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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Thanks for doing some additional research. To me, even if the goal totals are similar, I still feel that totals are still misleading. If 3, pure bottom-six goals came in 1 game (St. Louis), then it's hard to be confident that these guys are going to be there to contribute when we need them to. What happened last game, top 2 lines were shut down and we were shut out. That could be a common story line as the season goes along. I do hope they can start to produce consistently though because we're going to need it. Jagr and Jankowski do at least look somewhat consistently dangerous.
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Sure, but that ignores the fact the the bottom six is currently shooting at just over 4%. That is despite their career average being closer to 9%.
The bottom six is currently scoring at a rate of less than half what they should be scoring. They will eventually turn it around. Most of them are shooting the puck around the same amount as they always have been, it's just not going in. That's puck luck. Sometimes you get the bounces, other times you don't.