RLF
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I'm certainly not expecting elite offence from Hyman. I'm not even expecting good offence from Hyman. I'm just trying to point out what he needs to do to really end the "Hyman doesn't belong on that line" conversation. 15 ES goals isn't elite scoring numbers, but a winger who does everything else as well as Hyman does and has 15 ES goals could be considered an elite two way player. I don't expect that from him and would be very pleased if he improved to 10+ this year. That would be a 66% improvement in his biggest weakness and very praiseworthy. But it doesn't end the conversation.
15-20 goals and say 20 assists won't end it. Some will give credit and those who gave none for the playoffs, none to any reasons for him being there already, will still find issue. It will still be Brown etc could have done the same thing or lets see if he can do it again or etc etc. Some are more worried about being wrong, then anything else and will defend til the end.