LD Lane Hutson - Boston University, NCAA (2022, 62nd, MTL)

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

The fact you are citing a jfresh chart as proof Matheson is a 3rd pairing d-man is hf comedy gold. You couldn't have outed yourself as less knowledgeable.

Are you saying he's not a defensive liability?

 

[strattonius]

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Are you saying he's not a defensive liability?

No.

 

[Captain Mountain]

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Are you saying he's not a defensive liability?

By other models (like Dom Luszczyszyn's) he's not a defensive liability (more neutral). Usage context is important.

Matheson isn't a #1D. He's probably not even a top pair guy on a team that wants to be really competitive. But that wasn't the claim you made. Your argument (and not one made by JFresh) is that he's a bottom pair PP specialist, which you haven't substantiated. While D get overrated by hockey guys all the time, the biggest trap "analytics" falls into is overrating D who play sheltered minutes and underrate D who play tough minutes. And only Walman-Seider played tougher minutes than Matheson last year.

 

[strattonius]

By other models (like Dom Luszczyszyn's) he's not a defensive liability (more neutral). Usage context is important.

Matheson isn't a #1D. He's probably not even a top pair guy on a team that wants to be really competitive. But that wasn't the claim you made. Your argument (and not one made by JFresh) is that he's a bottom pair PP specialist, which you haven't substantiated. While D get overrated by hockey guys all the time, the biggest trap "analytics" falls into is overrating D who play sheltered minutes and underrate D who play tough minutes. And only Walman-Seider played tougher minutes than Matheson last year.

He's a bit of a rover too. Loves to have the puck and rush up the ice and sometimes takes himself out of position. But yeah, calling Matheson a 3rd pairing PP specialist is just an awful analysis. About what you'd expect from someone who takes jfresh charts seriously.