Haven't seen him much this year have you?
Filppula 11-12 is different from 06-11 Filppula. As a winger he has been shooting from all positions.
Maybe 20-25 games and the playoffs.
To me he's been a pass first guy in those games. He shoots if he has a great chance but that's it imo. Maybe my he's old habits have blinded my vision
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Looked up his stats.
2007-08 gp 78 s 122
2008-09 gp 80 s 129
2009-10 gp 55 s 114
2010-11 gp 71 s 115
2011-12 gp 81 s 144
He's sog have increased slightly from last year, but he's had more toi and pp time. Fil's sog rate was pretty much the same 32 years ago but he had about the same toi and pp time as this year.
He was ranked 69th on goals but 173rd on sog.
Btw, Fil had only 1 sog
. Didn't see the game so can't say anything about his performance. But who cares. We won.
edit. Of course that doesn't include blocked/missed shots but this is just my (limited) impression. And many DRW fans have told me so, too.