The BBKL Insider wroteCOLONkimmer wroteCOLONBest post ana has ever written. Now I take his side instead of stebe
How? a lot of info many wouldn't agree with.
Brad Richards certainly didn't bring in more than Iggy +1st
Dwight King + 2nd + 3rd is better than Iggy + 1st? that's some twisted logic if you consider that better.
Either way, i'll stay out of here, seems to me a lot of weird value being put on players (and by calling a guy who's FOW percentage is 43%) a beast on faceoffs is a bit of a false selling feature as well.
Riberio has as many faceoff wins as Frans Neilson (by comparison) and Frans rotates from wing to C throughout the game (winning about 6-7 per game) A beast of faceoffs is someone who can win 12-20 a game (crosby, Getz, Bergeron, Toews, Sedin, etc...)
now dont get me wrong Riberio adds value to a contender, but he's going to be used as someone's 4th or 5th centerman, he isn't a center piece and if he is a center piece player on your roster you aren't a contender.
And I think you are looking at your Centers and assuming other contenders Center's are comparable to yours. In the west, outside of you, he would have second most Faceoffs on San jose, Colorado, Chicago, Minnesota,and Nashville. 3rd most on St Louis. And amongst those teams leading scorers.
You need to realize that your team is heads and tails above every other team In the west. If they want to compete with you, they will need a guy like Ribeiro.