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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Outrage isn't the right word. Confused is more apt, at least for me.
He has produced consistently when given an opportunity to do so. Those opportunities were just few and far between.
Ruzicka played over 14 minutes in a game just 15 times over the past two years combined and scored 12 points in those games. (66 point pace)
He played 29 games with over 12 minutes of icetime and recorded 19 points in those games. (54 point pace)
He played 35 games with under 10 minutes of icetime and recorded 1 point in those games. (3 point pace)
To put that in perspective Zary alone has hit the 14:00 minute mark 28 times this season alone (19 points), and has never seen less than 10 minutes of icetime at any point. That's an opportunity.
Conroy is apparentely scrounging the league for young NHL roster players who may be in need of more opportunity (similar to Sharangovich). To me we had one right under our noses.
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I don’t really think so. Yegor had 100ish points in 200ish games before we picked him up and was really good defensively. Ruzicka has 40 in 115 and does nothing away from the puck.
He scores more when he plays more because he earns more time when he plays well. He plays less now and has played less over that span because he was doing very little with whatever time he was given, both offensively and defensively.
Your numbers are also off. I tried looking at two years prior in the literal sense (Jan 25 2022 to now) and two years as in this season and last and neither match.
He’s a replacement level player that benefited from playing with two much, much better players (and made that line worse) last year. He’s not unique in that regard.