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Old 08-04-2013, 12:35 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by kyuss275 View Post
Bozak also plays a better 200' game over Grabovski. This probably helps him play with Kessel on the top line because Kessel is not that great in his own end.
I was just reading an advanced stats blog that said that Bozak was the 5th worst regular roster player in the entire NHL for shots against. And he starts most of his shifts in the offensive zone.

While playing some of the toughes minutes in the NHL, Grabovski scored 9 goals with 15-ish mins of icetime per night. Bozak scored 12 goals with 20 mins per night (ie pretty much the same points-per-icetime).

Which basically means that Grabovski scores just as much as Bozak, despite infinitely worse zone starts, line-mates, and match-ups.
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