Quoting: RipNasty
Is he a play driving forward? Because by your own admission and what all Canucks fans on here say, is he produces when he has good linemates but when he's with 3rd liners he just doesn't produce. It's his linemates fault. This is the sort of logic on this site that I find truly hilarious.
Garland is not to blame for any of his faults or lack of production, but it's also not his linemates, or the coach (well until it is). Somehow no one is ever to blame and everyone on the canucks is awesome but it's the other guys fault, who? The other guys, but not those guys. Everything is somehow no one's and everyone's fault all at the same time. Makes is easy to argue that any individual player is awesome when nothing is ever their fault until you point to a different player and it's the same for them eh? Confusing? Absolutely, but this is caofriendly, self justification and bias bull**** equals reality to most of the people on here. Doesn't take a very clever person to see through this nonsense
Now you are just making up some hypothetical person. Well I know this guy from your team who says Garland is an all star if he plays on the right line. It's nonsense. He is a play driving middle six winger. He wants the puck on his stick. Name me who he played so well with? Depending on where you play up or down the lineup your role is going to change as will your production. This is a simple concept.
What does Garland need to make an excuse for ? He is a middle 6 winger. Not a top line player. He produces like a middle 6, drives play, plays defensively sound. That is who he is. His value is around 5 mil, right in line with his contract. He's also expendable. Doesn't mean he's bad or that we need to pay to trade him. Just that we have lots of wingers and need help elsewhere.
That is why I like to use the stats (which you haven't done at all) because it takes out the aspect of he said/she said, or this is who he is.