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Originally Posted by invisibleairwaves
Again, though, he's playing much easier minutes. While the Sedin line is usually up against the other team's best players, Hodgson's line usually ended up starting against third or fourth lines and bottom defense pairs. His numbers are still quite good for a rookie, but they do need to be taken in context.
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So, putting things in context, Hodgson is not producing significantly more points per minute of ice time than other centres/right wingers playing the same kind of "easy" minutes on other top teams?
And just to confirm, the team with the most goals still wins the game even if those goals were scored during "easy" minutes?
Hodgson scores goals and those goals have been the
sine qua non of many important Canuck victories this season, including the game in Boston, a place where the Canucks were unable to win during last year's Stanley Cup Final.
That is the very definition of vital.