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Originally Posted by Mister Yamoto
So a high shooting percentage is a bad thing? Hudler must be a really bad player then. Second in the NHL in shooting percentage.
Maybe Bouma could take a little bit of velocity off of his shot to lower his shooting percentage.
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Never said it was. Do you think Bouma will be able to replicate last season? Or even come close? Did you follow Lance Bouma prior to last year? Why are you comparing Jiri Hudler with Lance Bouma in any way? Why are you trying to put words in my mouth?
Pretty snarky and sarcastic post when what you're seeming to take offense to is my assertion that Bouma's sh% is likely to revert to historical norms rather than stay high enough to keep him in the company of stars such as Hudler. Such a ridiculous assertion, what madness.
Let's just assume you're right. The level of snark indicates you must have real faith that Bouma can come close to replicating those numbers going foward, making him a bonafide 2nd line winger in you eyes, I would assume. Since Bouma has apparently developed into a goal scorer, I would hope that the coaches give him more pp time and minutes overall. I mean, If he can get another 80 shots per year (only 1 per game) we could potentially have another 30 goal scorer on our hands!!!
But I suppose there's reasons why that's lunacy. Lance can only have a high sh% if he takes fewer shots and is very, very selective... or something. Even if they started giving him heavier pp minutes and didn't just ask him to shoot more, I'm sure that wouldn't work either because of reasons. He's probably just destined to be yet another 3rd liner who pops in 15-18 per year off of roughly 100 shots. Too much opportunity would probably hurt him, he needs to stay in his sweet spot.