Quoting: Kotkaniemi15
Are you basing this on numbers, or the eye test? Because the way I see Montréal’s PK from last year (based purely on what I’d saw watching games):
1. Armia
2. Danault/Lehkonen
3. Byron
4. Evans/Suzuki/Toffoli (Evans gets more time because he’s good at faceoffs)
So for this team, if they’re changing on the fly Suzuki comes out on the 2nd unit, but on the whistle they put out Bozak. (He was 56.8% on faceoffs last year)
i'm basing it off Volume
Number of Minutes played , shots taken/blocked ,Attempts and misses
Factored in Paquette and Danaults short handed offensive production
And their numbers are closer then anyone beyond Byron
Armia is close but doesnt have the volume Danault got here or Paquette got in TBL
Armia's numbers to are playing 2nd PK
If he played 1st PK like Byron he'd have more Ice time and better stats
Its nothing personal and Armia's the future but today its Byron leading the PK still
Its why we've kept him all these years even signing him with term after injuries started piling up
Danault,Lehkonen, Armia , ext are all his Protege's he molded just like Armia will likely resume his role and do very soon.
I'm not saying they're not capable of proving me wrong but the numbers are the numbers
When Lehkonen was top PK unit we were bottom of the NHL that's just fact
When he was removed forcing us to use 3 units instead of 2 to absorb the minutes he'd have played
We became top in the NHL and i dont see Burrows changing that after having such success so early on in his career as a Assistant Coach in the NHL
Lastly take Evans profile and compare it to Danaults at his age
You'll see a lot of similarities there
Then factor in they have the same mentor in place on special teams where Danault earned his shot at Special Teams Play
He's getting played because he's not only smart and responsible but also has leadership qualities and absorbs everything like a sponge.
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