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Originally Posted by New Era
Yes, the whole team measured as a unit! It is not just one or two players that are causing losses. The whole team is responsible for losses because of the failures in team play. Those failures in team play do not appear to be individually driven, but instead driven by systemic failures. That is the problem. I am shocked you are having problems understanding this and the difference in measures.
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I don't agree with this statement. When you look at the 1st line who've produced well above expectations, they've figured in offensively on 32 of 34 wins this season. That's a spectacularly lopsided amount. They've done more than their share of helping out the team to win.
It's the bottom 6 and to a lesser extent, the 2nd line that needs to provide more to help this team win those extra few games that are in the balance. We've lost a lot of close games this season and if we had that extra scoring punch from elsewhere, then we'd be comfortably in a playoff spot right now.
But that's obviously not the case right now because based on the stat I just mentioned, if the 1st line doesn't score, we basically don't win. The 1st line can't score every night, they only play at 30% of the game, so they need more help then they've been getting this season.