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Originally Posted by united
I for one am looking forward to Troy Brouwer reverting back to one of the best shooters in modern NHL history, as he was with the Flames pre-pinky injury.
The "Troy Brouwer was good pre-inury" narrative is an excellent example of confirmation bias, when in fact is was merely a hot streak (unless you truly think he's one of the best shooters in the league).
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You are right—Brouwer benefitted from a very high shooting percentage prior to his injury. But in the second part of the season Brouwer's shooting percentage plummeted well below his career average to 12.5%. Interestingly that number is nearly identical to his shooting percentage while playing his last season in St. Louis, which was also his lowest since 2010, and yet he still scored nearly 20 goals in 2015–16.
So, I suspect that this also does not tell the whole story. Most likely the truth is somewhere in the middle: Brouwer is not nearly as terrible as he performed in the second half of last year, and the return from injury probably played a part in that. Brouwer's offensive production is probably not as good as he was in the first half of the season, although it is probably still closer to his career average than it is to his total output from just last year.