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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
He's clearly too good for the AHL
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This is and always has been such a stupid statement about any player, I wish people would just stop saying it ad nauseum the way they do because it is never true.
Czarnik is not clearly too good for the AHL. The guy has been an AHL/NHL tweener for 4 seasons now. He's 27 years old and has 13 goals and 38 points in 121 NHL games. In the AHL Czarnik has 57 goals and 165 points in 165 games.
Since joining the Flames organization he has 21 points in 62 games (27.77 points/82 games). During his tenure here he has played 1:17 per game in PP time (just shy of 80 minutes total). At even strength he has played 236:58 of his 693:28 ES minutes with one of the Flames 5 regular top 6 forwards.
For comparisons sake, let's look at everyone's favorite whipping boy, Mark Jankowski.
AHL
Czarnik 165 in 165, Jankowski 70 in 78 (In his first 3 AHL stints Czarnik was 86 in 93)
NHL (Flames Tenures)
Czarnik 21 in 62 (25.75 per 82), Jankowski 58 in 186 (25.57 per 82)
Czarnik 1:17 PP-TOI/GP (79:43 total), Jankowski 0:27 PP-TOI/GP (83:19 total)
Czarnik 236:58 TOI (34.17% of total ES TOI) w/ at least 1 of the Flames top 5 forwards at ES, Jankowski 258:53 TOI (13.32% of total ES TOI) w/ at least 1 of the top 5 forwards at ES (in 2017-18 I used Frolik as the 5th forward)
If according to the masses Jankowski is not NHL caliber, how is Czarnik, when Jankowski also provides PK ability.