Foppa2118
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Mike Green is as bad as Girard is at just 44%.
Obviously other factors are to be considered. A team that's bad 5 on 5 will make it much more difficult for one individual to do well in a statistic like this and vice versa a team that is great at 5 on 5 will inflate stats of less stellar defenders.
A really bad picture gets painted when you're on an above average team like like the Avs are at 5 on 5, and yet you're still one if the worst in the league and by far the worst on your own team. And that's the picture Girard is painted in.
It says one of two things, either Girard is playing competition simply too good for him to deal with, or he's just not that good defensively right now.
Anyway it's clear your going to refute any stats thrown at you just like you do with Barrie so I'm done with the subject. Feel free to get the last word in.
Ignoring the usual attempt to make this personal, this further illustrates how these numbers are heavily influenced by role, and that top pairing guys face more dangerous scoring chances. Whether it’s the Avs or the best teams in the league.
HDCA is almost perfectly aligned with TOI.
Colorado
1 - Sam Girard - 260 - 1224:28
2 - Erik Johnson - 238 - 1223:30
3 - Tyson Barrie - 206 - 1136:25
4 - Ian Cole - 172 - 987:37
5 - Nikita Zadorov - 140 - 881:16
6 - Patrik Nemeth - 134 - 837:31
Tampa Bay
1 - Ryan McDonagh - 201 - 1238:25
2 - Michail Sergachev - 188 - 1039:52
3 - Victor Hedman - 187 - 1055:28
4 - Dan Girardi - 162 - 925:03
5 - Braydon Coburn - 158 - 971:10
6 - Anton Stralman - 143 - 758:12
7 - Erik Cernak - 106 - 776:31
Calgary
1 - Noah Hanifin - 240 - 1223:31
2 - TJ Brodie - 218 - 1263:03
3 - Mark Giordano - 205 - 1199:16
4 - Travis Hamonic - 185 - 1038:27
5 - Rasmus Andersson - 147 - 945:34
The best defenseman are all ranked among the highest on their teams in HDCA, because they're on the ice the most, and face the best players in the world every night.
Erik Cernak is not better than Hedman and McDonagh defensively. Rasmus Anderson is not better than Hanifin and Brodie.
The same way Nemeth, Cole, Barrie, and Zadorov are not better than Girard and EJ defensively just because they're ranked that way in HDCA.
If you're covering Nathan MacKinnon all night, you're going to have a higher HDCA, than if you're covering Gabriel Bourque. No matter how good you are defensively.