You are now moving the goalposts. You used the most unflattering stats to paint why he shouldn’t be on the team. Stats that have no relevance. You yourself admitted he has better even strength numbers than guys you listed. He’s also younger than every single one of them. Not sure what you are expecting. Does he need to put up McDavid numbers? He puts up pretty elite numbers as a youngster (relatively speaking).
And please, save the ad hominem towards me. It is completely ineffective. I admit that I don’t have any affiliation towards Team Canada. At the same time, I am allowed to call out a bad faith argument when I see it. If you seriously think after this interaction that he only had a hot playoffs (your claim), the biggest agenda to push of anyone here is you.
What? You mentioned he was one of the top even strength performers. I check the numbers. He was behind a lot of guys who didn't even make my team. What's what I was showing you. Also, I didn't factor in age at all because the tournament is later this year, not some time in the future. If we were projecting Olympics rosters, I might care about age. And no, he doesn't need to put up McDavid numbers - he would need to put up numbers that put him among the best 13 or so Canadian forwards, and every scoring stat (and others as well) puts him in the 20-30 range - still a very good player, but not good enough to be on the national team.
The only reason I suggested you might be biased is because I have looked at the numbers and not found any that support your assertions. I have absolutely nothing against Lafrenière and honestly think it would be great if young guys like him made the team. I'm basing my team mostly on stats because I don't have time to watch every single game.
I will say though, thank you for prompting me to look more at the even strength numbers. It made me go back at look at what I was using and put more emphasis on those - it's why I put Hyman and Verhaeghe on my updated team.
