills. He’s a gritty, irritating guy who, in the right role, can stay in the league for awhile.

I never want him anywhere near the top 6 except on the 2nd-unit power play, and then only as an occasional fill in. When we get down to the 5th or 6th guy in a shootout, I wouldn’t mind seeing him, either.

I think I’d bump the grade a bit just because I didn’t expect a whole lot out of him. He’s one of the few in the Pleasant Surprises category.

I thought Porter was a good player for the Avs, and who would have thought that Porter was the best player most productive player in that trade. The one point I will say that I hate with porters game is that I dont know anyone who can be so inaccurate with a shot. Three feet in front of the net and he will miss the net by a good fifteen feet.

I thought he had too many turnovers and missed a lot of shots. Gave up in the corners too easily. Speedy with an occasional nice play. I’d keep him around for the 4th line.

Pretty good grade for a guy who’s top ability is avoiding injury.
Porter probably shouldn’t be asked to be physical out there, but he gave his best effort to be. He definitely shouldn’t be asked to be a top scorer, but he gave all he had on the top lines.
Skill wise? Let’s just say that when Sidney Crosby was young, he used to go down to the basement and shoot pucks into the open front of a washing machine. Young Kevin Porter had a similar routine, but with the open front of a garage.
Porter should be thanked for his service during a very tough year, but if he’s in the lineup as more than a third or fourth-line fill-in player again, then the Avs are going to be battling for draft picks. But is he defensively responsible enough to be a good third liner? I don’t really think so. I just don’t see him having a future on a healthy Avs squad.

Right?