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Originally Posted by Vedder
Granlund is now 22 years old and has 4 points in 22 games averaging 13 minutes a night. He's been given a pretty good opportunity here and has done very little with it. At this stage in his development, you'd like to see more.
He's not close to being ready to replace Backlund, who has been roughly a 0.5 ppg player the last 4 seasons, dating back to when he was the same age as Granlund is now. Backlund is also a much better player at even strength.
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Granlund still needs time. For many players, generating a shot on goal is hard to do. Granlund has been generating many shots. I think it's a matter of time before he starts getting some poitns.
Also, a lot of his TOI comes on the PK where he's not expected to score. It's telling that the coach trusts a young guy to play the PK whereas Johnny and Bennett havent seen a hint of PK time. (which isn't bad, mind you)