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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke
Are you sure about that? If you can back that up I'm open to it, but from what I see I disagree. Brodie and Russell are often matched up against the other teams top players, especially since Gio was out.
Both of those guys have done very well considering the high level of competition they have faced, and I think if Brodie was getting easier assignments we would be seeing even more points from him.
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I'm sure there are advanced stats to look at, which I won't do because it will take me too long. Overall, I think that Brodie and Butler over the course of the year have been played pretty equally. But I also feel that Brodie makes just as many mistakes as Butler, but does provide much more on the offensive side which makes us "forget". Russel, I'm quite certain hasn't been played in as many tough spots. The below is not the "be all end all" to prove my point, but does show some of what I'm saying:
- Butler - 1% of his ice time on the PP, 13% on the PK.
- Brodie - 9% on the PP, 7% on PK (more balanced than Butler)
- Russel - 12% on the PP, 4% on the PK.
Obvioulsy what contributes to the above is the type of player they are, and by no means am I suggesting the Flames should have Butler on the PP. But it does show, that Butler, by default being on the PK much more often gets thrown into spots that are tougher, and will highlight any mistake he makes more often than the other two. While Russel, gets the other end of the stick, out on the PP so often where it's harder to put him in positions to make mistakes that could end up in our net, and he rarely touches the ice on the PK.