Notsince67
Papi and the Lamplighters
- Apr 27, 2018
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Like hell it does. Quality of team mates far exceed quality of competition in affects to a players game. Even if taken at par, there was a noticeable gap in the differential.Chereypicked stats, as usual.
There is a gap today, but it's as much due to Nylander not playing/playing with Kadri as it has to do with Marner playing out of his mind.
As much as people rag on them, Bozak and JVR were good/very good offensive players. Marner playing in a heavily sheltered role with them was a great situation. Your context argument had very little traction because although Nylander had the better linemate, he also had far tougher comp/zone starts. Balances out.