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Originally Posted by Bingo
I seem to be a little less annoyed with Pitlick than most.
From coaching kids I always gravitate towards players that play a direct brand of hockey, and he's very direct. No hands, so he needs to move to a energy forward / fourth line guy, but he's still in my lineup if they upgrade the third line.
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I get that point of view. He certainly plays as you stated.
However..
Among forwards that have played more than 15 games this season Tyler Pitlick ranks third last (441st) in the NHL in terms of pts/60 at even strength (0.22) behind only Riley Nash (just waived) and Marcus Johansson. Considering he has spent the entire year in a middle six role, and half of his icetime has been alongside Backlund that' is downright atrocious.