I always find it hilarious when you post images of Evolving Hockey stats as if I didn't introduce the site to you.
I never said the offensive gaps were similar, I compared them stylistically. Hanifin is not an offensive defenseman. He is a puck moving defenseman, and one of the fastest skating defensemen in the league. I admit Pulock is not a perfect comparable though as he is a defensive defenseman with a hard shot. But I just grabbed 2 names off the top of my head too.
Thinking about it more, Bouchard and Ekholm are a better comparable. One is a clear #2 PMD and the other is a middle of the pack #1 OFD.
Using the exact same time period we can see that their EV productions are all relatively similar (the McDrai affect boosts the 2 Oilers players totals up a bit).
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It also shows that my point about Hanifin shooting the puck much more often was correct
Oh look Bouchard and Ekholm have very similar on ice marks too. These things tend to happen when you play a lot together, like these 2 groupings.
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Your lack of reading ability is showing again. I specifically said "Any player who partners with
Tanev massively has their
defensive numbers skyrocket."
Using
Natural Stattrick you can clearly see that Hanifin's defensive numbers took a massive rise playing with Tanev, vs without. This is just a standard thing with Tanev because he is so reliable defensively.
You seem to be trying to spin the fact that hanifin is better defensively into a negative?
Hanifin is better defensively? We can both very easily agree on that?
I don't think Rasmus Andersson is better offensively, or at least not in any meaningful way. Their offensive results are a spitting image of eachother, both EV and on the PP
If rasmus offensive results are worthy of being a number 1 dman, than Hanifins (virtually identical) offensive results make him that as well.
You keep trying to paint Andersson as a step above offensively, when he isn't.
About Bouchard Ekholm.
A) Yes, Ekholm has been better than Bouchard EV over the last 3 years since he is much better defensively while putting up similar offense EV
The reason people (and not everyone) view Bouchard as better is 3 reasons
1: Age: Bouchard is on the way up being 22,23,24,25 in those seasons, Ekholm is 31,32,33, 34 in those seasons. This does not apply as Hanifin and Andersson are the same age
2: Evan Bouchard is one of the best PP weapons in the NHL. Ekholm does not contribute in this area. Again, since Hanifin and Andersson have similar PP results, this does not apply.
3: Bouchards EV offense is better than Ekholms, even despite year 1 of the sample being his rookie year. Andersson does not have said edge
But looking at the last 3 years, give me Ekholm. Going forward, give me bouchard.
Your lack of reading ability is showing again. I specifically said "Any player who partners with Tanev massively has their defensive numbers skyrocket."
It's not just Tanev tho. He's the big one where guys have WAY better results with him, but guys also have better results with Weegar and other dmen.
There's not many guys who have had Hanifin and Andersson as partner's separately in the same year unfortunately