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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Well realistically, has that 4th line shown you any sign that they’re ready to break out? Brouwer has multiple 20 goal seasons which raised his career shooting%. But at the moment, im not sure he’ll everscore again with his current performance. The 3rd line is doing solid work creating chances, but that’s seemingly the story every night. As Treliving said, it’s a “do it league” and we need our bottom guys to execute right now because if they’re not scoring and giving up goals like the game winner last night, then they’re hurting the team.
We’re fortunate that the 1st line is carrying this team on their backs and Johnny is on pace for 127 points right now. But what if he slows down or if he was only on pace for a 70 point season, then we’d probably be a lottery team right now. I hold faith that eventually the chances will go in for Jagr’s line, but it’s a dog race for a playoff position right now and trying just isn’t good enough at this point.
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Brouwer has had a shooting percentage of 7.34% and 9.84% respectively in each of the last two seasons. While I get that he's going to regress as he gets older he probably isn't going to regress to a shooting percentage of zero.
Furthermore, he has 15 shots this season averaging less than 9.5 minutes per night. If he was shooting at 7.34% he would have exactly 1 even strength goal this season.
To answer your question more directly, no the way the fourth line is playing I don't see them suddenly having a breakout and scoring 3-4 goals per night. But you don't expect that from a line that plays less than 10 minutes per night.
The middle six is where we need to see more scoring from and, once again, their shot rate and shooting percentage lead me to believe they will eventually find the back of the net again.
The reality is that very few players score at a consistent rate throughout the year. Rather most players score in chunks. It's been a down few weeks for the middle six but they will turn it around.