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Originally Posted by Bingo
Needs to be more chatter on Sharangovich again.
He was a standout last night.
Interesting to see he's the new wrinkle on the powerplay both in the bump back position on entry and then the feature shooter on the first unit.
His poise with the puck in traffic is night and day from what we saw in October.
More games like that and the conversation quickly moves from middle six to top six.
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He has been steadily improving, as the season has gone along and he gets more comfortable with his role. He has also been up and down the lineup, and with respect to TOI, which is really tough for consistency.
Here's an interesting stat: This is his production when he gets more than 14 minutes of ice time, vs when he gets less:
More (11 games): 4G, 4A, 8P, .727PPG, 16:36 AVG TOI
Less. (11 games): 1G, 1A, 2P, .182PPG, 11:49 AVG TOI
It's a tale of ice time. Which is a function of how well you're playing, which is a function of confidence and opportunity.
I think the lesson is that, given a top 6 role, he is a top 6 player (yes, small sample size so far, but that's the trend)