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Originally Posted by old-fart
I still hope he signs here, but as I have said all along, if he doesn't - no big deal. It is pretty clear he had hugely inflated stats when paired with Johnny Hockey. I don't even think Kevin would try to pretend anything other than JH was driving that line, and he and Arnold were along for the ride.
From all reports, Arnold is a great stand up guy who I hope turns into a Yelle type player. JH is JH... he has proven his size is not an issue at every single level so far, I hope he can translate that to the pros. If he can, we have by far the best player off that line, and arguably the second best as well (Hayes and Arnold are not that far off in my opinion).
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I kind of think this is his play to leverage the great season. Lets be honest, his value probably took some significant hits and greatly depreciated after being drafted (not worth a first rounder anymore). That year playing on the line was probably best case scenario for him.