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Originally Posted by overlords
Except that he's not having a bad year.
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Thank you. Others don't seem to see it that way but at least I know some folks actually watch the games and understand player utilization and development.
PK is CLEARLY being asked to do too much defensively. He plays 25 minutes a night and he hasn't been making nearly as many risky plays (offense 90% of the time when he does, or a big hit) this year.
Why? Because he's been asked to be a guy who leads by example and is pretty much playing a veterans role in his 2nd NHL season. People need to realize if PK was insulated with some other tough minutes crunching D he'd be hitting more, would have more time on attack rather than D and thus, better numbers. Then people wouldn't worry about the mistakes he makes (few for a guy playing so much) and would just focus on the numbers like they always do.