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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Is our penalty kill even all that much better with Nordstrom vs anyone else? I feel like his so-called PK impact is just confirmation bias
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Nope
Nordstrom is 20th in xGA/60 shorthanded for NHL forwards (18 minutes or more to start the season, a good split to get four per team) at 4.74/60
Mangiapane is coming on though ... 31st at 4.99
Lindholm is 39th
Ryan is 40th
All good options if Ryan wasn't hurt.
Big gap down to Backlund 107th (8/60)
So if everyone was healthy you'd be switching out Nordstrom for Backlund but those numbers aren't pretty (almost double the impact allowed). Not an option with Ryan hurt anyway.
Luckily Froese has been excellent through four games as well but an even smaller sample size.