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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Yeah the 9 GA at 5v5 is way more alarming than the PK number for Rooney personally.
The PK number is more an indictment of the coaching staff IMO, because I don't understand why they are so deadset on forcing Backlund-Rooney as a PK pair that hasn't really seemed to work very well together.
Yeah he's really not been great in any role this season.
Not a strong FO guy, 5v5 play has been very leaky defensively, PK hasn't been great.
Conroy hasn't made many mistakes but keeping all of Rooney, Hanley, and Barrie on the roster and waiving Schwindt is probably one of them. As Scwindt has become a pretty serviceable 4th line C/RW for the Knights.
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I think the 4th line isn't as sheltered as a lot of 4th lines across the league, so their GA will be higher as a result. In fact, Rooney leads centres in D zone starts (as a percentage). The whole 4th line has similar numbers, and everyone loves Lomberg as opposed to hating on Rooney.
GA/60 Rooney is better than Huberdeau, Kadri and Duehr. Tied with Kuzmenko, and only .1 behind Coleman
Mostly, there's no better option for 4C.