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Originally Posted by btimbit
One dimensional or not, secondary scoring from the D isn't something we've really had since Wideman. I'm excited to see what he brings here
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Last year was the defense's second best season offensively this decade with 45 goals and 198 points including 28 goals from defensemen not named Giordano. That's only bested by 2015-2016 where they got 51 goals and 203 points. Wideman had 2 goals that year.
Secondary scoring from the defense has been an issue this year, but I would say that it's not been a historical issue and that just last year should be regarded as having strong secondary scoring even if it was off the back of unheralded scoring from the likes of Hamonic (7 goals) and Hanifin (5 goals). Compare the 200 points to the Oiler's who have regularly struggled to get 140 points from their defense in recent years. Some years they have struggled to reach 100 points.