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Originally Posted by Rising_Oil_Prices
If you’re going to be fair about allotting so much credit to the players he has ice time with on the power play, then you have to also look at who he plays with 5 on 5. Nuge centers the 3rd line and has had all kinds of different wingers along the way. Lindholm is considered your top line center and has the best wingers on your team. The power play is part of the game, and if Hopkins is on a historic pp then he deserves some credit for it being historic. It’s 5 guys out there, not two. Without Hopkins I don’t think the power play is nearly as good. If the jerseys were reversed, this would be a totally different discussion.
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I did.
Have his ice time with Draisaitl and McDavid listed.
But when you factor in the amount of time that those two play together, that elevates him to the second line doesn't it?
Lindholm plays on the top line in the last couple of years, but has shut down center defensive metrics and was 2nd for the Selke trophy this year.
I don't need to be Flames goggled to see a 100% complete 200 foot player that produces five on five vs a guy that has been average at best, still not seen as a defensive player, and getting points on the powerplay.