I really hate this argument. You can train 3rd or 4th line grinder to be a very good pker. A lot of coaches don't like to burn minutes on their best forwards pking. I know Babcock doesn't because Datsyuk didn't pk much either and nobody is arguing his defensive prowess.
[mod] I said it's based on a coaches preference. How does one coach having a different preference make wrong?
I sort of wanted to put both of them in, But Bob is having a stellar season, and he was a finalist last year. And Pietrangelo is having an incredible season on St. Louis' back end, that I had to put him there.
He's not playing with the same team as last year. They've almost completely lost their confidence (this might change at the halfway point). Also at this point there are quite a few more players that deserve it more than him.
But he's playing on what is so far one of the worst teams in the NHL (people tend to overlook bad teams). He be in the race at the end, and I still think the Oilers will make the playoffs.
