Athletic Why Rangers Center Mika Zibanejad Is Enduring a Dramatic 5-on-5 Scoring Dip

[Br4d]

4 hours ago, BrooksBurner said:

Right, and it’s not Kreider’s fault that Zibanejad is a bit in his own head out there. It’s Zibanejad’s problem, and his decision making with the puck hasn’t been as good. The issue is there is way too much lazy analysis going on that is trying to shift the focus on expecting Kreider to be a $9M player since Zibanejad isn’t filling those shoes. Except that’s unrealistic to expect from Kreider, or he’d be getting paid $9M.

 

Kreider got paid and locked in before his career year in '21-'22.  I think it's reasonable at this point to expect him to be playing at the $9M level.

[Pete]

8 hours ago, BrooksBurner said:

5v5 isn’t a single datapoint. I thought you knew that

It's a singular filter which you use to discredit every other on ice situation.