Management Thread | Blurst of Times

[pitseleh]

In Hronek's case, his zone exit numbers cratered when paired with Hughes, because of course he defers to the best zone exit guy in the NHL. Does that mean that Hronek is worse than when he was the primary puck mover on his pairing in Detroit? Absolutely not, but these graphs will now say he's shit at it.

In fairness, Hronek’s exit numbers were poor in Detroit too. I thought the same as you a while ago but Burke’s Evil Spirit posted a good article showing that wasn’t the case. He was like fourth or fifth on the Red Wings in controlled exits when he played there. Strong defensive impacts, strong work in the offensive zone, but average-ish in getting the puck out with control. I think that’s in part why he doesn’t do well with Soucy.

If the team is ok continuing to play Myers with Hughes, it’s why I think him and Pettersson could make a good pairing.

 

[pitseleh]

I am curious what a JFresh card would have said about the Sedins back in the day when they were running 55-60% xGF rates together but 40-45% xGF rates when apart.