Payne seeing more ice, still sucking

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San Diego Marlin’s rookie defenseman, Brian Payne has earned more playing time as of late but still not dazzling the world with his great play.  Despite a high motor and outstanding work ethic his skill just isn’t showing up come game time.  The Marlins are 12 points behind the division leading Houston Bulls, currently third in the division.  

 

General Manager JB123 vehemently defended the rookie defenseman saying, “He has been playing with some nagging injuries and he was sick with a cold for a bit.  He never complains and shows up every night.  Maybe instead of bashing his play you get all the facts straight.”  We tried to get more from JB123 but he stormed off angrily from the press corps. 

 

With difficult games against the Halifax 21s and division leading Houston Bulls were anxious to see if Payne and the rest of the Marlins can solve the riddle of consistency against two tough opponents.   

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wanted to take a deeper dive on this and see just how well/poorly you are performing and honestly dman stats are kind of hidden so here we go.

If we were to put you with comparable minutes as Mia Khalifa (league leader in SB) you would have 69 SB (nice). This is a solid amount and put you 4th in the league. You have very solid takeaway numbers, but really show off your talent in giveaways with an extremely low giveaway total for your position. 

In reality it is hard for people to see just how good your stats are because the best defenseman is often the person who has the least bad stats. Keep grinding away you really are a very solid d-man on a team full of capped out d men.

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Thank you!!