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Originally Posted by Komskies
Karlsson plays over 30 minutes a night, but barely kills penalties. He gets the easier/softer minutes. Out of all players in the league for SH TOI/g, Karlsson is ranked 333rd (1:08/g) Doughty is ranked 19th (3:03/g). Doughty kills penalties 2.7 times more often than Karlsson does.
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Doughty's actually ranked 8th with just over 179 total minutes... behind such great defensemen as Roman Polak, Matt Hunwick and Nick Schultz. Might it be possible that given that Karlsson plays 30 minutes a night already, they don't also want him on the PK, when they have other guys who can do that job more or less competently? Maybe he's best deployed where he can best help the team?
Even if that weren't the case, PK TOI is a coaching decision and doesn't reflect player skill necessarily. Show me the actual results that suggest that Doughty's a better PK'er than Karlsson.
Third, PK is a minute portion of the game. It's less than 20% of a defenseman's total TOI even if he PK's a lot. Even strength is far more important than special teams.
As for soft minutes, they actually both get them. The CF per 60 of Doughty's opponents is 53.90, which puts him 56th out of 64 d-men with more than 1000 mins of ice time this season. Karlsson's opponents get 53.58 CF per 60, which is 63rd of 64. Compared to other high-minute defensemen, neither of these guys get sent out to deal with the players who send a lot of rubber at the net. Which is a coaching decision too, but it's one that makes some sense; they can produce more for their own side if they're not facing down Getzlaf and Perry all the time.
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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Easy. Doughty is 10 times better defensively while Karlsson is slightly better offensively.
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Justify this position. You can't just
say things. Otherwise you'd be equally justified to say, "Doughty is no better defensively and Karlsson is a thousand times better offensively". Or better yet, "Justin Schultz is the best defenseman in the NHL".
Either there's some basis for what you say or you're talking out of your ass.