Why bring up Schief at all if we're talking about Ehlers, if not to compare them?
Not sure if you noticed, but I DID use crashes per number of flights in my example. I deliberately made the number of flights per crash gigantic to illustrate a point, while at the same time making the relative difference also seem significant - also to make my point
Your last paragraph is a misrepresentation of my stance. You should always try to ice a team with as many good players that produce positive outcomes as possible. But downgrading one of them doesn't tank the whole team, which has been my point from the start
Very few players will hurt as much as people are making it seem in this situation. We're talking generational guys, cornerstones of franchises, etc.
For all the *'s associated with Ehlers greatness (5v5, P/60, goal diff, etc), he's a 60 point winger at the end of the day
I feel our problems will largely be the same with or without him.
Our second line performed extremely well weather it was Ehlers or Perfetti driving the line. We still have Cole to drive it and fun fact is that both Fly and Perfetti performed better away from each other. I don't anticipate our second line taking much of a hit without Ehlers if Chevy can bring in some good players that fit with Cole.
Where we remain vulnerable is our first line. But given this orgs insistence to play KC and Mark together, having fly here doesn't change that performance if he's not used there.