BobMarleyNYR
Rangers future on D
See, perfect example of how people are, for whatever reason, downplaying Pionk. The proof is in the putting, and, no, I don't mean your analytics, I mean whats happening. As far as stats go, quite literally, Pionk is our best offensive defenseman, and it's been almost 50 games, I think, that he's been on this little "hot streak." Just his whole career thus far... but you think a whopping 8 points in like 28 games merits PP1 time?I don't think a 25 game stretch where Pionk has overperformed on the PP outweighs an entire career of PP excellence from Shattenkirk. Pionk is the worst of the 3 defenseman who have played on the PP when it comes to generating shots and scoring chances on the PP in fact, while playing the large majority of his PP time with the 1st unit.
One stat you're not considering, Pionk has directly contributed to 2X as many goals as any of our d-men.The others are not proving that they can.
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