Advanced stat? For much of last year he was in the top 10 in points scored per 60 minutes. A straight-forward stat? 5th on the team in scoring last year while mostly playing on lower lines on under 15 minutes a game. A star? No. Solid? Yes.I don’t get the Bjorkstrand hype. Are there some sort of advanced stats out there supporting playing him more? To me he’s weak on the puck, decent enough in space I guess. I could be wrong.
I do agree that the forth line should be playing more to stop tiring out the top line, which could have been your point.
On that last goal, Atkinson was covering the point and made a terrible decision to skate forward at Barkov breaking out instead of falling back. If you’re gonna cover the point, ya gotta play D if they break out.
Someone point out to Panarin that this arena is emptier than Detroit, which is saying something. Don’t be obvious about it, just bring it up casually getting on the plane tonight or something. Thanks in advance.