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Originally Posted by 417
D'Agostinin was in the doghouse for alot of the same reasons Latendresse was in his doghouse as well as AK46 was.
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The coach not knowing how to use a player?
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Originally Posted by 417
AK46 wasn't using his shot earlier in the year...he went down to the 4th line and started being alot more counscious about using his shot, result? Well you can see them now
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Problem with this theory is, AK wasn't lacking for shooting back then, and is not really shooting more now. The puck going in is the big difference. He was shooting for 3% back when he was demoted. He's up to a more typical 12%, which tells you how hot his shooting has been over the last few games.
AK was going to start scoring the way he was playing, demoted to the 4th or not. Arguably, demoting him slowed down his recovery.
(Of course, to be fair to Martin, maybe he was demoted for things that didn't have to do with dearth of scoring, but judging from the coach's comments, that doesn't seem likely. Small wonder Andrei sarcastically suggested shooting from the red line.)