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Originally Posted by Savvy27
What is it that Rooney does well? Genuine question. His counting stats and possession stats are some of the worst I have ever seen from a player who has stayed in the NHL for several season in a row.
His career high is 14 points.
His career high TOI is 13:51.
He has been a negative possession player every season (CF% last 4 seasons - 33.6-38.4-38.4-39.1) and he seems to be getting worse relative to his team (last year -17.3 CF%rel).
He has never been above water on faceoffs and has a career average of 46.3%.
This preseason:
28th in camp in CF% at 45% (11.9 relative!)
Team has 1GF vs 2GA with him on the ice.
He has been on for more shots for than against to be fair (16v15), but more chances against than for.
I don't see the appeal, but I am curious what he is doing well out there that people like?
Yet, some people seem to really like his game. I haven't seen him do anything that Mitch McLain didn't do out there.
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He has some speed but the rest is concerning. The entire system is based on shot volume and possession and you get a player that is the complete opposite in how we want to play is strange. If was good at faceoffs I could see the appeal but 46% is pretty bad, and the key to possession hockey is winning faceoffs. It's no surprise when we have been top faceoff team we have won the division twice.