There's another 350 odd forward entries to be spread around if Franklin wasn't there.
That's double what Roughead received this year. So even if he only got half of those, he'd get double the opportunities. Not saying he'd get double the score (130+ goals would be handy nonetheless! ), but surely he would improve some.
Williams would be the big improver, getting about the same number of forward entries as when he was kicking 60 goals on the #1 defenders. By the same way we discount Roughead's hypothetical performance against greater skill defender, we would have to increase Williams' hypothetical performance against a lesser opponent.
So hypothetically we lose 100 from Franklin, Roughead gets an extra (say) 35, Williams an extra 40, maybe another 20 spread around the other forwards. We'd lose 10 goals, and 30-40 points a year without Franklin.
That's double what Roughead received this year. So even if he only got half of those, he'd get double the opportunities. Not saying he'd get double the score (130+ goals would be handy nonetheless! ), but surely he would improve some.
Williams would be the big improver, getting about the same number of forward entries as when he was kicking 60 goals on the #1 defenders. By the same way we discount Roughead's hypothetical performance against greater skill defender, we would have to increase Williams' hypothetical performance against a lesser opponent.
So hypothetically we lose 100 from Franklin, Roughead gets an extra (say) 35, Williams an extra 40, maybe another 20 spread around the other forwards. We'd lose 10 goals, and 30-40 points a year without Franklin.