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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Ice time does matter for offensive players - you get more, you get more into the game (up to a point).
The 3rd and 4th liners are getting as much as they are used to (if not more) and they're doing fine. The guys struggling are the offensive guys: Huberdeau, Lindholm, Mangiapane, and Kadri
There are a lot of reasons for it, but I think ice-time deployment is definitely one of them.
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I know there are probably a handful of contributing factors, but I think it only matters to a point.
Mangiapane’s ATOI is the highest it has been in his career. Lindholm is a minute off the pace of the last few years but is still on track for his third best season (and closer to his second best than his fourth). Kadri is playing the second-highest average minutes he’s played in his career and will probably come out with his third highest point total.
The question I keep coming back to is why Huberdeau, who is a supposed to be an elite level player, is impacted by (seemingly all of) these factors 10x more than the next guy.