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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
PPG is an individualistic statistic and it usually only makes an appearance in 'ya but' comparisons.
No team looks at a guys points per game and goes "gee whiz I bet he'll play 82 games for us." If you play 75% of the games, that's a significant strike against you, not something to hang your hat on. Brouwer has played 82 games twice in the last 3 years. Glencross has never played 82. Since becoming a full time NHL'er, Brouwer has never played less than 78 games. Since becoming a full-time NHL'er, Glencross has played more than 78 games once.
Games played matters, and it matters most when you're talking about bringing in a player to play games in a limited time frame for you.
That is all ignoring the quality of the minutes Washington gets from Brouwer are way better minutes than the quality Glencross provides to Calgary. Brouwer has 9 more goals then Glencross in 10 more games played.
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You're right, Glencross is definitely concerning, given his past injuries. But, when healthy he's a good 2nd/3rd liner just like Brouwer. Brouwer and Glencross play that same gritty style of play, but Brouwer is far more grittier. Glencross on the other hand, is just as good of a goal scorer (not sure what is going on this year, he's been missing the net quite a bit) and also a better playmaker than Brouwer.