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Originally Posted by Bingo
Yeah just looked it up ... he's no longer the team's most effective PK forward, Lindholm passed him, but he's 2nd.
And yeah five on five he's a complete mess.
Jankowski was a good PK guy that couldn't get it done five on five, but he wasn't unable to make or take a pass or carry the puck. Ironically Jankowski is having a Nordstrom season in Pittsburgh too ... black hole five on five, and not as effective as Nordstrom on the kill.
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I do question how much you need Nordstrom on the PK, especially once Ryan is back.
The individual statistics are tough because really the PK at times is a 4 man unit. If you look at our PK more as a unit.
Nordstrom+Gio+Lindhom: 34 minutes, 3.93 XGA/60
Gio+Lindholm no Nordstrom: 14 Minutes, 5.83 XGA/60
Nordstrom without Gio & Lindholm: 10 minutes, 11.49 xGA/60
So his individual numbers are really propped up by playing with those two for the majority of his PK time.
I think Lindholm, Mangiapane, Backlund, Ryan are probably our top 4 penalty killers. And really I think they should be starting to try out Dube in that role more, as I think his speed could be a real asset on the PK.
Honestly don't think there is a need to dress Nordstrom just for his "PK prowess" because really I don't think he's the one driving the boat on a strong PK. By the eye test he generally looks slow and a step behind on his coverage on the PK, and I think he's been carried by Lindholm, Gio, and Tanev on that top PK unit.