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wprager wrote:tim1_2 wrote:wprager wrote:Interesting article here:
http://www.silversevensens.com/2014/5/13/5711884/why-trading-jason-spezza-might-not-be-so-great-after-all
Early on NEELY was all over Spezza for not being able to produce 5-on-5. Well, guess what, he's 2nd on the team when adjusted for ice time (Ryan is first). Here's the full table:
Look at Conacher up there above Karlsson. Look at Condra! Proof positive that stats lie, right?
Then the 5-on-4 numbers have Spezza on top, followed by Karlsson and, umm, Phillips?
BTW, Wiercioch is on both lists -- 10th 5-on-5 and 4th 5-on-4.
All that is great, but also consider how much of a horrendous defensive liability Spezza is when on the ice 5 on 5.
Point was that NEELY was pounding the table on how bad Spezza's 5-5 production was and how he was getting most of his points on the PP. Actually, he may have been talking about Spezza's goal production, not points.
No one here is arguing that Spezza can't put up points. It's the fact that he's a defensive liability and a turnover machine that has made him public enemy #1
