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Originally Posted by New Era
His comments about Lazar and Brouwer are equally puzzling, bordering on the ridiculous. He dumps all over Lazar, and rightly so, but then suggests that Brouwer is a destined for the 4th line. If Lazar is that bad, then what the hell is Brouwer doing on the 4th line? Doesn't make any sense, especially when he suggests that Brouwer could score 16 or more if played up the lineup. I mean, that doesn't even make any sense? Brouwer should be slotted in on the 3rd line unless someone steps up and steals the job away from him, which Yost seems to think is unlikely.
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The article says he used the projected lines so he put Lazar as 3rd line RW. He even says Brouwer is a much better bet for production and more accurately should be paying 3rd line.
He's a statistical guy and actually was a huge Flames supported in the playoff stretch drive last year, predicting they'd go far. You argue he's missing the huge upside and best case scenarios...but you're also ignoring the fact that many of these guys can regress and have career worse years too. His model is just showing what to expect based off history...nothing more, nothing less.