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Originally Posted by dino7c
Lol you just listed the top lines of the teams they have played...the guy wasn't even one of the best dman on the Heat last season.
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Because that's the actual competition he's lining up against.
He played 12 minutes against Tkachuk/Barkov/Verhaeghe when the Yotes played Florida, 8 minutes against Kuznetsov/Sheary/Ovechkin when the Yotes played WSH, 9 minutes against Connor/Appleton/PLB when the Yotes played the Jets, and 7 mins against the other players/lines on that list.
Most of his ES ice-time/deployment is against opposing teams' top lines. He's also seeing 60% defensive zone starts this season.
As hard as it is to believe, Valimaki has been good. If this continues, he'll have taken the same leap that Kylington took last year