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Originally Posted by Vulcan
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Those are good and all, but they don't tell the whole story. It needs to be compared with roles/games played etc.
For instance:
Keeping in mind the Heat have played 57 games
Orr (34) 10 games played
Johnson (32) 28 games played
Raymond (30) 15 games played
Riley (30) 38 games played, and a 4th liner
Mark Awuya (26) 0 games played
Yann Sauve (26) 3 games played
Dustin Stevenson (26) 37 games played, depth Dman
Every other Heat player is 25 or younger.
Those are all the oldest guys on the team, and for the most part they haven't played a predominant role for the Heat this season. Johnson is their captain, but he's been injured most of the year. Stevenson may have played 37 games, but for a 26 year old he's only played 89 AHL games in his life.
Like I've said since the start of the season, this is a young and inexperienced team for the AHL level. The majority of their key players playing huge roles are 20-24 years old and in their first couple seasons of AHL hockey.