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Originally Posted by Jester
Part of his "decline" is that the Leafs bled away talent around him and were on the decline as a team. He's remained a pretty damn studly PPQB even throughout that period. Over the last two years he's posted 3-47-50 on the PP. Sure, he's not going to give you the 51 points he had on the PP right out of the lockout, but he'll improve the PP on most teams with his presence.
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Except for the Bruins, who before last night had a PP percentage of something like 9% since he joined the team, and were at 16% before that. I have no idea why he's been so terrible with the B's, but people have been calling for him to sit for a while, and his even strength time has plummeted in the playoffs. He still goes out on the PP, but they're PP has been disgraceful this postseason too and Kaberle sure as hell isn't helping it any right now. Again, not sure why he's so terrible playing with them, although I'd suspect coaching plays a role here. Julien wasn't loved by a lot of the fan base here before this run, and people are only calming down now due to where they are. If they blow game 7, there will be a mob marching on the Garden Saturday.