Is Neal Pionk a better hockey player than Samuel Girard?
There couldn’t have been many Colorado Avalanche fans who thought so last year, when their team was carving up the Winnipeg Jets in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Pionk did have a nice year for the Jets this season.
For the second time in three seasons, the puck went in a little more for him than expected. Pionk is a smidge bigger than Girard, but not by a lot. Their production at even strength has been about the same for a while, though Pionk has played a little more over the past three seasons.