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- Feb 10, 2014
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You're talking as if having bad linemates can't effect other peoples play. I'm not saying Schenn is infallible and Mezsaros was the only thing stopping him from being an amazing player, but the fact is that Schenn's flaws weren't even close to as noticeable, and I'd even say he played well, when he had pretty much anyone else as a partner. He doesn't need any certain player to be paired with him to do his job, but if you put a player next to him who actively makes his job much harder then it's not unreasonable to think it'll be tougher for him to do his job.
If we put Rinaldo and Rosehill on Girouxs wings and Giroux produces far less would it mean that Giroux is a poor player because needs a certain type of player on his line to do his job? No, because playing with bad people makes players look worse than they are, so just give that player a chance to do his job by not anchoring him with dead weight. That's not putting the blame at others, it's looking at the context of the situation and taking everything into account when making an evaluation.
I realize this post wasn't directed specifically at me. But If you put Giroux with Rosehill, Giroux's production would suffer, but he'd make Rosehill better.
Does Luke Schenn make anyone better? He's the Rosehill. Others can make him better, but he drags others down.