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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Toffoli is not a 70 point player year in and year out. But the fact is he got way more PP time and attention here than anywhere else and it boosted his numbers. It may or may not for this kid but who’s to say it won’t? An increased role did wonders for Lindholm. It did wonders for Bennett in Fla. Look at what happened when Chandler Stephenson had to assume a bigger role in Vegas.
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So can Ruzicka, who also had a decent production 5 on 5 in a much smaller sample size. Yet I would be pretty ecstatic if we could trade Ruzicka and a 3rd for even a 60 pt player making $4.5M. We paid a 2nd and a 3rd for a ~40pt Jarnkrok at the deadline.
Also, when it come to an increased role, there are many players on the Flames that could potentially benefit from it. Starting from Mangiapane and Dube getting PP1 time, to prospects like Pelletier, Coronato, Ruzicka, and maybe even Phillips (if he's back). That's why I personally don't expect anything over 40pts from the shiny new toy. Furthermore, in this discussion we're sticking to points, while Toffoli definitely had a much greater effect at both generating chances and preventing chances against. That's why in my opinion NJ won the trade by a mile.