Fast is A+ defensively at ES and an ok point producer for players of his kind. Definitely better than Grabner and Lindberg at the least.
I don't know how you can confidently say this.
In 2015-16 5v5:
Lindberg had a GF60 of 0.83. Fast had a GF60 of 0.44. Huge difference in favor of Lindberg.
Lindberg had 0.74 primary assists per 60. Fast had 0.44 primary assists per 60. Huge difference in favor of Lindberg.
Lindberg had 1.57 primary points per 60. Fast had 0.88 primary points per 60. Huge difference in favor of Lindberg.
Regarding "On-Ice" stats:
Fast had an edge in CF% and FF%, but it was slight.
They had identical stats in Scoring Chances Against per 60, but Lindberg blew Fast out of the water in Scoring Chances For per 60.
Lindberg was also better than Fast On-Ice in GF60 and GA60 (significantly so is GA60)
Further, despite playing in 11 fewer games and playing 223 fewer minutes in 5v5 play, Lindberg only had one fewer point than Fast...and Lindberg actually had 5 more
Primary points than Fast over that time.
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Seriously.....Fast was definitely not better than Lindberg last year. No way.