MarkStone
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- Mar 12, 2016
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Sure. But then you either get a guy back that is just as inconsistent, or has a lower skill level. Because I really don't see a great argument as to why Zibanejad's point totals are inflated relative to his skills compared to Brassard.
They don't tell everything, but they sure as hell say more than large parts of one fanbase ragging on a guy they just traded as wildly inconsistent. It's not as if there's a great deal of balanced scouting reports on the two presented.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/09/30/ottawa-senators-send-mika-zibanejad-to-ahl-binghamton
The complaints about Zibanejad have been going on for a number of seasons now. I will give him credit for making strides as a player (the point total per season increase does reflect that to an extent) but the same themes of not having an off-season commitment to fitness and generally being too inconsistent and timid as a big-man never went away.