Normally, I'd agree with this take if we had players that could produce in those roles. Getting your 1st point from a bottom 6 player 8 games into the season is abysmal.
He's not a goalie?Maybe if you made a save you wouldn't have been waived.
That said, he failed to Erne's position.
Thing is, bottom-6 scoring was just fine last season. They actually outscored the opponents when they were on the ice.That stat is crazy, to be honest. No excuse, but those Bottom six guys never get any offensive opportunity at all. It is shocking how much oxygen goes to the big guns, more lopsided than any other team, from an eye test perspective. Pretty tough to find a rhythm when you never get out there for any O opps. I think it is a git demoralizing how they are used to be honest.
And I know when you have two of the best players in the world, they get the minutes. I just don't think you can compare this top 6 to other teams situation- no matter how abysmal the stat is.
Lavoie probably benefits more from playing in AHL than sitting in the box.Should be Lavoie being called up, but will probably end up being Gagner.
I don't get your point.... Are you trying to say that unless the bottom six guys get 20+ minutes per game, no goal in 6 games is normal???That stat is crazy, to be honest. No excuse, but those Bottom six guys never get any offensive opportunity at all. It is shocking how much oxygen goes to the big guns, more lopsided than any other team, from an eye test perspective. Pretty tough to find a rhythm when you never get out there for any O opps. I think it is a git demoralizing how they are used to be honest.
And I know when you have two of the best players in the world, they get the minutes. I just don't think you can compare this top 6 to other teams situation- no matter how abysmal the stat is.
Normally I'd agree with your take as I have a big gripe with Paul Maurice not giving the 4th line more than single digit ice-times each game but a quick glance at some recent box scores and although the ice-times are a bit more top-heavy than other teams, the bottom 6 is all getting on average within the 10-13 minute range of ice time, around 10 shifts less than the big boys. That's pretty standard I'd say.That stat is crazy, to be honest. No excuse, but those Bottom six guys never get any offensive opportunity at all. It is shocking how much oxygen goes to the big guns, more lopsided than any other team, from an eye test perspective. Pretty tough to find a rhythm when you never get out there for any O opps. I think it is a git demoralizing how they are used to be honest.
And I know when you have two of the best players in the world, they get the minutes. I just don't think you can compare this top 6 to other teams situation- no matter how abysmal the stat is.
I don't get your point.... Are you trying to say that unless the bottom six guys get 20+ minutes per game, no goal in 6 games is normal???
That stat is crazy, to be honest. No excuse, but those Bottom six guys never get any offensive opportunity at all. It is shocking how much oxygen goes to the big guns, more lopsided than any other team, from an eye test perspective. Pretty tough to find a rhythm when you never get out there for any O opps. I think it is a git demoralizing how they are used to be honest.
And I know when you have two of the best players in the world, they get the minutes. I just don't think you can compare this top 6 to other teams situation- no matter how abysmal the stat is.