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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
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.
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No, I'm saying that 4th liners at the NHL level usually play better than most of the competition at the AHL level. Look at Raymond. He immediate became one of the better players in Stockton. Arnold is going to have show he can beat AHL competition before he regularly plays in the NHL. Stajan produced at the amateur levels, so do most 4th liners, and I don't even think Stajan is a great role player
Simplistically put, Arnold won't be a 4th line NHLer until he's a good 1st or 2nd line AHLer.