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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Lindholm’s second best season is 78 points and 29 goals, he will not end up anywhere near that. Do I think players in the prime of their career should be within striking distance of their top seasons, sure, yes I do. And by that metric the Flames have a number of players that are underperforming, the majority of their top 9 and their top 4 dman and their goalies.
And you clearly have not “looked up” the stats unless you actually think in the final 19 games Lindholm is going to get 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points to be close to his second best season.
Mangiapane on pace for his worst goals per game season in the last 4 years, within striking distance of having his worst points per game in the last 4 years.
Markstrom’s worst season as a pro.
There are a number of players playing at or just slightly below their expected average and 4 players (Lindholm, Huberdeau, Mangiapane and Markstrom) who are absolutely putrid. Sutter is getting the best out of almost nobody and is getting average out of very few.
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If Lindholm keeps his pace he’ll land around 10 points behind his second best season and over 10 points ahead of his third. PTS/60 He’s 0.2 off the pace of his second best season. That’s without a Gaudreau, Tkachuk, or even prime-level Monahan to play with.
Saying Lindholm or even Mangiapane are “putrid” just means your expectations are out of touch with reality.
Backlund, Andersson, Dube, Toffoli, are set to meet or exceed their career best.
Lindholm, Coleman are well above their career average.
Hanifin, Kadri, Tanev are just above his career average. Mangiapane is right in-line with his career average.
Who is left of the top 9 and top 4 that are supposedly underperforming? Huberdeau and Weegar… two players out of 13. I’m bad at math but I don’t think that’s a majority. Or everyone is just supposed to be the best ever?