Fourier
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I think this is correct. Some of this focus is because sloppy defense just cost a game that the team could have won. But how often has this pair's offense been the reason the team won.A lot of people were also i nspired of Yzermans inspering offense in 80s early 90s. Its a lie to say otherwise
And you can win some cups with good defence, but you can win cups with good offense also.
I dont want to give a pass to McDavid, but I dont think he is capable in the same dimension as Draisaitl to be two way and putting up points or goals.
Right now McDavid and Draisiatl have been on the ice for 25 gf and 13 ga 5 vs 5. The GA rate is 2.46 ga/60 but the gf rate is 4.74 which is insane. By comparison when Nuge is on the ice the team has 12GF and 8GA 5 vs 5 and 3 of those GA came in one game. So his GA rate is 1.69. But the big criticism is that the second line needs to do more offensively to help out. In the end both lines have actually been contributing significantly to the team winning. The first line by substantially outscoring the oppositions best players even while giving up a fair bit. The second line while not scoring all that much has mostly shut down the opposition.
Ideally you want the top line to score just as much but give up less and the second line to score more but be just as stingy. This may be a the ideal but it may also be unrealistic.
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