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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
So we can't use stats to say why Prospect A is better than Prospect B, but you can say that Arnold is a better player than current NHLers without giving any evidence or reason?
Makes sense.
By the way I hope you realize that Arnold has regressed this year compared to last. He is below .5 PPG and is -8. Agostino has as many goals as Arnold has points. But ya he's much better than Agostino and Hamilton because New Era said so.
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Position had nothing to do with that call up either, right? Nope. Flames just looked at stats and said this guy gets the call up. You don't need scouts or coaches any more. You just need HockeyDB and a spreadsheet to run a hockey team!
I don't think Arnold has regressed as much as the role he's been cast in are different. Kind of like Poirier. Guys get asked to focus on certain aspects of their game and their production may suffer. That does not mean their game has regressed. Players can see huge development leaps while producing less, because their play away from the puck improves. I'm also not that concerned about +/- because of the role the players are cast in. If a defensive player was a +20, I would be impressed. But because of the role that player is cast in, the type of players he has to play against, and the type of situations he's forced into, a negative +/- is not to be unexpected.