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Originally Posted by New Era
Just looking at the skill set required to play in the NHL these days. If you can't keep up to the pace of the game, there just isn't room for you in the game anymore. The game has become a kamikaze track meet out there, and those with footspeed problems are getting dropped quickly.
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What evidence do you have to support this when Jagr was 109th in forward scoring last season or an upper echelon 2nd line forward. He outscored guys like Nugent-Hopkins, Frolik, Duchene, Staal and Zajac. Is there no room left in the game for those guys either? He also has the best possession numbers of the bunch as well.
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Originally Posted by New Era
So wait, you're saying that Barkov is head and shoulders above Bennett in every facet of the game, but it was Jagr who made Barkov better, not the other way around? I would argue that Barkov did more for Jagr than Jagr did for Barkov.
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The stats speak for themselves:
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@WheatNOil
Top TOI w/ Jagr
Corsi WITH Jagr / AWAY from Jagr
Barkov: 57% / 41%
Yandle: 53.6% / 48.8%
Ekblad: 56.7% / 49.3%
Huberdeau: 55.6% / 47.1%
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Faster =! better. Yes you can make that argument for guys like Dany Heatley or Jonathan Cheechoo who relied on speed as a huge part of their game, but you can't say that for someone like Jagr. He's never been a burner. His game has never revolved around him having to outskate his opponents. He's a big body, with great puckskills and an elite mind for the game. That doesn't go away with age.