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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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Exactly. I'm sure Monahan could bounce 3 or 4 goals off my lid if I played on his line.
Players who play with the Crosby's, Stamkos', and Ovi's of the game get their stats inflated just because of who they are playing with.
Another major factor is ice time. A decent player on a brutal team who nets 20+ mins should end up with more points than if he were with a good team playing 14 mins. Example Jason Blake