Panthers' Big Unit: Back on wing, Horton's numbers never happier

by Donny Rivette on Dec 17, 2009 7:56 PM EST Comment 4 comments

What a difference a few weeks make. In the case of Nathan Horton, we are witnessing a (major?) renaissance.

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2009 - Nathan Horton	35	11	23	34	8	28	5	1	2	0	78	14.1

Those numbers above are superb if your name is anything other than Ovechkin, Malkin, Crosby, or a quite small handful of others. For a player with the win-some lose-some history of Horton, they're doubly stunning.

Consider his first point of the season came in the fifth game, a goal inTampa Bay. In fact, he's had a total of thirteen games gone pointless; not sure what to gain from that, other than when he's on, he's on: nine multi-point matches have resulted in 19 points glued to his stats. Consider as well that he was a minus player until November 20th...the twentieth game of the season. He's now a strong plus-8.

Five goals through the first twenty matches, and six in the fifteen since (3 of those in the recent Islanders game, but still...). Go to assists, and a balanced resume is taking shape: splitting 20/15 his numbers are as follow: 11/12.

Remarkable.

Next up: Stephen Weiss and Michael Frolik

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It’s about time Nathan starts producing – and it proves that when he does put forth the effort, he gets the results. Let’s all hope he continues to produce.

by DarthDaddy98 on Dec 17, 2009 10:07 PM EST reply actions

Just keep shooting the puck. I’d rather seem him leading in goals than assists!

by The Rat Trick on Dec 18, 2009 10:40 AM EST reply actions

Market-Timing...

What a time to off-load him…. Sell high and build for the future…..I know they’ll never do it now, but I’d like to see what kind of offers they could get before they collapse….

by slapshot1106 on Dec 18, 2009 2:45 PM EST reply actions

Its a heck of an idea, just to see what’s out there. They would probably never do it, especially since we are so thin with offence as it is. Maybe after Stillman comes back.
The other side of the coin is, we need to find out how Booth is going to be.

by The Rat Trick on Dec 18, 2009 3:09 PM EST reply actions

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