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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Baertschi played on average 9 minutes a night with 4th liners
Granlund is on pace for 32 points over 82 games, only slightly less than Glencross.
The rest have no frame of reference at the NHL level.
Glencross averaged 18 minutes for the first 28 games, and 14 or so for the last 20 playing with better players for than Sven did in any of his stints. If you gave Baertschi 28 games with Monahan, he would likely starting putting in points.
Just because a player is young and inexperienced, it doesn't mean that they are bad players.
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I feel I'm on the same page here, there's no doubting Curtis has put up 45 points but who's to say one of the rookies listed above couldn't do the same if put in the same scenario with the same minutes and same looks. NOBODY can make that call because it's never been tested, outside of Granlund I don't think anyone's been awarded those types of quality minutes with like minded line mates.
What we do know is Sven came up 2 years ago and put on a show in a limited role playing with quality teammates and no 4th line grinders (That's not to say it's guaranteed to happen this time) but WHO KNOWS.