Quoting: FreeTacosAreBestTacos
Buchnevich was 17th league-wide in points for a RW, with only 1 guy above him (Reilly Smith) having less PP points. If Buchnevich had spent his season working the PP1 (which he really should've, but Quinn coaches with his head up his ass for the most part), he could've easily pushed 60 points, considering the disparity in both PP time and level of players between PP 1 & PP 2.
Kreider-Zibanejad-Other: 51.06% CF, 50.38 FF%, 52.24 SF%, 47.62 GF%, 39.92 xGF%, 47.98 SCF%, 41.25 HDCF%, 42.86 HDGF%
KZB: 52.82 CF%, 54.24 FF%, 55.07 SF%, 64.29 GF%, 53.79 xGF%, 57.04 SCF%, 54.17 HDCF%, 63.16 HDGF%
In terms of Rels, teamwise Buchnevich was 3rd in CF% Rel, 3rd in FF% Rel, 2nd in SF% Rel, 4th in xGF% Rel, 3rd in SCF% Rel, 4th in HDCF% Rel. The only 2 players who consistently finished above him in those Rel categories were Artemi Panarin (Hart Finalist), and Adam Fox (should have been a Calder finalist).
Blues don't need a PP specialist. We need a regular goal scorer. and those percentages are circumstantial based on QoC if you actually looked at it.
Dunn G+/60 was 18th, Dunn was number 10 in C+/60, 28th GF/60, 34th in CF. the only thing Buch hits higher than Dunn is xGF+/60.
Compare there GAR, WAR, and SPAR.
Dunn GAR 14.7 WAR 2.6 SPAR 5
Buchnevich GAR 12.4 WAR 2.2 SPAR 4.2
Wins Above Replacement is one of the most definitive stat lines you can give someone, but please continue. You don't watch the Blues. You only watch Rangers. Trust me I've seen Buch he looks good, but again he's been average over the past 4 years. This could very well be a fluke year, it's happened before. So I'm sorry you just won't change my mind and Blues won't give up Dunn for Buch.