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Originally Posted by Bingo
He's at almost 100 minutes with Zadorov as a partner and an expected goals number of 57%.
That's doing the NHL job in a third pairing.
Of his 8 games, he had solid underlying numbers in 6 of them.
It's not a sample size to conclude he's a NHL third pairing defenseman but I think it's enough to give him a longer look; especially ahead of say Oesterle and Gilbert.
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I don't look at the fancy stats like you so maybe there are more positives that I am not seeing, from watching him I don't see much different from the other two but more than willing to give him that chance over them if the stats suggest he has more to offer.
I don't expect much from Solovyov either but at least with him there is the hope at his age he might be able to grow into the role.