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Originally Posted by Sandman
My original point in all this was to emphasize his value beyond this year. They will undoubtedly bring him along slowly, but he has a bright future IMO. He will grow with the team-he is still a few years away from his prime. I never said he would get 17+ minutes in TB, but he’ll get more than 10. You don’t pay the kind of price they did for a player you think will never be more than a third liner.
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Actually you do if you need that type of player and you are trying to win the cup on a cap strapped team. I have little doubt they love the player. But I have little doubt they aren’t expecting a huge amount of untapped offensive power from a guy who’s been shooting at an unsustainable 24% scoring percentage.
But I was originally simply responding to the post that suggested that he would score more with a TB. I figured that less ice time and PP time and a regression in his shooting % meant less points in his immediate future, not more.