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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Not really because the 2 years makes a big difference and Milano has a bigger body of work that shows he's probably not much more than that.
Sharangovich has much better per 82 game numbers in his only 3 NHL seasons.
20-21: 46 points, 24 goals per 82 games
21-22: 49 points, 26 goals per 82 games
22-23: 33 points, 14 goals per 82 games
So to me that is actually buying low on a player that had good NHL seasons at 22 and 23 years old, and maybe a down year in 22-23 in his 24 year old season.
At first glance sure the 73 points vs the 33 points looks bad for the Flames. But a 3 year view shows a young player that had a pretty good start to his career prior to this last season.
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I guess I'm not very good at conveying my point. I'm not saying Sharangovich is going to be Milano. I'm saying that we're trying to zoom in on a stat to show that our 40pt player will be just as good as the 70pt player we just lost. If only we gave him PP time and more ice time he'd be just as good as Toffoli offensively, or not much of a downgrade. That's the narrative.
I'm just saying that if we chose to zoom in on those stats 5 on 5 Sharangovich can just as easily be compared to Milano. A player that didn't show much of anything while he was here. A similar narrative was spun when we got a player like Leivo or Czarnik. Anyways, an increased role and a change of scenery won't necessarily lead to an increased production, and expecting it is setting the fan base for disappointment.