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Originally Posted by bdubbs
6 assists in 19 games (all on the latter half of a 7 game series) is not considered terrible? Man I need to work for you if that's your standard.
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Presumably those games get tighter defensively but those numbers still aren’t great for guys who are supposed to be stars. Matthew’s may be the best since Datsyuk at stripping the puck from players, so I give him credit for that. But between him and Marner they do not get dirty. They’ll go around guys but won’t go through them. It’s been an issue forever. As a star player you have to get your hands dirty every now and then. Those two specifically just do not. Nylander and Tavares will get to dirty places to get goals and play with a mean streak. Marner and Matthews, nope.