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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
lol.. Faceoffs.. yay? he's -10.. the worst on the team and 1 of only 4 players on the team that is a - player..
as for being a "big part of the PK" again.. what is he offering? Face offs? he's petrified to block shots, ive seen more turn overs than clears, and he doesnt play the front of the net?
the bottom line is, we have a player that is playing on our team that is no where near 100%, if you think he isnt currently a liability, you dont know anything about hockey or you havent been watching the games, he sticks out like a sore thumb
I "face palm" when people put emotional ties ahead of factual stats as reason to keep players around.
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I don't even watch the canucks nor am I a fan, so I think I won't be emotionally attached to anything in my argument lol, but if I recall correctly Manny has something like 83% zone starts in the defensive end, thats a redic amount of ice time in your own zone, I think it would be unfair to expect him to be a non minus player, hes basically being put in a situation where he can only come out a neutral at best. I'm also not sure why you said he wasn't necessary for draws in your other post because of hank, hodg, and kes being able to take draws? because henrik and hodg are both below average faceoff men according to the statistics they clock in at 49 and 41% while manny is at 58%.