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Originally Posted by Rando
Context matters, for sure!  Little odd you end your post by ignoring the context around Sam's pp time however.
He's 8th on the team for forwards, clean up crew in the final face-off of the powerplay. Would love to see a guy like Mangiapane or Dube step up and be a threat on the second unit, pulling time from Neal and others. To call Sam's PP time excessive lacks context about the other players and options on the team.
The only other regular options were Jankowski or Frolik. Ignoring the fact neither are exciting PP options, they're much better used on the PK where the excel.
Context man, it matters!  |
Right...by the end of the year. At the end of January he was pretty much on par with guys like Backlund. It was absurd.
Frolik who had less PP time than Jankowski, Hathaway, Dube and Czarnik would have been a FAR better choice than all of them including Bennett. And no, he didnt get a whole lot of PK time either.
I agree a guy like Mangiapane stepping into that role would be a big boost for this team.