If im not mistaking isnt beau bennett some sort of corsi stud as well ?
He is, but I won't add him to the Josefson echelon yet, as his career production was better than what it was for us last year. And it was still better than any season from Josefson, outside of his 28 game rookie campaign, all the way back at the top of the decade.
I do agree, if a player is good at corsi, but can't score or produce enough points, they have no business in a top 9 role. That's also assuming that they've been bad for YEARS or almost their entire career, like Jacob Josefson has. If it's a one year thing, you give them a pass. If it's more than that, it becomes a trend and more indicative of what they really are, rather than it being a case of them being ''Snakebitten'' or ''Unlucky''.
The Sharks have a player like this right now. Timo Meier. The corsi numbers were there last year, but the actual production was not. He had 6 points in 34 games, while posting very strong corsi numbers and fenwick as well. This year, he's got 3 points in 13 games, so that's 9 points in 47 career NHL games. Still early on, he's barely played more than a half a season's worth of games, but he's been very underwhelming for how good the corsi looks. He has a low shooting percentage, as does Jacob Josefson, but at some point, a player might have a low shooting percentage because they're a lousy shooter and not because they're unlucky or ''Snakebitten''.