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Originally Posted by Realtor 1
Your fishing for anything possible right now.
- Majority of people would agree that Colborne's first 5 games were him learning what every other player got to learn during training camp. The ice time was a reflection of this.
- Most of his minutes are from 3rd/4th line? 3rd/4th line on this team is really 1C,4th with most of his lines being 1C
My point stands - taking out his first 5 games (very logical reason why) puts him around 18 minutes of ice a night. Fact is, he has not been a 18 min a night player.
Again, I do believe he has potential but I feel he is riding a less critical bus than some other players. Hartley has been very selective all year in who gets praised and who gets criticized. I remember numerous comments about how great Joey Mac was doing which we all know wasnt the case.
I do like him as the coach and perhaps he has a sense on who needs praise and who needs to be called out in order to succeed.
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Taking out his first 5 games he has played 4 games out of 12 at more than 18 minutes with two of those 18:16 and 18:20 for an average of ~16:30 and that is cherry picking his first 5 games which is a stupid practice because the guy did have a training camp and was in fine shape but it is the way you want to try and spin your garbage argument. That includes a whopping 8 mins last game and a 4 game period (2 really) that skews the numbers.
He has had a short stint where he was rewarded for soild play in which he played bigger minutes and a majority of the season spent playing 8-12 minutes.
Even with your very cherry picked numbers he still is playing a reasonable amount of time and looks like his numbers are likely to go down now. You are focusing way too much on a 4 game stretch where he earned more ice time and ignoring what has actually happened over the majority of the season.
I hate Hartley as the coach but that doesn't mean I have to go looking for nothing reasons to get upset with him about just because the centers outside of Monahan have been disappointing and/or injured and Colborne took advantage of that to get some more playing time. That is what should happen on a team like this.