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Originally Posted by Wild GM
Not a choker but a guy who doesn't elevate his entire team.
This is partly due to the position his plays (winger) and partly due to the specific skill that he is elite at (goal scoring).
Centres and D have more opportunity to control the entire play and elevate those around them. Wingers and pure goal scorers are less likely to do that.
Even Brett Hull (one of the greatest snipers of all time) was a more complimentary piece on winning teams as opposed to "the man".
Basically this is why you build up the middle and not around wingers.
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guys like ovechkin and iggy really show there's only so much a guy can do to effect the outcome of hockey games when your job is solely to score goals - and you do. theres too much of the game that they just can't be involved with if they want to score