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MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Michalek - Zibanejad - Chiasson
Greening - Legwand - Stone
Condra - Smith - Neil
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Far below average 2nd line IMO. 3 guys who all got Mid 30 PTS last season is weak. Zibby/Chaisson are developing but Michalek better notch 20G's and 25A's or demote him to 4th line duties.
Sorry I don't have tunnel vision like the average poster on this site.
Lol the comedy sitcom continues on these boards. Seeing how you love showing off your great statistics to prove your points why don't you try dividing Michalek's elite 4 years in Ottawa (Discounting lock out year where he only played like 20 games) by the amount of points he has had each year. Oh what's that? 41.5? So 39 is an off year for Sniper 9? Just to let you know playing for an offensive titan such as the Sharks will bolster your stats (i.e. Cheechoo), and now Milan has crash landed in Kanata, Ontario.
As I stated in my original post, I had no beef whatsoever with Chaisson or Z-Bad other than they aren't prove 2nd liners at this point in their young careers. And as I also stated, a 20G 25A is a REASONABLE expectation for Marian Hos.. I mean Milan Michalek.
I have to wonder why a person would continue to defend a point that is clearly baseless. You stated, "Michalek better notch 20G's and 25A's or demote him to 4th line duties". This is the contentious point that is being disagreed with. I merely showed Michalek scored at a top 6 level last season. "20G's and 25A's" is 45 points. 102 players scored 45 or more points last season, and since there are 30 teams, that would be 3.4 players per team on average, or in other words, an average fourth best forward in scoring. Fourth best on a team is not fourth line, and that is a very simple point to understand.
Michalek's history, Ottawa years.
'13-'14 39 points in 82 gms, 180th best forward in the league had 32 points.
'12-'13 14 points in 23 gms, 180th best forward in the league had 18 points.
'11-'12 60 points in 77 gms, 180th best forward in the league had 32 points.
'10-'11 33 points in 66 gms, 180th best forward in the league had 34 points.
'09-'10 34 points in 66 gms, 180th best forward in the league had 33 points.
With the exception of the lockout year when Michalek played in 48% of Ottawa's games, only in '10-'11, did Michalek not finish in the top 180 forwards for the year, and it was by one point. Not a fourth line player. By the way, he only missed the shortened season by four points
So stand by your original point if you want, "Michalek better notch 20G's and 25A's or demote him to 4th line duties" and it will be obvious to all you have, "tunnel vision like the average poster on this site" as you state as well.
Edit: I better add that it isn't just the unrealistic belief that 45 points is a requirement for top6 forward, but also the drop from that unrealistic requirement to hold a top6 spot to the line with the 10th, 11th, and 12th forwards.
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