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Originally Posted by Bingo
I can't believe the number of posters that use counting stats and counting stats only when assembling off season roster wish lists
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Vanek plays against below average competition and gets heavy offensive zone starts and still has a negative effect on possession most of the time.
However, despite that, Vanek continues to score at a clip of 49.25 points per season over the last four seasons. Why is this? I think it's his shot. He has a
career 14.3% shooting percentage.
Overall, you're not going to rely on Vanek to drive play. He cannot do that. However, if he joins a pair of players that already drives play in the right direction, he could easily add some offense.
For example, the 3M line drives play extremely well but sometimes struggles to actually score goals. I think it might work well to do this:
Gaudreau - Monahan - Tkachuk
Frolik - Backlund - Vanek
Bennett - Jankowski - Ferland
LW - Shore - RW