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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
What narrative is that? That the numbers suggest over the last year and a half that Backlund doesn't really need Frolik as Badly as a kid like Monahan or Bennett might, but that Tkachuk gives Backlund a profound boost that we haven't seen since Cammalleri?
Right.
More like "If you conjecture anything that make me angry, and base them off of evidence, then I hate you and your evidence!"
Okay so... why does Frolik need Backlund? Would he not be more successful helping Monahan or Bennett if another player can play with Tkachuk / Backlund (like, Gaudreau/Brouwer/Ferland) without experiencing a significant dropoff.
This isn't some "narrative" about Frolik being bad. This is simply pointing out that he and Backlund, while a good pair, as not as good a pair as Backlund and Tkachuk who are both elite possession drivers in the entire NHL. Tkachuk was posting these insane numbers with Brouwer, whom I dislike, and Bennett. There goes your narrative about my narrative.
The Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik line is awesome. But if it can be even slightly improved, or better yet if one of the players on it can give us a second or third line without a significant dropoff, it should be considered. I am not saying they NEED to be broken up. |
Remember when I asked you to post the advanced stats for Engelland after you spent the first 10-15 games bashing him and saying he wasn't very good, and then you refused and said advanced stats don't always tell the whole story?
For you it's clear they're the whole story as long as they fit your narrative. 27 games in, it can't possibly be that Frolik is helping that line be elite, nope, it's all Backlund and Tkachuk and Ferland will make it even more elite. Yep, that's your logic.
The numbers being all over the place can't possibly be the Flames adjusting to the new coach and finally learning how to play the system.