Edited Dec. 27, 2022 at 9:16 a.m.
Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
This is such a crazy overreaction, the guy had over 30 goals last year and by every statistic has been elite for multiple years. It is very common for players to have a down period after signing a *** deal. Just look at Rasmus Andersson, i wpuld bet you were on the trade Ras bandwagon 2 years ago too
Mangiapane has 581 mins 7 goals and 14 pts
Thats .012 goals a minute and .024 points per minute.
Ruzicka has 321 mins 6g 20pts, .019gpm and .062ppm
Ppm = points per minute, gpm = goals per minute
Ritchie @ 251 mins has 6g 8pts .024gpm .032ppm
Lewis @ 452m has 7g 12p .015gpm .027ppm
Ritchie has one less goal has spent time eating popcorn, and scores way more consistently.
Ruzicka has performed every where we put him, next to Lindholm, Backlund and now continues to produce on the 4th line. Granted I don't think he was doing amazing next to Backlund.
Lewis has a lot more TOI but a lot of that is penalty kill and he still has the same goals and scores more consistently.
Lucic is scoring more consistently on that line, granted he has the addition of Huby and it's a small sample size vs. not great teams.
Yes it's an over reaction, maybe he needs some time with Backlund or maybe he needs to see things from the press box for a couple games. But if he doesn't turn it around soon, how much longer do we give him? We're almost half way through the season, barely in a playoff spot and having difficulty beating the worst teams in the league. I would rather do something drastic than sit here and watch the ship sink.