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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
We can definitely use hindsight to assess who was borderline NHL at the time. We can do the same with the current group two years from now. That's objective analysis. Quantifying one group as "legit" NHlers and the other as "AHL quality" is entirely subjective.
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Correct. So I try something objective:
Goals scored by forwards from 7th onward.
2014-15: 64
2017-18(pace): 45
It could be that sheer quantity of guys competing for the job had pushed them to produce more. Or maybe it was coaching to some extent. But that depth used to score way more.