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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Well, Arnold isn't going to get much better at the NHL level. Sure Jooris, Bouma, Ferland, Bollig, etc are NHLers, but those guys face just as good NHLers. You either stand out and be better than your opponents and teammates, or you don't.
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I'm not sure what you're saying to be honest.
Arnold projects as a 4th liner, maybe 3rd liner if everything falls into place. No one was saying otherwise last year or this year.
4th line centers are not point producers. Matt Stajan is on pace for 14 points. Bill Arnold has an NHL equivalency of 17 points. Depth players are role players and what matters is how effectively they're learning to fill their roles. Not how often they are being set up for one-timers on power plays in the minor leagues.