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Originally Posted by Gaudreauvertime
Did you guys read where I said this is not at all about last night and then where I laid out the statistics to support that?
Johnson has better career numbers than Elliott despite not having the advantage of playing half his career in a Hitchcock system. Elliott's numbers outside of that system are terrible. That doesn't concern anybody?
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You can say this isn't about last night, but your timing is dubious. Why didn't you create this thread yesterday morning? Why didn't you wait a week before posting? That fact that you asked this question
right after an atrocious game one is suspect.
But to answer your absurd question, no there's virtually no way Johnson usurps the starting job from Elliott. If we trade Elliott or if he gets injured or whatever, Johnson could end up playing a larger role, but barring that this is Elliott's team.
Now, speaking of last nights game, how many of those six goals were actually on Elliott? The first two goals were on Grossmann, the third goal was due to the entire team changing at the same time and the penalty shot was a penalty shot. So at best you could blame him for two goals?
Yeah, he was shaky at times, but he'll get there. Especially once Gulutzan gets the D figured out.