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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I guess probability is the better word as I don't believe in "luck" either. But skill alone doesn't explain why Mangiapane can score 35 one year and 18 the next. Or Markstrom have a Vezina caliber season one year and awful the next, etc
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Mangiapane? It's pretty clear to me - He was pushing/driving that extra inch last season and it was the difference many times between a goal and not getting to a puck.
He still plays hard, but not quite at the level as before he scored his first major contract. And those inches of effort at this level are easily the difference between 18 goals and 35.