The German elite league. Really? Might as well be a no checking league it’s about the 6th or so ranked league behind KHL, SEL, Liiga, Czechs and possibly even Swiss but I’d put Germany in front right now. And ok. Stutzle is playing better because he could take a shit with more freedom. They both performed almost identical in world juniors.
Any other excuse we want to use ? Of course it’s not the end of the world but there isn’t anything wrong with just showing what it is. Laf has been fairly pedestrian thus far. If there are 45 reasons then so be it, but it doesn’t change the outcome.