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Originally Posted by PugnaciousIntern
Turnovers and "plays die on their sticks" are different things. I think it's something that is easily describable as a player, discussing a teammate. Everyone who played hockey for a good chunk of time knows the difference between a dead weight linemate that doesn't positively impact your offensive attack, vs a linemate that makes risky decisions that either crash and burn or work beautifully. Also, they know the difference between players who intentionally take on that risk in a setting where backup is available, vs those who make costly brain farts.
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I love the assumption I haven't played and that there's some geenral definition of that phrase. I would think that the difference in stats between Colborne, Raymond and, say Byron, shows that plays tend to live equally on the former two players' sticks and not on Byron's (who contributes a lot in other ways).
On this team IMO the riskiest plays that either crashed and burned or worked great have been made by one TJ Brodie.