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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Not sure where you got your numbers from, but he was 7th in 5v5 TOI/GP in 21-22. It doesn't really matter though, since ice time isn't always a reliable metric for measuring deployment. Everyone knows Tkachuk played on the second line last season, yet he still led all forwards there in 5v5 TOI/GP.
https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?re...=0&pageSize=50 |
I never said per game - he played the 2nd most minutes that season.
Which if talking about guys being sheltered is probably more important because if guys miss games due to injury then how is he being protected?
Also 7th in TOI/GP is also misleading when you include guys that played 1, 3, and 18 games as Panther that season. So at worst he was 2nd in total EV TOI, and 4th in EV TOI/GP.
Either way he was a top 6 forward at worst, was on the same line as Barkov and a top line forward for a lot of his time in Florida, and produced at an elite clip no matter how you cut it.
Saying he's a middle 6 forward that couldn't play top line, or not removing the guys that played minimal games to say "he's 7th in TOI/GP" is just misrepresenting what really happened in Florida.