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What I'm getting at is that your statement that he didn't change his "glaring mistake" is just untrue. Look at the game logs. Look at the quarterly splits. He took him right off the powerplay after 15 games or so, then played him limited minutes thereafter (usually when injuries happened and he had to turn to a guy that had actually practiced PP before). Saying GG arrogantly stuck with it is just false.
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Why do you keep reiterating the logs/quarter aspect. You already said that (dozens of times now) and I posted the below referencing your "quarterly" assessment and all it does is further justify the fact that Brouwer was given far too much time on the PP, it couldn't be more clear.
What 75% of us are saying is NOT false at all, its fact and your logs that you've researched and posted further prove that.
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Not when you look at the quarter splits, which are available on dobber. Or when you look game by game. He for sure was on the top unit in the first quarter, and obviously in the shortened lineup in the fourth quarter, which skews his numbers for the season. In the second quarter he was taken off altogether, averaging less than 30 seconds per game (in other words, he was being put on in anticipation of it ending). He got on some more after Ferland went out in the third quarter.
So, basically what you're saying then is:
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For SURE on the top unit in the first quarter
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So when Versteeg and Jagr were healthy and active on the roster
Which confirms it was a legit choice by the coaching staff
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For SURE on the top unit in the last quarter because of shortened lineup
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At this point it was known he was a waste of time even being on the PP so why not throw ANYONE else out there just to see (Lazar, Hathaway, Harvey)
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Taken off in for the second quarter
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Maybe some hope, but had the odd game where he was thrown onto 1 of the units for whatever reason
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Ferland goes down and Brouwer gets those minutes during the 3rd quarter
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Again, there was nobody else we could have tried rather than throwing out Brouwer who to this point provided absolutely NOTHING to suggest this time around it would be any different?
Sounds to me like in the grand scheme of things he was overused completely and the results speak for themselves. Lots in the 1st and 4th, minimal in the second and more in the 3rd quarter. That's significant time in 3/4 quarters which to me echo's the concerns of many here.
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