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Originally Posted by Mathgod
This is simply wrong. We're talking about xGA/60. As a fourth liner who doesn't score, you have one job and that's to keep the puck out of the net. You absolutely should be better in that metric than the majority of 1st/2nd/3rd liners in the NHL. What's more, 4th lines are not typically put out there vs opposing team's 1st lines. It's generally the job of the 3rd line to shut down the opposing team's 1st line.
Looch has just 2 points in his last 16 games, and one of those points was in a game vs the Kings where he played on the 2nd line. So he only has 1 point in the last 16 games actually playing on the 4th line.
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No it isn't.
If said player was in the upper half of the league in xGA60 he's be a well paid shut down line winger, not a fourth liner.