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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
You say that numbers don't tell the whole story, but then present no counter-arguments at all to what I've said.
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I know you're not quoting me but I think you're out to lunch on this.
Wotherspoon's hockey IQ is low, his reaction speeds are slow, his quickness isn't very good and his pivots are not NHL quality. He gets burned. He's not a great puck mover nor is he all that tough or hard to play against in the D zone.
Using a CF% in an 11 game sample size for a call-up who was heavily sheltered with limited minutes is misleading and completely useless.
I'd be happy to eat crow on this but he's not an NHL defenseman nor will he be. Clearly the team still sees something in him but for the life of me I can't figure it out. Wideman is what he is, which is a legit NHL D-man. Wotherspoon would not be an improvement.
What exactly do you see in him besides an 11 game slightly positive CF%?