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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
But it's been better of late no? The team is playing better, scoring more, and getting more wins. And they are getting more out of Hubredeau. I don't think Lucic on the 2nd line can be the long-term plan, and I assume right now Ruzicka will eventually make it back. But right now it's working more than it's not working isn't it?
The likelihood that MP is a 50 point player in the NHL or even a 40 point player is VERY small.
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Again, I've said repeatedly that I don't think he was the answer, but he also doesn't need to be a star, was the point.
Are we scoring that much more?
If you exclude those 2 SJ games, in the month of December we scored about 2.6 goals per game. Based on average goals per game in the NHL that would put us in the bottom 5 for goals for. Excluding SJ, our previous 5 games is exactly the same number.
I put little stock in those SJ games. We just came off a 1 goal game in Edmonton. We had nearly 45 shots last night and struggled to get 3. I like Lucic, and I don't think Phillips was our answer, but he didn't get a fair shot, and I also don't think Lucic is a long term plan.
This team is still struggling to score, but Huberdeau and Kadri certainly look better than they did with Mangiapane on their line. So that's a good sign.