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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
You have Jankowski pencilled in on a 4th line and Hathaway doesn't make your top twelve, but the difference between that and Connor McDavid is a "bit".
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The way I look at it is that playing with McDavid would be a huge boost for Puljujarvi stats versus Bennett’s stats, but that starting significantly more often in the defensive zone and playing against more difficult opposition would mute this huge boost.
But I still probably should have taken out the words “a bit.” My understanding is that linemates are a more important factor than opposition. Your comment made me laugh. Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself.
I think another thing is that Puljujarvi got better on ice save and shooting percentages so that would’ve made up a significant amount of the difference in the goals for percentage.
Also, to the other person, I don’t know what the difference is between metrics and stats.
Also also, I would still absolutely trade Bennett straight up for Puljujarvi.