Paul4587
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- Jan 26, 2006
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Can`t argue with the numbers but Rakell had 1 point in 16 PO games as a 22 year old, before his breakout. That cuts the big hole in his PO point pace. More recently, in 17-18 he had respectable 13 points in 15 games and when he got injured that year and went out from the Nashville series, things took a big downturn for us. So I don`t think those PO numbers are fully representative of Rakells abilities.
In my opinion, Rak is a support player and he needs good linemates (who doesn`t). Having a bad team will expose any player who isn`t a two way player like Silf or Rico. So I don`t support the Rak hate and would gladly have him back if on a reasonable contract (will have to be bigger than the current one obviously).
The year he had 1 point in 16 he put up 31 in 71, a massive drop in production. And as I said in my previous post the 16-17 year was the only year he’s ever produced but it was riding shotgun to Getzlaf who was the best player in the entire playoffs that season, Getz was an absolute beast who put the team on his back.