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Originally Posted by LGB24
A player can only play so much during a game. Pommers is both on the PK and PP, if you expect him to lead the team in ES minutes too that can wear a player down to the point he's not productive at all
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And you're missing the point. Pominville was our
only consistent offensive forward all season, but his minutes don't reflect that. Looking at the Sabres icetime breakdown for the season, you'd think that we were a three line team for the whole year, not just the last 20 games of the season. We had one line of offense for the first 40 games and Lindy straight up did not change his coaching style to reflect that. For the first half of the year, the right decision would've been to cut Pominville's PK time and gas him and Vanek at ES + PP, because they were literally the only dangerous forwards on a night to night basis. That didn't happen, and as a result, we left points on the board.