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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Let's try that again...
PPG argument
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Here's the rub about the PPG argument. Some players never play a full season. Jack Eichel is one of those guys. Since his rookie year he's been forced to take games off. These are things you have to factor in with players when projecting what they are going to score and the value they bring to your team. They may score at a PPG clip, but if they only play 3/4 of the games do you receive full benefit? No, you don't. This same argument was posted about Markstrom during the summer when the debate was raging about his signing and it is a point that comes into play when considering a player and his ultimate value to the team.
The same argument can be applied to P/60. Some players get 60 minutes of ice time in three games. Some take four or five. So over the course of a season it isn't a fair comparison because some players end up on the ice and contributing more in other ways than a player who has what seems like reasonable production stats for the limited ice time they get. Players can only be judged on what the actually produce and contribute to wins and losses.
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And Eichel hasn't had a Johnny Gaudreau or Elias Lindholm to play with in Buffalo. He's also been playing hurt this year from what I've heard.
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This argument is getting old. Eichel has had Evander Kane, Jeff Skinner, Sam Reinhart, and most recently Taylor Hall on his line. He has not been held back by his line mates or a talent gap. No one on the Flames has had opportunity to play with a Hart Trophy winner. Shouldn't all these players see a noticeable bump in production when playing with a hockey God like Jack Eichel? And please save the injury excuses. Every player plays through injuries. Jesus, Monahan had four different surgeries at the tail end of a career year. Durability and the ability to play through injuries is an intangible that makes some players more valuable than others.