ottawah
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...and yet he has been this year, comparable with some of the best in the game.
He wasnt last year but this year he HAS those numbers.
I'm not saying it will continue or anything but it is what it is. Chances are he'll regress somewhat back to his old numbers right?
The big difference this year, however, is that he has a D partner that one at least can call competent to play with. His last 3 D partners in Ottawa? Weircoch, traded, played 60 games before being banished to the AHL for the full last year of his NHL contract. Phaneuf, traded, got in about 100 games then bought out, out of hockey. Harpur, traded and banished to the AHL, likely seen his last NHL game.
His numbers before were really not good, but when you account he was given near legendary workload/deployment and that his D partners were all quickly on their way out of the league due to horrific play, you can safely assume his numbers on his Toronto time will never slide into that territory.
Besides, if he playing no better than AHL fodder and producing these kind of numbers, just imagine the numbers if he starts to play well. Will put Lidstrom to shame