That's not what he's saying at all........ he's saying teams can't move cap to fit Hoffman......
I am glad somebody in here gets it LOL.
But since Waterbuf chose to go down that rabbit hole, he might want to at least check out the Corsi rating on both of these players before he declares undeniable viability for Hoffman over Johnson.
Sky04, I know you were aware I was comparing what these two players either want or or already getting is very similar money for two guys that are almost at exactly the same point in their careers.
Digging a little deeper Johnson has played 43 more games than Mike Hoffman. But given the fact that Johnson has played for a superior team versus the two, shall we say shitty ones for which Hoffman has played, to compare Johnson’s career +85 to Hoffman’s -19 is a meaningless exercise. It is in fact equally meaningless to compare Hoffman’s power-play proficiency when Johnson gets no power-play time.
It is however impossible to avoid looking at how little difference there is between these two where driving the play at equal strength is concerned. Hoffman scored 31 of his 59 points last year on the power-play. That is just over 52% of his point production. While getting more overall ice time compare that to Johnson who got only seven of his 31 points last year on the power-play. That is just over 22%.
People like Waterbuf (besides being a strawman) are driven much more by numbers than they are circumstance. If that were not the case, he would understand that Tyler Johnson’s play has not declined as much as his team’s need for him. He still does some things very well but he is up against other teammates at the same position who do more things well. This has made it very difficult for Cooper to know how to use Tyler Johnson. In turn Johnson has been somewhat derailed by the vast numbers of situations in which he has been used and with a large number of different line mates that has involved.
