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Yet he had the highest defensive zone start rate among Flyers forwards at 43% OZS.
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Yet he had the highest defensive zone start rate among Flyers forwards at 43% OZS.
If Couturier wasn't playing against top lines then who was? It certainly wasn't Patrick, Filppula, or Laughton.2/3 of the nominees weren't playing against opponents top lines, and Kopitar was playing against top lines about half of the time. Couturier has deserved a nomination for a while, but they choose to give it to him when he is in an offensive role for the first time in his career. Get the media away from the voting please.
If Couturier wasn't playing against top lines then who was? It certainly wasn't Patrick, Filppula, or Laughton.
2/3 of the nominees weren't playing against opponents top lines, and Kopitar was playing against top lines about half of the time. Couturier has deserved a nomination for a while, but they choose to give it to him when he is in an offensive role for the first time in his career. Get the media away from the voting please.
If Kopitar was playing against opponent top lines only half the time, it's because the home teams were hiding their top line from him rather than vice versa.
No one else on the Kings was alive to eat hard minutes. Carter was dead half the season. Shore got some tough minutes but he was traded. Kempe was as sheltered as sheltered can be. Mitchell/Thompson were traded to take SOME of the load, but Kopitar was still the consistent "eat the hardest minutes" guy....hell he had the highest ToIQoC in the entire league and had more time on ice than any other forward.