So, as Isles fans are well aware of, Nino Niederrieter and the Portland Winterhawks have essentially turned the WHL playoffs into their own little playthings and are simply annihilating the competion. Isles fans are salivating at the prospect of Nino burying feeds from John Tavares and or Matt Moulson or combininng with Frans and Grabs to create a dynamite line or finally making Josh Bailey look like the guy we thought he'd be in 2008. i don't know what line he'll play a majority of next season with, and unless the Isles do something completely crazy like sign Zach Parise to a long term offer sheet or somehow trade for Mike Cammalleri or Dustin Brown (none of which are remotely likely, but all would be welcomed and amazing acquisitons), we'll have "El Nino" on Long Island.
But wherever Nino is placed (my preference is starting the year with either Bailey or on the Frans-Grabs Express), Isles fans shouldn't expect massive numbers to start. from Nino I'll take a 40-50 point campaign as a Rookie starting on the third line and second PP Unit to eventually joining Moulson and Tavares and their PP unit with Streit and Okposo.
So that's probably the only post I'll do on Nino. Not because he's not an exciting player, but everyone certain that he'll jump from Juniors to the bigs with ZERO problem (he seemed to belong in his 9 game stint this season notching 2 points and playing Gordo's extreme season with ease). Also the Team's record with Nino wasn't bad (above .500).
So there ya go, just my quick thing on Nino since he's been the big subject in Isles country with the season. File this as "The most useless post Matt has written to date" or "DUH."
