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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
You spelled Forsling wrong.
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If you look at GA for dmen at ES during regular season. Min 800 mins played Ekblad was on for least number of goals, 20 goals. Forsling was on for 37 but played 600 more minutes. All other dmen mixed in with them at the top are not matching up against the elite stars every night and are not helping on the offensive end either.
Barkov actually plays significantly more minutes away from these 2 then he does with them in the regular season and it's close to 50/50 in the playoffs. The Barkov line is also tough to score on. Florida is just an elite defensive team, and the goalie rarely hurts then either.
At the end of the day, I would give more credit to Ekblad and Forsling for shutting down the likes of Kucherov, Panarin, Pasta and so far, McDavid and Drasaitl than Barkov.