Beef Invictus
Revolutionary Positivity
I did some stuff in the Crosby Thread on the PO board and I thought I'd share my findings here.
Giroux was consistent against strong teams and weak teams.
I thought I'd check into this. Looks like [Crosby] scored 46 points against playoff teams, and 58 points against non playoff teams. I'm about to do some mathing, but I suspect that's not out of the ordinary.
Other Hart Finalists:
Getzlaf: 37 against PO, 50 against non PO
Giroux: 43 against PO, 43 against non PO
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Percentage/decimal thing:
Crosby: .79
Getzlaf: .74
Giroux: 1.00 (I calculatored this one out before I realized how sad that is. I think my phone is judging me.)
Hard to call this anything definitive, but compared to one other Hart finalist it does seem normal to produce more against the weaker teams and less against playoff teams.
I'll do a bonus Malkin:
35 against PO teams, 37 against non PO teams, for .95.
So of that group of 4 elite players in 2013-14, only Giroux and Malkin performed as well against playoff teams as they did against non-playoff teams.
Not out of the ordinary I suppose, but it's another area (consistency against strong or weak competition) where you've got two players superior to him this year.
Giroux was consistent against strong teams and weak teams.