The Loss of Broberg and Holloway Gripe Thread

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

So his stats are like being the best in the special Olympics.

He’s getting dominated but getting dominated the least

There was a time when McDavid and Draisaitl were getting dominated in terms of possession numbers too (2018-2020 was truly a disgusting period of Oilers hockey) with pretty similar looking numbers. And I think we can safely say that their poor metrics were because we surrounded them with unviable top 6 forwards like Kassian/Chiasson and a disastrous defense featuring the likes of 2018-19 Adam Larsson. They were "getting dominated less" than the others. If anything it's more difficult to look respectable when you're playing with players like Colton Parayko that are basically playing for the opposing team and whatever the hell you call St Louis' non Thomas/Holloway forwards.

 

[Soundwave]

I think you have to take a longer term view with young players, saying "I know for sure Player A is going to be better than Player B" based on a small sample size doesn't always work.

At age 21, Yamamoto was nearly a PPG for a sizable stretch.

At age 22, Puljujarvi had 10 goals in his first 28 games of the season, 9 points in the first 6 games of that season.

Look at where they are today.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

There was a time when McDavid and Draisaitl were getting dominated in terms of possession numbers too (2018-2020 was truly a disgusting period of Oilers hockey) with pretty similar looking numbers. And I think we can safely say that their poor metrics were because we surrounded them with unviable top 6 forwards like Kassian/Chiasson and a disastrous defense featuring the likes of 2018-19 Adam Larsson. They were "getting dominated less" than the others. If anything it's more difficult to look respectable when you're playing with players like Colton Parayko that are basically playing for the opposing team and whatever the hell you call St Louis' non Thomas/Holloway forwards.

McDavid was over a 50%, and Draisaitl was at a 49% during that time, I dont know if i'd call that dominated.