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Originally Posted by nyislesfan45
Without a doubt, you are correct. He got beat up by.....everyone before this season and he turned himself into a solid middle.
Merlin, you do a great job with these but is there any reason why Jackman isn't up there?
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I dont' watch every Islanders games but I didn't notice any major improvement over past years by the numbers. Last year he played 36 games, getting into 9 fights with a record IMO of 2-3-4 including a win over
Tim Gleason who is no slouch. I never saw him as a punching bag, just a tad boring. This year he gets into 69 games and manages 19 fights (similar fights/game ratio) and a record by my count of 5-4-10 with his best opponent that he beat being
Chris Thorburn. I just see him as the same average middleweight. Very few (if any) memorable fights. Can beat some scrubs or fellow mediocre middleweights, can step up and lost to or tie up some light heavyweights if necessary. I just dont see his 08-09 season being much different than what i saw out of him in 07-08.