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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Ok, forget advanced stats. How about simple ones. The NHL's worst PK team best penalty killer sits so Bollig can skate his 7 minutes and contribute nothing. That's Hartley. Sorry if the number of Jooris' scratches isn't something I'll rely on to judge a player
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I'm not sure if you're referring to last night's game, but I would argue that Bouma and Backlund are the team's best penalty killers. Stajan hasn't really done anything all that well this year. He deserved to sit for a night.
It just sucks that Bollig is even on the roster at all to have an opportunity to make it in the lineup.
And the Flames' PK is bad mostly because the goaltending has failed to provide a league average performance. Some of it is on players and systems, but most of the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of the goaltenders.