At the end, he still produced the same with way less games played because he play on a better team witch clearly affect ev production.
Sean Monahan has had an increase in production driven by the fact that his shooting% has doubled.
Same as Kuzmenko who had an increase in production driven by the fact that his shooting% has doubled in Calgary. and he went from a top team to a bottom team.
If your shooting% doubles you will have better results no mattew where you are
His overall on ice results have improved yes with a signififcantly better team.
But at this point I am sick and tired of the "he doesn't have enough help" bullshit about EVERY SINGLE HABS PLAYER.
Dach played most of his minutes alongside Caufield and Suzuki. He couldn't crack 20 points 5v5.
Slaf has played most of his minutes alongside Caufield and Suzuki.
Mercer had his fantastic season alongside Nico Hischier and Tomas Tatar. Now I think nico hischier is underrated. But again, if habs fans want to complain that their players getting top 6 ice time and opportunity don't have enough help, they need to seriously reevaluate how they talk about some guys on the top 6.
Personally I think it's incredibly disrespectful to Suzuki and Caufield.
Mercer's 5 most common linemates are Meier, Haula, Holtz, Palat, and Lazar (about 30% of the time with Meier was with Meier playing on the MCL injuries). No Nico, no Bratt, no Hughes.
Now again, if you want to go our and say Meier Haula Holtz Palat and Lazar for a total of 1300 minutes is more help than for example Slafkovsky playing 1700 minutes total between Caufield and Suzuki, go ahead, I won't stop you.