The Name of the Game is Efficiency
by SD

I've recently done a piece about players with the most ice time and what they were able to accomplish.  This time however, I will take the opposite approach and look at the players with the least ice time on each team and see how efficiently they used their time.

Comment 1
Tobias Viklund - 7:47 TOI  

With just shy of 8 minutes on the ice, Viklund recorded 1 Shot, 3 Hits, and a face off loss.  It's not surprising that Viklund is held to 20% ice time with an endurance rating of 54, one of the lower values on the team.

It might be Viklund recognized Karl Von Wittelsbach as a high value target, or it might be that he was jealous of Wittelsbach's 23 minutes of ice time, either way, Viklund hunted Wittelsbach for 2 of his 3 hits.  Unfortunately, none of his hits were productive and both players hit returned the favor in turn by intercepting Viklund's passes later in the game.

Given his focus on scoring, you'd like to see more shots, but this aggressively defensive Armada made that really difficult.  He took the offensive zone at least twice, but was intercepted or robbed a combined four times.

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Comment 2
Takehiko Yukimura - 9:13 TOI  

Yukimura's line was supposed to only get 5% ice time, but instead came away with 22%, but with 60 Endurance, he was ready to perform.  Yukimura recorded 1 goal on 1 shot, a 2 minute minor for Hooking, and a 47% FO.

We see a very efficient game here, even the shot efficiently coming 15 seconds after a Face Off win.  He iced the puck once and didn't give up the puck on a HTT.  Plus went almost even on interceptions for and against.  While the play was certainly quick, you can't say it's sloppy.

While this was a good showing for such a small time, we haven't see Yukimura practicing or working out for over 2 months, so it's questionable if we'll see this performance lead to more ice time for the rookie.

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