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Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL
There's a slight difference between simply watching hockey games (very few, if any people on this forum have watched anywhere near enough Bruins games to get a good judgement on Nordstrom) and blindly listening to the "Oh. He played the most PK minutes on the Bruins so he must be good on the PK!" talk and accepting it as fact when stats show he was average at best and no where close to the "Elite PK'er" talk that some are suggesting.
Anyone suggesting having Nordstrom in the lineup over Ryan is beneficial to the Flames is just simply wrong.
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My point is, the discussion between the two groups would be completely different.
Four CPa fans sitting around a table:
CPa1 "I hear Nordstrom is going to play the first game and Ryan is a scratch"
CPa2 "Oh, well let's see how he does. I hear he played a lot on Boston's penalty kill and was well regarded by Bruin fans."
CPa3 "In the limited Bruin games I've watched I think his play has been fair. Let's see what he can do"
CPa4 "I think Ryan is a better player than Nordstrom"
CPa1 "Well, we know what Ryan can do, and with no preseason they probably want to evaluate Nordstrom first, rather than sticking him on taxi out of the gate. Nordstrom needs to learn the system too."
CPa2 "Nordstrom is also 6 years younger, and less cap hit so if he plays well then they know what they have and can make better educated decisions going forward."
CPa3 "Let's watch the games and see what happens I guess"
CPa4 "Yep, Go Flames!"
Four CPb fans sitting around a table:
CPa1 "I hear Nordstrom is going to play the first game and Ryan is a scratch"
CPa2 "That makes no sense. Ryan is a way better player"
CPa3 "I can't believe they waived Ryan. That was risky. Nordstrom sucks."
CPa4 "I saw Nordstrom's fancy stats on Twitter. He's no good"
CPa1 "What if we just wait and see how the analytics look after he gets a chance?"
CPa2 "No way, his xFor60xyz, yforDGaf and bdqPer40 rank him 201681610"
CPa3 "Totally, I can't wait to see the spreadsheets after tonight. I'll be posting and texting toldyasos all night"
Cpa1 "Anyone seen him play before?"
Cpa2 "No"
Cpa3 "Nope"
Cpa4 "I saw him on the ice in a goal against highlight. I think. I was drunk"