"goal share" is not a model it's literally +/-. The numbers say the Panthers have a better goal differential when he's not on the ice. Now part of that is because their other lines are so good, but I still think it's something worth mentioning when considering an award like this.
huberdeau is #11 in the league in +/-. he's a +32 after last night.
there are 2 panthers above him in that list.
so, no - it's not that.
and this guy's thing is huberdeau doesn't play D. i think the numbers speak for themselves. for some reason, this guy's got an axe to grind.
what explains this particular statistical anomaly (in his eyes) then? i'm still not sure exactly as i don't fully understand this idea and i can't seem to get to the same numbers on natural stat trick or find any discussion of this set of percentages. if anyone can point me to them, i'd love to look at them for, say, sasha barkov and some of the other line drivers on the panthers.
that said, there are some obvious explanations that could explain the fact that his line or he himself has less of a share 5v5. one of them is matchups, of course. i suppose if we added in QOC that might help complete the picture.
but we can't forget that this team has a lot of guys putting up big time points and some of them don't play a ton of PP. think duke, verhaeghe, bennett, marchment. also consider, like i said earlier, that huberdeau is among the league leaders in both PP and SH points and you can maybe get an idea that this particular axe the guy's grinding may be rather misleading.
again, the guy's pushing for the league lead in scoring on a historically good offensive team that is challenging for the PT.
when you watch him play, it's clear that he's a leader on the team - he's just about always on and involved in the play and he isn't afraid to mix it up and throw the body.
how could he not be in the MVP conversation???
they’re having a collective meltdown that it looks like their boys aren’t going to win the Hart.
