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Originally Posted by Vulcan
While age isn't supposed to matter, experience probably does and Ekblad doing what he does at defence with no pro experience says a lot in his favour.
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Quite a few voters will say Ekblad plays a tougher position. However, Johnny was kept off Monahan's line for a while because the thought was he couldn't handle the defensive responsibilities of the top line. But he did.
Ekblad was more sheltered, or so the analytics guys say.