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Originally Posted by Bingo
As I replied below it's a % issue.
With so many penalties called it's not the total five on five ice time it's the percentage of it.
A guy that plays 36% of the five on five minutes can't be matched by one guy.
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Coleman was playing 17 minutes a game with Tampa for 45 playoff games in a shutdown role. With the Flames he is getting 14 minutes.
Tampa understood that stopping the other guys stars was a more winnable strategy than trying to outscore them. He is getting 11-14 minutes against the Oilers with a lot of it on the PK when there is a need to shut down a particular line.
Coleman was not signed to 4.9x6 as a 30 year old to provide secondary scoring, he was signed to shut down McDavid and Mackinnon.