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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
To play devil's advocate, 31% of his scoring came on the top powerplay, and another handful with the net empty (both ways).
He's a first line talent but I don't think he'd score any more on the "first line".
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Fair comment. I think he's done well on the second line because it's the second line and he's the scorer there. On the first, he'd have to play more defensively to replace Lindholm and there's only one puck offensively. It's hard to imagine the top line scoring more total goals, so the points would get distributed about the same.
On the PP issue, I get why people downplay PP points. But at the same time, if you don't contribute on the PP it's an issue. And he is really really good at his role there. What % of any top players' points come on the PP? I'd suspect a fair bit.